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Obama speaks to more than 200,000 in Berlin
The warm welcome that washed over Barack Obama during his Berlin appearance Thursday made it abundantly clear that Europeans have a strong desire to heal the trans-Atlantic rift and the Democratic president candidate is a good choice for the job.
Obama...Tags: Government, Barack Obama, Elections, Primaries, European Elections
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75 volunteers set to count dolphins on Saturday
Associated PressFrom the lower Chesapeake to the southern Virginia coast, volunteers will be watching the surf for dolphins on Saturday. The Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Team will conduct its 16th annual dolphin count from 16 observation posts along beaches...Tags: Conservation, Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center
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Obama Urges Unity In War On Terror
Cheered by an enormous international crowd, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Thursday summoned Europeans and Americans together to "defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it" as surely as they conquered communism a...Tags: Government, Barack Obama, Elections, Primaries, John F. Kennedy
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Fuel Prices Could Spur Innovations, Aiding Environment
Courant Staff WriterThe extraordinary fuel costs roiling the U.S. airline industry could lead to long-term environmental benefits by spurring technological and public policy innovations, a panel of aviation experts said Wednesday in Hartford. "It's been very painful, but it...Tags: Government, Wages and Pensions, Global Warming, Air Transportation Industry, Conservation
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Judge: EPA must regulate ship water discharge
Associated Press WriterAn appeals court Wednesday upheld a ruling ordering the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the water discharged from ships as a way to protect local ecosystems from invasive species. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said it agreed with the...Tags: Invasive Species, Water Pollution, Water, Environmental Politics, Pollution
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Let's make history again
I recently stood on the windy coast of North Carolina where Orville and Wilbur Wright made their maiden flight in 1903. That motorized glider, constructed with bicycle parts, lifted off and flew nearly 900 feet in 59 seconds. Americans, astonishingly,...Tags: Government, George Bush, Executive Branch, Prices, Orville; Wright| Wilbur Wright
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Impasse over NJ dolphins continues
Associated Press WriterA marine mammal rescue group wants plans drawn up soon to coax or scare a group of 15 to 20 dolphins out of a river near the Jersey shore and back out to the sea, but federal wildlife officials are in no hurry to make that happen. Robert Schoelkopf,...Tags: Conservation, Rivers, The Fall, Bodies of Water, Natural Science
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After 400 years of hurt, longleaf pines get help
The Free Lance-StarThe first Europeans to come to Virginia found seemingly infinite stands of longleaf pines. The tall pines with flowing, brushy needles grew over 1.5 million acres of the sandy southeastern part of the state. Turpentine-bearing resin flowed through...Tags: Conservation, Banking
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Don't buy into drilling
The current drive by President Bush and the oil companies to increase offshore drilling should ring familiar, for it mirrors the administration's manipulation of public opinion in preparation for the U.S. invasion of Iraq. After the shock of the Sept....Tags: Government, George Bush, Heads of State, Wars and Interventions, Vehicles
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Panel OKs one-year ban on new fast-food restaurants in South L.A.
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA proposal that would place at least a one-year moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in a broad swath of neighborhoods, mostly in South Los Angeles, won unanimous support from a Los Angeles City Council committee Tuesday. If approved by the full...Tags: Medicaid, Health Organizations, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), West Adams
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