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Hawaii Anxiously Watching Year-end Tuna Supply

Hawaii Anxiously Watching Tuna Supply Amid Fears Parts Of Bigeye Fishery Will Be Off-limits (AP) HONOLULU (AP) - On New Year's Eve each year, thousands line up at fish counters across Hawaii to buy blocks of raw tuna, hoping...

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Texas High Court Agrees To Rehear Exxon Case

Texas Supreme Court Grants Rehearing In Case Alleging Exxon Mobil Sabotaged Abandoned Wells (AP) DALLAS (AP) - The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said it will again hear arguments in the nearly 15-year legal battle over...

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Unlited looks to calm turbulance

From new plane interiors to revamping airport lounges to being on time, airline aims to bolster image with fliers -- Ruehl Bulan perches on the left rear exit of a United Airlines jet and flings seat cushions, three at a time,...

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The Failure of the Copenhagen Climate Talks

The 192 countries flocking to Copenhagen next month won't reach consensus on climate change. In an effort to reduce the cost of those greenhouse cuts, the executive reached out to his counterparts in Brazil and Indonesia, which...

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'Banana Shpeel': Cirque du Soleil slides into world of legitimate theater

“Banana Shpeel” grew out of a desire of Cirque founder Guy Laliberte’s to create a vaudeville show. But with the arrival of Cirque du Soleil’s new “Banana Shpeel” at the Chicago Theatre (it moves to New York’s New Beacon...

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Kid-food CEO craves her Jamaican retreat

When a friend asked Jill Litwin to help her make healthy and tasty meals for her child, Litwin put together a few yummy kid-friendly dishes. These ideas became the starting point for Peas of Mind, an organic frozen food company...

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Fat Fees and Smoker Surcharges: Tough-Love Health Incentives

Psychology Professor Anita Blanchard has a pretty sweet deal with her employer. Even if the 40-something mother of three leaves her job at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the state of North Carolina guarantees...

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EPA: Uranium from polluted mine in Nev. wells (AP)

But she can look through the window from her kitchen table, just past her backyard with its swingset and pet llama, and see an ominous sign on a neighboring fence: "Danger: Uranium Mine." Those interests have insisted uranium...

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Waste Wood is an Untapped Energy Source in W.Va.

Updated Friday, November 20, 2009 ; 05:08 PM The Mountain State is the third-most forested state in the U.S. and some say it could be a prime source of energy. “That’s a big advantage we have in this state: We have a lot of...

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EPA: Uranium from polluted mine in Nev. wells

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press Writer YERINGTON, Nev. (AP) - A new wave of testing by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has found that 79 percent of the wells tested north of the World War II-era copper mine have...

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