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High Plains Journal - Sun Dec 6, 1:48 am ET
Wall Street may slog along for the next seven years, but it could prove to be an opportunity for Main Street bankers as America moves away from a nation of spenders to a nation of savers. So says Dr. David Kohl, professor emeritus of agricultural and applied economics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Kohl delivered his annual talk on the ag economy at the American Bankers Association National ...
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EARTHtimes.org - Thu Dec 3, 2:47 pm ET
Washington - The Washington Times, the conservative newspaper in the nation's capital, will cut 40 per cent of its staff in the coming weeks and change its delivery platforms, the publication said Thursday. The cuts are necessary for the newspaper t...
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CNN - Fri Dec 4, 7:30 pm ET
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hailed the pledges by NATO members and other allies to send 7,000 more troops to Afghanistan to battle Taliban and al Qaeda extremists and train Afghan forces.
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WWLP Springfield - Sun Dec 6, 11:19 am ET
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Spartanburg Herald-Journal - Sun Dec 6, 9:54 am ET
Published: Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 3:57 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 3:57 a.m. St. Louis at Chicago, 1 p.m. Oakland at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 2:41 pm ET
NATO and Russia have resolved a dispute which Moscow's envoy to the military alliance had said could affect prospects for increased cooperation on Afghanistan, Russian and NATO diplomats said on Thursday.
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Yale Daily News - Fri Dec 4, 4:59 pm ET
In the 1990s, historian Francis Fukuyama declared “the end of history.” Apparently, no one got the memo. Chalk it up to the Internet, the mainstream media, overeager political commentators or all of the above, but this decade has suffered from too much “instant history.” It has been widely written by pundits on both sides that this was the decade of American decline, the decade of transition ...
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Bloomberg - Thu Dec 3, 6:50 am ET
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Italy will use a visit by President Dmitry Medvedev to expand ties with Russia, including a possible deal for Fiat SpA to build Chrysler cars there, as part of a “strategic partnership” between the countries, officials said.
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Florida Today - Sun Dec 6, 1:20 am ET
TITUSVILLE — The blades that spin in George T. Stringfellow's backyard help slash his electric bill by about 75 percent.
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The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star - Sun Dec 6, 1:11 am ET
Caryn Self-Sullivan, who grew up in Stafford County, recently was named one of four 2009 Coastal Carolina University Alumni of the Year. She graduated in 1997 with a bachelor's degree in marine science. A year later, she earned her doctorate in wildlife and fisheries science from Texas A&M University....
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Boston Herald - Sun Dec 6, 12:09 am ET
Gloucester is known for its working waterfront and colorful downtown, but it has a woodland area casual visitors never encounter. Dogtown, an abandoned colonial settlement...
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EARTHtimes.org - Thu Dec 3, 4:46 pm ET
Washington - US emissions of greenhouse gases dropped 2.2 per cent in 2008 compared to the previous year, according to new government figures Thursday, as the country's deep recession and high oil prices drove down energy use. Emissions of carbon dio...
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Space War - Thu Dec 3, 9:34 pm ET
Brussels (AFP) Dec 3, 2009 - NATO and Russia agreed Thursday to strengthen cooperation, on the eve of the highest-level meeting between them since Moscow sent troops into Georgia last year, diplomats said.
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EARTHtimes.org - Thu Dec 3, 4:46 pm ET
Washington - The gate crashers to a White House state dinner snubbed a real invitation on Thursday to a different centre of power in the nation's capital: Congress. Michaele and Tareq Salahi, would-be reality TV stars, declined to show up at a House ...
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Knoxville News Sentinel - Sat Dec 5, 8:18 pm ET
The top boys tennis recruit in the nation will be joining the University of Tennessee next month.Tennys Sandgren of Gallatin has decided to reunite with brother Davey at UT, his mother said Saturday."I think his brother was the biggest drawing card, and the coaches are awesome, too,'' Lia Sandgren said.Sandgren picked the Vols over Georgia, Vanderbilt and Texas A&M. However, his biggest decision ...