Bush Confident On Mideast Peace
President Bush said he believed that an Israeli-Palestinian peace treaty would be signed during his term....
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Blood Boycott Over Gaza Gunmen Feud
As gunmen spilt it and warring politicians hailed its sanctity, ordinary Palestinians showed their disgust for feuding Hamas and Fatah gunmen by refusing to donate blood.......
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Sallie Mae Posts Loss, Shares Fall
The student lender posted a fourth-quarter loss of $1.6 billion, citing higher provisions for loan losses due to the weakening credit markets....
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Earnings Fall 32% At Bank Of America
The bank was hurt by a spike in consumer credit costs and the poor performance of an investment banking unit....
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East Timor President Appoints Prime Minister
DILI, East Timor (AP) -- Independence hero Xanana Gusmao was named East Timor’s new prime minister on Monday, triggering fresh violence in the capital a year after bloody street battles led to the col...
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Science News

Edward N. Lorenz, a Meteorologist and a Father of Chaos Theory, Dies a...
2008-04-18 05:30 - Dr. Lorenz was a meteorologist who tried to predict the weather with computers but instead gave rise to the modern field of chaos theory.

Bush Sets Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goal
2008-04-18 05:30 - President Bush called for the United States to stop the growth of greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 and challenged other countries to commit to goals of their own.

Dot Earth: President Calls for Curb on Greenhouse Emissions
2008-04-17 05:30 - In a speech, the president set a goal of flattening emissions of carbon dioxide from American power plants by 2025.

Letters: Coping With a ?Close Call? (2 Letters)
2008-04-16 05:31 - To the Editor:.

Letters: Supplements and Remedies (3 Letters)
2008-04-16 05:31 - To the Editor:.

Letters: The Monty Hall Problem (1 Letter)
2008-04-16 05:31 - To the Editor:.

Observatory: Measuring a Hurricane by Sound Underwater
2008-04-16 05:31 - Scientists report a strong correlation between the intensity of sound recorded by an undersea microphone and the wind power of a hurricane that passed over it.

Court Sets Fall Debate on Standards of Water Act
2008-04-16 05:30 - In accepting an appeal on the role of cost-benefit analysis in establishing Clean Water Act standards, the Supreme Court set the stage for an environmental policy debate.

Dot Earth: Bush to State Climate Goals
2008-04-16 05:30 - President Bush plans to set a long-term climate goal Wednesday.

In Weak Rivets, a Possible Key to Titanic’s Doom
2008-04-15 06:01 - A team of scientists has uncovered new evidence that the ship’s builder used substandard rivets and rushed the project.


 
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