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Texas Farmers, Pecan Growers Blame Vegetation Death on Power Plant
29/12/2010 14:16
Environmentalists, scientists, plant specialists, and farmers say that sulfur dioxide from a Texas coal-fired power plant is causing extensive swaths of vegetation death in the region.UGG Boots Ultra Tall Pecan growers have reported plant devastation near the Fayette Power Project, a 30-year-old...
How the Major Stock Indexes Fared Monday
28/12/2010 14:57
Stocks ended a light trading day little changed as investors focused on strong holiday shopping results and looked past an interest rate hike in China. Many traders stayed home because of the snow, but the absence of selling points to growing confidence about the U.S. economy. UGG Boots Argyle Knit...
Teena Marie, 1980s R&B Hitmaker, Dies at 54
28/12/2010 14:55
Teena Marie, a singer whose funky hits in the 1980s, like “Lovergirl” and “Square Biz,” made her one of the few white performers to consistently find success on the rhythm-and-blues charts, died Sunday at her home in Pasadena, Calif. She was 54. UGG Boots The cause was not immediately known, but...
Apple Navigation Job Postings Point to Maps
21/12/2010 15:24
Apple is looking for software engineers with experience in navigational systems, signalling that the company could be looking to develop its own mapping service to compete with Google Maps, at least for its iOS devices. air max 2011 Apple had four job listings for positions with identical job...
fraction of the roughly 5,000 per month that entered the
21/12/2010 15:20
"Hundreds of hours of staff time and millions of dollars are spent on documenting each nut and bolt - as if we were supervising the transfer of highly specialized weapons, and despite the fact that steel, concrete and gravel enter Gaza quite freely via the tunnels," said Sari Bashi, Gisha's...
Emergency unemployment benefits reauthorized
20/12/2010 15:31
Thousands of Washington’s jobless workers may continue to receive up to 99 weeks of benefits, now that Congress and the president have reauthorized a federal unemployment benefits program that expired last month. Air Max 95 “This is welcome news for unemployed workers who are having a hard time...
Unemployment extension 2010 for 99er's - is a champion emerging in Washington?
20/12/2010 15:27
The unemployment extension 2010 has given millions of unemployed Americans some security, at least they know that they can feed their kids with the unemployment benefits promised for another 13 months. The 2010 unemployment extension was “a proud moment” for President Obama. He went to great pains...
Health Buzz: Avastin Shouldn't Be Used for Breast Cancer, FDA Says
18/12/2010 11:00
FDA: Risks Outweigh Potential Benefits of Drug Cheap Jordans The drug Avastin should no longer be approved to fight breast cancer, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration concluded Thursday. The agency cited studies that have shown the drug doesn't prolong survival or slow the disease's progression...
Fearless woman's brain reveals key to phobias
18/12/2010 10:58
The case of a literally fearless woman — rendered so after brain damage — has helped scientists confirm that a part of the brain structure regulating emotions is the key to human and animal phobia. The 44-year-old mother of three, referred to in the journal Current Biology as SM, has a rare...
WikiLeaks cables: BP suffered blowout on Azerbaijan gas platform
16/12/2010 10:58
Striking resemblances between BP's Gulf of Mexico disaster and a little-reported giant gas leak in Azerbaijan experienced by the UK firm 18 months beforehand have emerged from leaked US embassy cables. Air Max 95 The cables reveal that some of BP's partners in the gas field were upset that the...
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