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EPA to limit lawn mower emissions
Gasoline-powered lawn mowers that are a big cause of summertime air pollution will have to be cleaner under rules issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The long-awaited regulation requires a 35 percent reduction in emissions from new...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Environmental Pollution
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Comcast Appeals Ruling From FCC On Web Traffic
Comcast Corp. is appealing an FCC ruling that the company is improperly blocking customers' Web traffic, triggering a legal battle that could determine the extent of the government's authority to regulate the Internet. In a precedent-setting move, a...Tags: Comcast Corp., Court Administration
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Biden vows to challenge Palin
247-4765Democratic vice presidential nominee Joseph Biden complimented his Republican opponent Thursday in Virginia Beach but promised party loyalists to be "unrelenting" when the two hopefuls face off. The panel discussion on national security and military...Tags: Bob McDonnell, Barack Obama, Government, Executive Branch, John McCain
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Detroit mayor takes plea deal in scandal
Chicago TribuneMired in a sex scandal that crippled the governance of Detroit all year, the city's troubled mayor chose Thursday to walk out of office, rather than run the increasing risk of being heaved out. The tawdry drama of Kwame Kilpatrick, the once-promising 38-...Tags: Kwame Kilpatrick, Religious Leaders, Freedom of the Press, Elections, Local Elections
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Lawn mowers must go green by 2011, EPA says
Associated PressWASHINGTON—Gasoline-powered lawn mowers that are a big cause of air pollution will have to be dramatically cleaner under rules issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The long-awaited regulation requires a 35 percent reduction in...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Briggs & Stratton Corporation, Litigation and Regulation, Environmental Politics, Home and Garden Products
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Everyone loves to hate the media
So I tuned in to the Republican National Convention the other night to size up Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and enjoy the political theater, and you can imagine my surprise to find out she and Sen. John McCain are campaigning against Barack Obama, Joe Biden...Tags: Television Industry, Barack Obama, Karl Rove, Government, Tina Fey
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Alaska's 'first dude' masters supporting role
With all the news about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, there's been little room for information about her husband. On Thursday we learned that the oil worker-champion snowmobiler-hunter-commercial fisherman sometimes refers to himself as Alaska's "first dude."...Tags: Seafood and Fishing Industry, Barack Obama, Multi-Sport Events, Popular Music, Government
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Dennis Hastert
Illinois' Dennis Hastert served eight years as U.S. House speaker, a record for a Republican, before retiring from Congress after Democrats captured the House in 2006. The 66-year-old Hastert, of west suburban Plano, is now a senior adviser to a...Tags: Hurricane Gustav, Defense, Barack Obama, National Security, Mitt Romney
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Now for the main event
Chicago Tribune correspondentST. PAUL—New characters are onstage. Scripts have been revised with a fall audience in mind. And now that the back-to-back political conventions are over, the longest-running presidential campaign in memory enters its home stretch—finally&#...Tags: Barack Obama, Government, Executive Branch, John McCain, University of Virginia
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McGreevey Court Fight Could End Soon
Associated PressA lawyer for Dina Matos said Thursday she will drop a charge that she was duped into marrying former New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey if he agrees to pay her $109,000 a judge says he owes. Lawyer John Post said the fraud claim filed by his client will...Tags: Lawyers, Fraud, Gays and Lesbians, Judges, Government
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Hartford Public Library's Blalock To Retire
Courant Staff WriterLouise Blalock, longtime chief librarian of the Hartford Public Library, unexpectedly announced her retirement Thursday. Blalock, 74, made the announcement at a quarterly meeting of the library's board of directors. "It's been a great run," Blalock...Tags: Eddie A. Perez, Family
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Fearing Hanna, States Declare Emergencies; Ike Strengthens
Associated PressSome Southeastern states declared emergencies and officials urged residents to head inland Thursday as Tropical Storm Hanna headed toward the Atlantic coast, where it could bring high winds and rain from South Carolina to Maine. Meanwhile, disaster...Tags: Hurricane Gustav, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Hurricanes, Government, Executive Branch
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