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Associated Press March 6, 2008 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - PGA tour golfer Tripp Isenhour is charged in Orlando with killing a protected migratory hawk with a golf shot. It occurred in December when Isenhour was filming a video segment for the television show "Shoot Like A Pro." Prosecutors say a red-shouldered hawk was making noise, forcing a video crew to film another take. The hawk moved closer,

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By Yossi Melman Haaretz.com March 6, 2008 The Bush administration is prolonging the hunting season against journalists. The latest victim is James Risen, The New York Times reporter for national security and intelligence affairs. About three months ago, a federal grand jury issued a subpoena against him, ordering Risen to give evidence in court. A heavy blackout has been imposed on the affair,

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By Rhonda B. Graham The News Journal/Delaware Online February 21, 2008 Along with an end to the botched Iraq war, and a sustainable economic rescue, the idea that Americans at some point in their lives must do a volunteer stint to improve the country is worth pursuing. Like Michelle Obama there have been many, many times when Americans of all political persuasions haven't been proud of their

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By Marisa Schultz and Mike Martindale The Detroit News February 24, 2008 Former television co-workers of Suzanne Wangler were stunned this weekend to learn the onetime energetic journalist and mother with a penchant for tailgate cooking was found dead Saturday in her Royal Oak home on Vinsetta Boulevard. "I always thought she was a happy person," said veteran newswoman Amyre Makeupson, who

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Detroit Free Press February 24, 2008 Suzanne Wangler, a former Detroit television reporter, couldn’t seem to pull her life together after her divorce a few years ago. She was arrested for shoplifting. She became mired in debt. She lost custody of her children. And she was accused of bilking $150,000 from a man she dated. Days after the last allegation hit the air as part of a television

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Press Release February 22, 2008 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2008--Young Broadcasting Inc. ("YBI") (NASDAQ:YBTVA) today announced that it has received a notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. ("Nasdaq") stating that the minimum bid price of its common stock had fallen below $1.00 for the prior 30 consecutive business days and that its common stock is, therefore, subject to delisting

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Future Savings Will Reduce Costs Another $4.5 Million Management Transforms the Traditional Television Model Press Release February 21, 2008 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Young Broadcasting Inc. (“YBI”) (NASDAQ:YBTVA - News) today announced a streamlining of its station operations, which will save the company an estimated $15 million on an annualized basis. The plan involves the use of new digital

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Mike Martindale The Detroit News ROYAL OAK -- Police are investigating the death of TV news reporter/anchor Suzanne Wangler, found Saturday afternoon in her home on Vinsetta Boulevard. Royal Oak police were called to the home shortly before 3 p.m. after a relative reportedly found Wangler "unresponsive," said Detective Don Swiatkowski. "She was found by a family member and pronounced dead at

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By Matthew Brown Associated Press February 21, 2008 BILLINGS, Mont. - Gray wolves in the Northern Rockies will be removed from the endangered species list, following a 13-year restoration effort that helped the animal's population soar, federal officials said Thursday. An estimated 1,500 wolves now roam Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. That represents a dramatic turnaround for a predator that was

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The Telegraph August 1, 2008 Mourners shivering in a chapel are to be kept warm using "body heat" generated from cremating their loved ones. The idea will be tried at a crematorium near Manchester where grieving friends and relatives have complained of the cold during services. Tameside council will use heat from cremating bodies to keep the mourners warm at Dukinfield Crematorium. Town hall

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By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard October 8, 2007 The Chinese government has begun a concerted campaign of economic threats against the United States, hinting that it may liquidate its vast holding of US treasuries if Washington imposes trade sanctions to force a yuan revaluation. Two officials at leading Communist Party bodies have given interviews in recent days warning - for the first time - that

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By Richard Cowan and Donna Smith Reuters January 24, 2008 President George W. Bush and congressional leaders agreed on Thursday on a $150 billion package of tax rebates and business incentives meant to ward off a recession in the world's largest economy. The deal between the White House and leaders of the House of Representatives provides for tax rebates of up to $600 for individuals and

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State House protest urges tougher laws By Tom Pelton Baltimore Sun January 18, 2008 Snow fell on a global warming protest outside the State House yesterday, but it did not dampen the shouts of about 400 activists who urged lawmakers to pass the nation's toughest law to control greenhouse gases. As supporters waved signs, chanted and banged drums, 18 legislators walked down a symbolic green

