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• “You’re ridiculous!”

  
  HYSTERICAL RAISINS — Authority: 424
  From THINK PROGRESS : Back in September, godfather of global warming deniers Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) announced that he would be going to the U.N.’s climate change summit in Copenhagen this week to present “another view.” “I think somebody has to be there — a one-man truth squad ,” he said. His ...
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• Raw Audio: Chris Henry 911 Call

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 178
  Several callers to the Charlotte-Mecklenberg Police Department in North Carolina describe the scene where Cincinnati Bengals player Chris Henry was injured falling off a moving pickup truck. He later died. (Dec. 17)
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• Raw Video: Water Main Floods Baltimore Street

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 178
  Baltimore public works officials say a break in a 42-inch water main has caused severe roadway flooding and damage. Officials say they dont know how long it will take to stop the leak, or how many homes are without water. (Dec. 17)
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• Sarkozy’s tough message on climate – did it get through?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  After one and a half days of mostly uninspired and often irrelevant speeches by world leaders, French President Nicolas Sarkozy walked to the podium at UN climate talks in Copenhagen and produced a seven minute rallying cry - focused, energetic and packed with more punch than the rest put together. Jabbing his ...
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• Big Numbers

  
  Tales Of Two Cities — Authority: 135
  When I think of the Howard County School System I generally think of the individual schools or the school board. I also understand that it is also one of the largest employers in the county and that it consumes the lion’s share of the county budget. This week, in an email from the school system, I got a better ...
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• Auxiliary verbs at 10pm and the scarcest resource – sleep

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  The issues are global and urgent, but the bureaucracy can sometimes be mind-bogglingly slow and petty. After a day of stalled talks, the 193 nations at UN-led climate talks finally met for a plenary to discuss one of the main drafts floating around the summit, just two days (and two hours) from the deadline for a ...
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• House narrowly approves year-end jobs (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 178
  AP - Democrats in the House Wednesday muscled through a year-end plan to create jobs, mixing about $50 billion for public works projects with another almost $50 billion for cash-strapped state and local governments.
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• Can you trust the science?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  Today we pose the question to our virtual panel of experts, “How far can we trust the science of climate change?” Join the debate and leave your comments below. Bjorn Lomborg , statistician and author of “The Skeptical Environmentalist”: The vast majority of climate scientists tell us that increases ...
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• Washburn public works building inches forward

  
  Apostle Islands Navigator — Authority: 154
  WASHBURN — The Washburn City Council Monday approved a site plan for a new public works building to replace the deteriorating metal structure now on Washburn’s main street. Full StoryPosted in Washburn Tagged: Public Works
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• Rainy Taiwan faces awkward water shortage

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
   Chronically rainy Taiwan faces a rare water shortage as leaders ask that people on the dense, consumption-happy island of 23 million finally start changing habits as dry weather is forecast into early 2010.  Taiwan, a west Pacific island covered with rainforests and topical fruit orchards, is used to rain in ...
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• Are the Copenhagen climate talks failing?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  In the last few days it has seemed like the only thing everyone can agree on in Copenhagen is that time is running out. The heads of state start arriving today and descend in full force on Thursday. Negotiators say they don’t want their leaders arguing over the placement of a comma or a set of brackets, and so ...
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• Town leaf truck returns, but wet weather slows pickups

  
  DavidsonNews.net — Authority: 440
  Town workers vacuum leaves last year. (David Boraks photo) The town’s leaf vacuum truck is back on neighborhood streets after repairs, but pickups are lagging because of the recent wet weather, town officials say. “The leaf truck has been back since Dec. 1,” spokeswoman Sara-Lynne Levine said this morning. ...
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• Change must start from grassroots, Schwarzenegger tells COP15

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  The COP15 conference on climate change will be a success even if no deal comes out of it, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Tuesday in Copenhagen. “It depends on what your definition of a deal is,” Schwarzenegger told the media. “The important thing is to move the agenda forward.” The ...
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• Island Gritters On Standby

  
  Isle of Wight News: Island Pulse: — Authority: 145
  Following media reports of a national shortage of salt, the Isle of Wight Council is moving to reassure residents it has a full stockpile of salt for its roads along with a new fleet of gritters... Related posts: Wight Winter Sorted As Gritter Fleet Arrive Highways Agency (South East) Advice to Drivers. ...
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• What can ordinary people do to slow climate change?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  Today’s expert panel discusses the question, “What can ordinary people do to slow climate change?” Join the discussion and let us know what you think. ************** Gidon Eshel , physics professor at Bard College: What can ordinary people do to slow climate change? A lot. Which is extremely important ...
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• Pedestrians Mostly Ignore Powell Street’s Temporarily-Widened Sidewalks in Union Square

  
  San Francisco Citizen — Authority: 437
  I don’t know, are the sidewalks of Powell Street so crowded with holiday shoppers that they appreciated the option of walking in the street for part of two blocks this past weekend? Not that I could tell. The trouble with the execution of this idea is that peds needed to enter and exit the pedestrian ”passing ...
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• Southborough gets teeny tiny reimbursement for December 2008 ice storm

  
  My Southborough — Authority: 142
  Last week the state handed out $5.5 million to communities affected by last December’s massive ice storm. Southborough came through the storm relatively unscathed , so you probably won’t be shocked to hear we didn’t get a very big piece of the reimbursement pie. How much did we get? $258. Let’s not spend ...
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• Climate skeptic: We are winning the science battle

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  - Dr. Fred Singer is the President of The Science & Environmental Policy Project and Professor Emeritus of environmental science at the University of Virginia. The views expressed are his own - The International Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) charter states that the organization’s purpose is to look for ...
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• Boxer’s opponents capitalize on ‘ma’am’ exchange (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 178
  AP - The widely played video clip of U.S. Sen.
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• Coke says green strategy will win business

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  Having an integrated clean technology strategy will be a big part of winning business in the 21st century, a Coca-Cola executive told Reuters.com on Monday, and its investments in refrigeration will likely have the biggest impact on that strategy long-term. The worlds biggest soft drinks maker has hooked up with ...
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