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JetBlue Airways has appointed Robin Hayes as its new executive vice president and chief commercial officer. Mr Hayes, formerly executive vice president of the Americas for British Airways, will be responsible for JetBlue Airways's revenue, network, sales and marketing strategy.

It got the GOP's engines revving - a Democratic official suggesting staffers get immunized for several diseases before heading south from Washington and into the Red State wilds of NASCAR country to conduct research at a pair of races.

By Julia Oliver, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Apr. 26--U.S. Rep. Robin Hayes has requested a $6 million federal appropriation to help Union County improve its water and sewer infrastructure. Hayes is a Republican who represents the 8th Congressional District.

By Mary M. Shaffrey, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C. Apr. 20--Federal officials told a House subcommittee yesterday that the W.G. Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury has taken steps to ensure quality care. The hearing was held at the request of three North Carolina congressmen -- Reps.