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NOAA To Open New Center On Weather Prediction

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is set to open the new Center for Weather and Climate Prediction.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for Monday in College Park.

Sen. Barbara Mikulski is scheduled to attend.  Mikulski, D-Md., chairs the Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittee, which funds NOAA.

Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank and NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco are also scheduled to attend.

(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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