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Expending the Force?

* Too many military and civilian government leaders really have no earthly idea what it's like for reservists to balance their military duty with their civilian career while keeping their family together.

The current pace of call-ups, with little relief in sight, will cause many reservists to rethink their priorities regardless of how patriotic they are. Although repeated deployments will also adversely affect active component reenlistments, it is the reserve soldier who routinely has the most to lose and has the most flexibility to do something about it.

Sure, federal law may require that employers return reservists to their former jobs, but that …

Wall Street set for higher open

Wall Street appeared headed for a strong open Thursday after IBM Corp. reaffirmed its profit outlook and investors hoped that the panic selling that cascaded through global markets a day earlier was overdone.

Stock markets around the world moved mostly higher one day after the Federal Reserve and other leading central banks cut interest rates to help fight the credit crisis and stimulate the global economy.

Asian markets were steady to higher and European markets rose. Dow Jones industrial average futures were up 181 points ahead of the opening bell in New York.

There was hope by investors that perhaps Wall Street is getting closer to finding a …

Fate of Bluefield post office depends on ongoing study

BLUEFIELD - The fate of Bluefield's Mail Processing andDistribution Facility remains unknown.

Although postal officials launched what is called an Area MailProcessing, or AMP, study in February to determine if the CumberlandRoad facility will remain open or be consolidated with existingpostal centers in Charleston and Johnson City, the study itself isapparently still ongoing.

"We have not heard anything, and we have no information,"Bluefield Mayor Linda Whalen said of the ongoing study. "We arestill waiting to be able to publicly voice our opposition to thisfacility being closed. We understand they do need to economize andprobably consolidate, but we …

VeriSign to Offer Passwords on Bank Card

NEW YORK - A leading provider of digital-security services wants to make disposable passwords easier for consumers to accept by squeezing the technology into the corner of a regular credit or ATM card.

Fran Rosch, vice president for authentication services at VeriSign Inc., said the one-time passwords haven't taken off in the United States partly because consumers need to carry a small device that generates passwords on the fly. That barrier is removed, he said, by having the technology built into cards consumers already carry.

VeriSign was expected to announce a deal Tuesday with Innovative Card Technologies Inc. to outfit banks and e-commerce sites with cards that work …

Acura unveils trio of vehicles, including 2013 RDX

DETROIT (AP) — Acura has unveiled a trio of vehicles, including a redesigned version of its RDX crossover SUV that's set to go on sale this spring, as it tries to rebound from a difficult 2011.

Honda Motor Co.'s luxury division put the 2013 RDX, the ILX compact sedan and the NSX Concept supercar on display Monday at the Detroit auto show, all three part of its effort to regroup after the earthquake in Japan and flooding in Thailand disrupted production.

The five-passenger RDX will be built at Honda's plant in East Liberty, Ohio, and pricing will be announced later. The old version has been built in Marysville, Ohio.

Within three years, a vehicle based on the NSX Concept …

Signs of political progress as Iraqi leaders meet

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Leaders of all the main Iraqi political blocs met Monday for the first time since March elections in a new push to break the eight-month deadlock over forming a new government. Car bombs struck the country's two holiest cities and killed 14 people, a reminder that insurgents remain determined to destabilize Iraq.

The 90-minute meeting of political leaders in the northern town of Irbil kicked off three days of negotiations that could signal the deeply divided political blocs are close to a power-sharing agreement. However, officials said there are still major obstacles to overcome.

Since inconclusive March 7 elections, insurgents have tried to exploit …