Wireless Spectrum Auction Raises $19 Billion
Wireless companies bid more than $19 billion for radio spectrum license rights, which are being surrendered as broadcasters aim to convert to digital television in 2009....
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Women’s Soccer League To Start In 2009
Abby Wambach and her U.S. teammates will have a new pro soccer league to look forward to after the Women’s World Cup and the Olympics....
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ConAgra To Sell Trading Group; Quarterly Profit Up 60%
ConAgra, the owner of brands like Healthy Choice, Chef Boyardee and Peter Pan, also increased its earnings outlook for the full year on Thursday....
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HarperCollins Will Post Free Books On The Web
In an attempt to increase book sales, HarperCollins Publishers will begin offering free electronic editions of some of its books on its Web site on Monday....
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Worries Mount But A Dollar Rout Seems Unlikely
WHEN the Bush administration reiterates its belief in a strong dollar, it is now greeted with derisive laughter of the sort that Gordon Brown faced when announcing that his slump in the polls had no...
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Science News

Reservoirs Closed After Carcinogen Is Found
2007-12-17 05:30 - A rare sunlight and chlorine reaction tainted the water of two reservoirs that supply drinking water to Los Angeles with a cancer-causing chemical, utility officials said Friday.

National Park Plans to Cull Its Herd of Elk
2007-12-17 05:30 - Sharpshooters will be used to cull an elk population that roams and sometimes rampages through Rocky Mountain National Park, according to park officials.

Saturday Interview: Building a Greener Cardboard Box
2007-12-16 05:30 - Recycling programs are improving the environmental impact of all the packaging Americans consume, says Patrick J. Moore, chairman and chief executive of the Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation.

Before It Disappears
2007-12-16 05:30 - Many travelers are chasing what may be a modern-day version of an old human impulse ? to behold an untrammeled frontier.

Reversal by U.S. Yields Climate Plan
2007-12-16 05:30 - Nations committed to negotiating a new accord by 2009 that, in theory, would set a course toward halving emissions of heat-trapping gases by 2050.

At Bali Climate Talks, Signs of Compromise
2007-12-15 06:01 - The United Nations conference looked to be heading for a landmark agreement on a deadline for negotiations to reduce the world’s greenhouse gases, officials said.

National Briefing | Science and Health: Carbon Dioxide Threatens Reefs...
2007-12-15 06:01 - Carbon dioxide in the air is turning the oceans acidic, and without a reduction in emissions, coral reefs may die away by the end of the century, researchers warn in Friday’s issue of the journal Science.

NASA Releases E-Mail in Astronaut Case
2007-12-15 05:30 - NASA officials scrambled to decide how to handle the fallout surrounding Capt. Lisa M. Nowak, an astronaut who drove from Texas to Florida to confront a romantic rival.

Space Station Plans an Inspection Spacewalk
2007-12-15 05:30 - American astronauts aboard the International Space Station said Thursday that they would perform an extra spacewalk next week to examine malfunctioning joints that turn a set of solar power panels.

Lice in Fish Farms Endanger Wild Salmon, Study Says
2007-12-15 05:30 - Parasites that breed in fish farms kill so many passing juvenile wild salmon that they threaten the survival of fish populations in some rivers and streams, Canadian researchers say.


 
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