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Meteor explodes over Russia, injuring about 1,100 people
Associated PressA meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb Friday, its sonic blasts shattering countless windows and injuring about 1,100 people. The spectacle deeply frightened many Russians, with some...Tags: Government, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Politics, 2012 DA14 (asteroid), News Agency
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Young chef's creative juices flow in center for Jewish communities
chrisc@herald-mail.comEditor's note: This is part of an occasional series of profiles of local restaurant chefs. Chris Carp has been executive chef of Capital Camps & Retreat Center, a conference center and summer camp, for three years. Founded as a rustic retreat center for...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Dining and Drinking, Pittsburgh, Judaism, Hatteras
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News media confidential sources are often what expose government wrongdoing
It took courage for more than a dozen Allentown police officers to divulge what they felt was wrongdoing by their chief, who they said threatened "retribution" on anyone who did so. It also took solid assurances that the chief would never find out who...
Tags: Media Industry, Daniel Ellsberg, Politics, U.S. Congress, Internal Revenue Service
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LETTER: Tempest In A Teapot
The wing-nuts are in their glory. Between the IRS focusing on tea party groups and the Justice Department collecting some AP reporters' phone number records, it's enough to make this classy anti-government bunch whoop with glee. Instead of fantasizing...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, NAACP
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Nations nowhere near the north eye Arctic resources, become observers to regional council
AP National Security WriterKIRUNA, Sweden (AP) — Arctic states agreed Wednesday to let nations that are located nowhere near the Earth's north to become observers to their diplomatic council, boosting rising economic powers China, India and South Korea, which are seeking to...Tags: Interior Policy, Indigenous People, Politics, Environmental Issues, India
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Don't save the planet
To the age-old question of how many conservatives does it take to screw in a light bulb, we now have a definitive answer: Just one, but it will take him weeks to chase down a vintage incandescent bulb because he won't touch an energy-efficient one. At...
Tags: Rush Limbaugh, Environmental Politics, University of Pennsylvania, Duke University, Marketing
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Connecticut Beekeepers Worry About Pesticide Use
As part of the ongoing battle against Lyme and other tickborne diseases, public health organizations are asking residents in 11 Fairfield County towns to participate in a study to see if wiping out the ticks on rodents will help rein in the illnesses in...
Tags: Fairfield County, Lyme, Health Organizations, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Environmental Politics
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The Goldman Sachs banker turned Nature Conservancy chief
Mark Tercek had some horribly awkward moments after he left Goldman Sachs to run a U.S. environmental charity, the Nature Conservancy. At one of his first big staff meetings, he committed a total eco no-no by drinking from a plastic water bottle. When...
Tags: Coca-Cola, Nature Conservancy, Environmental Issues, Staten Island (New York City), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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European Union to clamp down on pesticides thought to harm bees
The European Commission will tightly restrict for two years the use of pesticides suspected of harming bees, despite opposition from some of the 27 countries that make up the European Union. The European Commission, the EU's governing body, announced...Tags: Food Industry, Science and Technology, Barack Obama, Politics, International Organizations
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Environmental groups seek coal leasing moratorium
BILLINGS, Mont. - Environmental groups are calling for a moratorium on coal leasing in the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming until the federal government reviews the program. Representatives of 21 groups including Greenpeace and the Sierra...
Tags: Coal, Credit and Debt, U.S. Department of the Interior
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A wind-win for Maryland and a beacon for the bay
After protesting at a nearby coal plant in 2008 and becoming discouraged with his own dependence on unsustainable energy, Charles County Commissioner Ken Robinson decided to build a wind generator on his coastal property and get off the grid. He became...Tags: Ocean City, Mining, Plant Openings, Alternative Energy, Solar Energy
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ConocoPhillips Delays 2014 Arctic Marine Drilling
ConocoPhillips Alaska says it will delay its 2014 plans for exploratory drilling in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska's northwest coast. In a press release, the company announced that it will put its Chukchi Sea drilling plans on hold "because of...
Tags: Interior Policy, ConocoPhillips, Politics, Don Young, Sean Parnell
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