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>Three stolen cars found after crime spree; suspects still soughtSeattle Post Intelligencer -3 hours agoBy SCOTT GUTIERREZ Seattle police have recovered three stolen cars from a Sunday crime spree in which armed teenagers carjacked a woman at gunpoint, …
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Car makers forced to boost fuel efficiencyABC Online, Australia -55 minutes agoBy Simon Lauder Australian car manufacturers are not currently required to make their cars meet any pollution standards (File photo). …EU sparks row over car pollutionThe Press AssociationLuxury car prices to soar as EU cracks down on exhaust fumesTimes OnlineEU Proposes Emissions Cuts for New […]
WHO'S IN THE NEWSNational Post, Canada -51 minutes agoCBC is looking for a new Maria VonTrapp. The network will launch an audition tour in January that will culminate in a new series, How Do You Solve a Problem …
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Survey finds gas prices top news story of '07Reuters -2 hours agoNEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - For the second consecutive year, the rise in gas prices was the most interesting news story in the United States, …
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NY state employee personal data missingNewsday, NY -11 hours ago… to locate five computer tapes containing the Social Security numbers, birth dates and other personal information for up to 800 employees and retirees. …
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Germany's Glos says EU's CO2 reduction plans for cars may cost …Forbes, NY -2 hours agoFRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - German economy minister Michael Glos said the EU Commission's proposal for reducing carbon dioxide emissions in new cars…
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Looks like top-thinkers in making contact with extraterrestrials have become a bit star-crossed.The scene is the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) that has a permanent study group and task groups set up to look at issues regarding the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) and policy issues of contacting alien starfolk.What has surfaced is heated debate […]
A new species of spitting cobra, discovered in Kenya, is some 9 feet long.The finding “reinforces the obvious—that there have to be many other unreported species but hundreds are being lost as their habitats disappear under the continued mismanagement of our planet,” said Kenyan environmentalist Richard Leakey in a story on MSNBC.On a more personally […]
Names in the newsBaltimore Sun, United States -1 hour agoThirty-two-year-old Jain went to medical school in New Delhi, India, where TB is prevalent. Lamichhane, 32, studies the genetic causes of TB. …
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Congress has put NASA on notice to re-think its closure of the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts - NIAC for short.Now the long story.The House Committee on Appropriations has put out its report on Commerce, Justice, Science and related agencies in regard to the appropriations bill for fiscal year 2008.From the report, the committee has […]
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