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UPDATE 2-Big bank break-up idea gains ground in Congress

Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 8:44 PM EST (Reuters)

WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - An independent U.S. senator on Friday introduced a bill that would give the government the power to identify and break up financial firms that are "too big to fail," an idea that is catching on.

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Mass extinction blamed on fiery fountains of coal

Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 1:04 AM EST (newscientist.com)

FOSSIL fuels have a new crime to live down.

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Amateur Treasure Hunter Finds Iron Age 'Bling'

Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 5:49 PM EST (FOXNews.com)

A rare haul of Iron Age jewelry discovered by an amateur treasure hunter is being unveiled by the Museum of Scotland.

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Betting on a Metal-Air Battery Breakthrough

Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 3:30 PM EST (Technology Review)

A spinoff from Arizona State University says it can develop a metal-air battery that dramatically outperforms the best lithium-ion batteries on the market, and now it has the funding it needs to prove it.

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Building With Whole Trees

Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 2:53 PM EST (The New York Times)

ROALD GUNDERSEN, an architect who may revolutionize the building industry, shinnied up a slender white ash near his house here on a recent afternoon, hoisting himself higher and higher until the limber trunk began to bend slowly toward the forest floor...

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President Obama Promises Real Change to American Indians

Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 2:44 PM EST (The New York Times)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama assured American Indians on Thursday that they have a place in his White House and on his agenda, telling tribal leaders their marginalized community deserves more from its government.

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Cats Can't Get Swine Flu - Don't Bet On It

Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 11:20 PM EST (The New York Times)

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A 13-year-old Iowa cat has been infected with swine flu, veterinary and federal officials said Wednesday, and it is believed to be the first case of the H1N1 virus in a feline.

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Stewart on Cheney: Is our Dick going soft?

Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 6:43 PM EST (Raw Story)

The Daily Show's Jon Stewart finds it "very sad" that former Vice President Dick Cheney seems to be suffering from signs of premature senility.

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Buffett's Big Bet - $34B on 2nd-Largest Railroad

Seeded on Tue Nov 3, 2009 8:51 PM EST (The New York Times)

NEW YORK (AP) -- The biggest name in investing is making what he calls an ''all-in wager'' on the U.S. economy -- $34 billion to own a railroad that hauls everything from corn to cars across the country.

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WindSentinel from Catch the Wind Could Cut the Cost of Siting New Offshore Wind Turbines

Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 1:29 PM EST (cleantechnica.com)

Catch the Wind Ltd. of Virginia has just announced that its new Vindicator laser wind sensor has been deployed on a specialized buoy for a field test off Race Rocks Island in British Columbia.

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Ford surprises with $1B profit; sees solid profit in 2011

Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 1:21 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

DEARBORN, Mich. – Ford, the only Detroit automaker to dodge direct government aid and bankruptcy court, surprised investors with net income of nearly $1 billion in the third quarter and forecast a "solidly profitable" 2011.

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Obama - Private, Public Sectors Must Create Jobs, Hints at More Balanced Trade Policy

Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 12:55 PM EST (The New York Times)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Monday the public and private sectors must find more ways to create jobs to continue the nation's climb out of an economic recession.

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Warren Buffett: Crisis, what crisis?

Seeded on Sun Nov 1, 2009 10:04 PM EST (BBC News)

The world's greatest investor is weathering the financial crisis by practising what he preaches. One of Warren Buffett's favourite sayings about the market is: "be greedy when others are fearful and fearful when others are greedy".

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First Japanese Cargo Ship Leaves Space Station

Seeded on Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:12 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

Tariq Malik Managing Editor SPACE.com tariq Malik managing Editor space.com – Fri Oct 30, 5:17 pm ET Japan's first unmanned space cargo ship cast off from the International Space Station Friday as it nears the end of a successful maiden voyage.

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NY Republican abandons election bid

Seeded on Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:04 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

NEW YORK (AFP) – A moderate New York Republican abandoned her bid for the US Congress on Saturday, days before an election that pitted her against a more conservative rival and divided the country's political right.

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Bankrupt Spam King Is Ordered to Pay Facebook $711 Million

Seeded on Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:46 PM EDT (discovermagazine.com)

The self-proclaimed spam king of the Internet, Sam "Spamford" Wallace, was ordered to pay Facebook $711 million in civil damages for slinging spam on the social networking site.

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Ecosmackdown: Pets Versus Solar Panels - A Shocking Statistic

Seeded on Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:46 PM EDT (Wired News)

It takes 17 times more land to feed American pets than would be required by solar farms producing enough electricity to meet all the demand in the United States.

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Chinese Manufacturer First to Export Wind to U.S.

Seeded on Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:09 PM EDT (cleantechnica.com)

A-Power Energy Generation Systems won one aspect of the clean energy race and made history, as it will become the first Chinese manufacturer to export wind turbines to the United States. A-Power Energy Generation Systems and a consortium of Chinese and American companies — U.S.

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What makes us age and get old?

Seeded on Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:26 PM EDT (Viewzone Magazine)

From the moment of birth, we begin the battle against death -- against the inevitable. Statistics say that a newborn child can expect to live an average of 76 years. But averages may not be what they use to be.

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Ayn Rand's Revenge

Seeded on Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:04 PM EDT (The New York Times)

A specter is haunting the Republican Party — the specter of John Galt. In Ayn Rand's libertarian epic "Atlas Shrugged," Galt, an inventor disgusted by creeping American collectivism, leads the country's capitalists on a retributive strike.

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Can you really be scared to death? - The Body Odd

Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:38 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

By Diane Mapes Turns out Mom was right yet again. You can scare yourself to death, although not necessarily by watching Halloween horror movies.

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Thousands March in 3-Day Showdown with Banking Industry

Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:23 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Tired of bailouts and fat paychecks for those that created the economic catastrophe, marchers made clear demands to tame an out-of-control financial system.

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Is Anybody Still Surprised by Joe Lieberman?

Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:25 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

Lincoln Mitchell Lincoln Mitchell – Wed Oct 28, 11:22 am ET Read Lincoln Mitchell's other articles on HuffingtonPost.com

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Ohio Utility Plans For Light Bulb Giveaway Sparks Heat From Consumers

Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:48 PM EDT (The New York Times)

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio utility criticized for the passing on to customers the cost of a mandatory light bulb giveaway program is proposing a voluntary program instead.

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Royal Caribbean gets world's biggest cruise ship

Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 2:58 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

TURKU, Finland (AFP) – The world's biggest and most expensive cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas, was handed over to the Royal Caribbean cruiseline in the Finnish port of Turku by shipbuilder STX on Wednesday.

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