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Gordon Brown has thrown his weight behind a move to allow hospitals to take organs from dead patients without explicit consent. By Patrick Hennessy and Laura Donnelly The Telegraph Last updated: January 13, 2008 Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, the Prime Minister says that such a facility would save thousands of lives and that he hopes such a system can start this year. The proposals would

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By Devlin Barrett Associated Press January 11, 2008 WASHINGTON - Millions of air travelers may find going through airport security much more complicated this spring, as the Bush administration heads toward a showdown with state governments over post-Sept. 11 rules for new driver's licenses. By May, the dispute could leave millions of people unable to use their licenses to board planes, but

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By Felicity Barringer International Herald Tribune January 11, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO: The conceit in the 1960s show "The Outer Limits" was that outside forces had taken control of your television set. Next year in California, state regulators are likely to have the emergency power to control individual thermostats, sending temperatures up or down through a radio-controlled device that will be

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Weisman presents a curiously refreshing vision of the apocalypse Editor Book Review BusinessWeek July 30, 2007 THE WORLD WITHOUT US By Alan Weisman Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press -- 324pp -- $24.95 The extinction of humankind is a grim topic. Yet in The World Without Us, journalist Alan Weisman invokes this ancient specter as the jumping-off point for a refreshing, and oddly hopeful,

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By Lucy Sherriff The Register March 1, 2007 Somebody call Al Gore and tell him he can leave the lights on in his house for as long as he likes: some academics in Bristol have solved the climate change crisis. Oh yes, and they want their $25m prize money from Richard Branson, thankyewverymuch. Branson and Gore joined forces at the beginning of the month to offer the cash to the person who comes

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Center for Biological Diversity Press Release January 7, 2008 For Immediate Release Contacts: Dr. Nicole J. Rosmarino, Forest Guardians, (505) 988-9126 x 1156 Noah Greenwald, Center for Biological Diversity, (503) 484-7495 Federal Protection Sought for Rare New Mexico Butterfly Slew of Threats Face Sacramento Mountains Checkerspot Butterfly SANTA FE, N.M.— Conservation groups Forest

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Soon-to-be-moms at East High School ask for four weeks of maternity leave. By Jeremy P. Meyer The Denver Post January 7, 2008 Pregnant students in a Denver high school are asking for at least four weeks of maternity leave so they can heal, bond with their newborns and not be penalized with unexcused absences. The request is unusual in Colorado's public schools, where districts tend to deal

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By S.A. Miller The Washington Times December 21, 2007 By S.A. Miller - More than 400 scientists challenge claims by former Vice President Al Gore and the United Nations about the threat of man-made global warming, a new Senate minority report says. The scientists — many of whom are current or former members of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that shares the 2007 Nobel

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AFP December 5, 2007 SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian scientists are trying to give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep in a bid to cut the emission of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, researchers say. Thanks to special bacteria in their stomachs, kangaroo flatulence contains no methane and scientists want to transfer that bacteria to cattle and sheep who emit large quantities of

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Outdoor studies getting riskier, researchers say By Chris Hawley Arizona Republic Republic Mexico City Bureau Dec. 27, 2007 MEXICO CITY - Biologist Karen Krebbs used to study bats in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument on the Arizona-Mexico border. Then, she got tired of dodging drug smugglers all night. "I use night-vision goggles, and you could see them very clearly" - caravans of men with

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By Tony Barber in Brussels Financial Times via MSNBC December 14, 2007 Gordon Brown arrived in Lisbon more than three hours after his fellow leaders to sign the European reform treaty on Thursday amid growing claims the UK premier is becoming detached from the rest of the European Union. Liberal reformers in Europe saw Mr Brown's solitary signing of the treaty as a symptom of his retreat to the

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By Barry Grey World Socialist Web Site December 13, 2007 In a series of coordinated and parallel actions, the US Federal Reserve Board, the European Central Bank, the Bank of England, the Swiss National Bank and the Bank of Canada on Wednesday moved to inject tens of billions of dollars into near-frozen credit markets. The Financial Times of London characterized the central banks’ announcements

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