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Hacked E-Mail Is New Fodder for Climate Dispute

Seeded on Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:40 AM EST (The New York Times)

Hundreds of private e-mail messages and documents hacked from a computer server at a British university are causing a stir among global warming skeptics, who say they show that climate scientists conspired to overstate the case for a human influence on climate change.

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Economy's rebound not as strong as first thought

Seeded on Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:07 AM EST (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

The main factors behind the downgrade: consumers didn't spend as much, commercial construction was weaker and the nation's trade deficit was more of a drag on growth. Businesses also trimmed more of their stockpiles, another restraining factor.

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UC regents approve fee increase

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:42 PM EST (The Orange County Register)

As University of California regents approved a 32 percent fee increase today, UC Irvine students began to describe the impact the fee will have on their education.

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15 Million may owe IRS from stimulus checks

Seeded on Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:19 PM EST (Chicago Sun-Times)

More than 15 million taxpayers may owe the government $250 or more because of how the IRS last spring set up President Obama's tax break to energize the economy.

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GM posts $1.2B loss since bankruptcy exit, revenue climbs, cash use falls as it makes progress

Seeded on Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:23 AM EST (The Minneapolis Star Tribune)

The company also says it will begin repaying $6.7 billion in U.S. government loans with a $1.2 billion payment in December. It could pay off the full amount by 2010, five years ahead of schedule, but the money will come from funds loaned by the government.

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25 kids arrested for a food fight at middle school in Chicago

Seeded on Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:59 AM EST (Examiner)

25 students ages 11-15 were arrested for a food fight in the school cafeteria at a middle school in Chicago, the New York Times reported yesterday.

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Al Gore Admits CO2 Does Not Cause Majority Of Global Warming

Seeded on Sun Nov 8, 2009 11:34 AM EST (Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com)

In a new development that is potentially devastating to the agenda to introduce a global carbon tax and a cap and trade system, Al Gore admits that the majority of global warming that occurred until 2001 was not primarily caused by CO2.

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Jobless: 10 percent is tougher than it used to be

Seeded on Sat Nov 7, 2009 5:05 PM EST (Santa Cruz Sentinel Local)

It hurts more to be unemployed now than the last time the jobless rate hit 10 percent.

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DA Wants Own SWAT Team

Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 7:32 AM EST (Press Enterprise)

Riverside County district attorney investigators are boycotting Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center after nine of their members were turned away from a county sheriff-run SWAT training class.

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Clunker Pickups Traded for New Pickups

Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 2:16 AM EST (The New York Times)

The most common deals under the government's $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program, aimed at putting more fuel-efficient cars on the road, replaced old Ford or Chevrolet pickups with new ones that got only marginally better gas mileage, according to an analysis of new federal data …

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'Change has come' ... or has it?

Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 12:55 PM EST (Politico)

In the year since he was elected president, Barack Obama has revealed himself as one of the boldest leaders to occupy the Oval Office in the modern era.

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Ford US Auto Sales Rise 3 Percent in October

Seeded on Tue Nov 3, 2009 12:50 PM EST (ABC News)

Fords sales rose again

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PR consultant earned $295 an hour to champion doomed labor contract

Seeded on Tue Nov 3, 2009 11:24 AM EST (Orange County Register)

It may be worth noting that the fee paid to attorneys working death penalty cases is some $150 per hour.

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Save the planet: eat a dog?

Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 3:12 AM EST (Stuff.co.nz)

"If you have a German shepherd or similar-sized dog, for example, its impact every year is exactly the same as driving a large car around," Brenda Vale said.

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Marijuana growers upend hard-luck California town

Seeded on Sun Nov 1, 2009 8:59 AM EST (The L.A. Times)

Education has long been preached as a way to keep kids away from drugs. It's the walk to school that has Supt. Tom Barnett worried.

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Jerry Brown spokesman on leave for secret tapes

Seeded on Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:55 PM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)

A spokesman for Attorney General Jerry Brown who admitted this week he had secretly recorded telephone conversations with journalists, including a reporter for The Chronicle, was put on administrative leave Friday.

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White House touts 1 million jobs from stimulus

Seeded on Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:13 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)

With nationwide unemployment approaching 10%, the White House data provoked some skepticism. The Obama administration is basing its estimates partly on a concept that is difficult to measure: jobs saved.

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Nine U.S. banks seized in largest one-day haul

Seeded on Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:24 AM EDT (Reuters)

U.S. authorities seized nine failed banks on Friday, the most in a single day since the financial crisis began and the latest stark sign that substantial parts of the nation's banking industry are being crippled by bad loans.

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Boeing handing out layoff notices to 500 workers today

Seeded on Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:52 PM EDT (The Seattle Times)

Boeing will hand out 60-day layoff notices today to about 500 employees companywide, including about 60 in Washington. About 40 of the 500 are with the Commercial Airplanes unit.

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In Aceh, stranded ships a reminder of the 2004 tsunami

Seeded on Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:21 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)

Reporting from Banda Aceh, Indonesia - They are the ships that fell from the sky; two immovable objects, their very presence defying reason.

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Energy-savings project leaves Army in the cold

Seeded on Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:13 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)

Under a federal program to transform government facilities into models of energy efficiency, Honeywell International Inc. came calling on Army commanders here with a deal to replace the base's decades-old steam power plant.

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Chicagoans taxes up 9 percent, Obama's taxes up 1 percent

Seeded on Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:53 PM EDT (Chicago Sun-Times)

Many Chicago homeowners will see their property taxes rise sharply in the tax bills going out this week. But not President Obama. His taxes on his Kenwood mansion are up just 1 percent, records show.

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L.A. homelessness declines despite economic crisis

Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:25 AM EDT (Reuters)

According to the latest census performed every two years by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, an estimated 43,000 people are living on the streets, in cars, in abandoned buildings or in shelters and government-funded "transitional housing" facilities on any given night …

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A visit to the medical marijuana doctor

Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:44 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)

Neighborhood groups began complaining about proliferation, proximity to schools and rising crime. So now we've got a city attorney who wants to shut them down and a City Council that will take another whack at this thing in a week or two.

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New home sales fall a surprising 3.6 percent

Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:16 PM EDT (The Seattle Times)

Sales of new homes dropped unexpectedly last month as the effects of a temporary tax credit for first-time owners started to wane.

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  • Hacked E-Mail Is New Fodder for Climate Dispute

    Source: The New York Times

    Hundreds of private e-mail messages and documents hacked from a computer server at a British university are causing a stir among global warming skeptics, who say they show that climate scientists conspired to overstate the case for a human influence on climate change.

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  • Economy's rebound not as strong as first thought

    Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    The main factors behind the downgrade: consumers didn't spend as much, commercial construction was weaker and the nation's trade deficit was more of a drag on growth. Businesses also trimmed more of their stockpiles, another restraining factor.

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  • Sushi DNA Tests Reveal Fraud

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    The team of researchers from Columbia University and the American Museum of Natural History ordered tuna from 31 sushi restaurants and then used genetic tests to determine the species of fishes in those dishes.

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    Just seeded a story about overdue library books returned after 51 years. What's the longest it's taken for you to return library books?

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  • Lets make waitressing a real job, with wages and benefits.

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    Waitresses work very hard. It is a regular Job, but not often thought of that way.... The people who hire waitresses should pay them a decent wage....period. It is harder work than so many other jobs...and it is morally criminal to expect the patrons to pay employees wages.

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