Some teams will enjoy carryover allowances which will further enable them to be active during free agency, while the Redskins and Cowboys must face cap penalties.

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The 2, 869-meter-tall volcano, which last erupted in May, is one of the most active in Kamchatka, the agency said.

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"I think there is a general hesitancy given where we are as a team to become too active too early in free agency, " Alderson said.

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On Endeavour's return, the only active ship left in the US space agency's (Nasa) shuttle fleet will be Atlantis.

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Guys are also particularly active in online shopping, according to digital marketing agency iProspect.

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Some Republican lawmakers, I think, actually were the first to raise the concern that they had, that General Hayden is an active duty officer and wondered if it was a good idea to put any active duty officer in charge of a civilian spy agency, like the CIA at this point.

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If you look at the U.N. agencies, I talked to one U.N. official who said that, you know, his own agency, up until a couple years ago, was active in every one of the 17 districts of Kandahar province.

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"Keeping warm during winter power outages is critical, especially for the elderly or for people who are not physically active or use life-sustaining equipment, " said Theresa Murray, the agency's executive director.

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The Scottish Office said it had been in "close and active" contact with the firm in recent weeks, along with the inward investment agency Locate in Scotland.

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