Economy
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US Lawmakers to introduce bill to legalize marijuana (Luis Robayo)
June 22, 2011 (AFP) -- A group of U.S. representatives plan to introduce legislation that will legalize marijuana and allow states to legislate its use, pro-marijuana groups said Wednesday. The ...
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Fed to Maintain Stimulus as Bond Buying Ends (Craig Torres and Jeannine Aversa)
June 22, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve officials decided to keep the central bank’s balance sheet at a record to spur the slowing economy after completing $600 billion of bond purchases this ...
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Climate of Denial: Can Science and the Truth Withstand the Merchants of Poison? (Al Gore)
WCW's Bill Goldberg, a former NFL linebacker, puts the hurt on an opponent. June 22, 2011 (Rolling Stone) -- The first time I remember hearing the question "is it real?" was when I went as a young ...
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Deus ex Machina: Will economic collapse save us from climate catastrophe? (Dan Allen)
June 17, 2011 (Energy Bulletin) -- “I don’t think the American public has gripped in its gut what could happen.... We’re looking at a scenario where there’s no more agriculture in California.” ...
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US Nuke Regulators Weaken Safety Rules (Jeff Donn)
June 20, 2011 -- LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) -- Federal regulators have been working closely with the nuclear power industry to keep the nation's aging reactors operating within safety standards by ...
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Oceans in Distress Foreshadow Mass Extinction (Marlowe Hood)
Pollution and global warming are pushing the world's oceans to the brink of a mass extinction of marine life unseen for tens of millions of years, a consortium of scientists warn. June 20, 2011 -- ...
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Housing prices to fall another 20 percent (Gary Shilling)
Housing prices, once on the rebound, are falling again. Inventories of unsold homes mean housing prices will remain weak for years Real estate for sale and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) signs ...
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IMF cuts U.S. growth forecast, warns of crisis (Luciana Lopez)
Workers build new homes on a hilltop in Carlsbad, California, May 27, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Mike Blake June 17, 2011 -- SAO PAULO (Reuters) -- The International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for ...
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Global systemic crisis – Last warning before the Autumn 2011 shock, when $15 trillion of financial assets go up in smoke (LEAP/E2020)
June 16, 2011 -- Public announcement GEAB N°56-Special Summer 2011 (LEAP/E2020) -- On Dec.15, 2010, in the GEAB N°50, LEAP/E2020 anticipated the explosion of Western government debt (1) in the ...
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'Permanent' Despair: Did Egypt Really Open Rafah Crossing? (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust June 15, 2011 -- For most Palestinians, leaving Gaza through Egypt is as exasperating a process as entering it. Governed by political and cultural sensitivities, ...
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Confessions of a Nuclear Power Safety Expert (John Perlin)
June 14, 2011 (Miller-McCune) -- When Italy decided in the mid-’70s to add nuclear power to its power portfolio, young mechanical and nuclear engineer Cesare Silvi was among those attracted to the ...
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