Postal Service official has been sentenced to 18 months in prison

Article Title: Va. Postal Official Sentenced for Taking Bribes
Snippet of Article: "...Forty-eight-year-old Gene Quarles of Spotsylvania pleaded guilty earlier this year in federal court in Alexandria to bribery of a public official. Prosecutors had sought a two-year sentence...."

Source: abcnews.go.com

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NASA and Google team-up on quantum computing

Article Title: Nasa buys into 'quantum' computer
Snippet of Article: "...Google wants to use the facility at Nasa's Ames Research Center in California to find out how quantum computing might advance techniques of machine learning and artificial intelligence, including voice recognition. ..."

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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Bleeding federal employees to reduce budgets

Article Title: Furloughs Only The Latest Blow To Federal Worker Morale
Snippet of Article: "..."You know what's sad?" the colleague said, according to Gibson. "That this place doesn't care about employee morale." Gibson, who is local president of the National Treasury Employees Union, says the attitude starts with politicians in Washington and trickles down...."

Source: www.npr.org

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