World Business Briefing: Italy: Toll-Road Concerns Drop Merger
Autostrade, Italy’s biggest toll-road operator, abandoned a 13.6 billion euro ($18 billion) merger with Abertis Infraestructuras of Spain because of Italian government opposition. Lack of government a...
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Marines Charge 4 With Murder Of Iraq Civilians
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Today, Class, We?re Playing Carnegie Hall
The ensemble is well tuned, reasonably together and certainly not lacking in enthusiasm. Its size was not right for the space....
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Television Review | ’The People’s Court’: Bringing The Rule Of Law To China At Breakneck Speed
The existential thrill of the rule of law ? something we hear about infrequently, if ever, in the West ? is on display tonight on ?The People’s Court,? on PBS....
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Optimism Returns To The Farms As Rain Falls
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Science News

Homespun Electricity, From the Wind
2007-12-14 05:30 - Some families are trying to save money and the planet, with energy from backyard turbines.

Federal Judge Upholds Law on Emissions in California
2007-12-14 05:30 - A federal judge in Sacramento upheld a California law regulating greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks, another in a string of legal defeats for the auto industry this year.

Spines, Made Extra Curvy for Women
2007-12-14 05:30 - Pregnant women do not tip over, and the reason has a lot to do with an evolutionary curve, researchers say.

Parasites in Fish Farms Threaten Salmon, Researchers Say
2007-12-14 05:30 - The parasites kill so many juvenile wild salmon that they threaten the survival of fish populations in some rivers and streams, Canadian researchers are reporting.

Bitter Divisions at Climate Talks
2007-12-14 05:30 - Amid growing frustration with the U.S. in deadlocked talks at a global warming conference, the European Union threatened to boycott new talks proposed by the White House next month.

Q & A: Always On
2007-12-13 06:01 - How much energy do appliances use if they are plugged in, but not turned on?

DNA Pioneer’s Genome Blurs Race Lines
2007-12-13 06:01 - James Watson, the Nobel prize-winning scientist who said that black Africans are not as intelligent as whites, has a significant amount of African DNA in his own genome.

Mars Rover Finding Suggests Once Habitable Environment
2007-12-13 05:30 - The lame wheel on the NASA Mars rover Spirit has proven an invaluable science tool, turning up evidence of a once habitable environment, scientists said Monday.

Veto of Energy Measure Is Raised as a Possibility
2007-12-13 05:30 - The White House has raised last-minute concerns over regulation of automobile emissions and fuel economy that aides said Tuesday could lead to a presidential veto of the energy bill now before Congress.

Deadlock Stymies Global Climate Talks
2007-12-13 05:30 - The U.S. and Europe remained deadlocked on whether countries should commit now to specific emissions cuts.


 
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