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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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Conspiracy Theory (Paul Craig Roberts)
June 20, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- While we were not watching, conspiracy theory has undergone Orwellian redefinition. A “conspiracy theory” no longer means an event explained by a ...
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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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Officials Dispel Nuclear Meltdown Rumors At Nebraska Nuclear Plant (KETV)
June 18, 2011 -- 10:37 a.m. CDT -- OMAHA, Neb. (KETV.com) -- Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman toured the flooded Missouri River this week and saw the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant, seemingly inundated by ...
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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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Powerful cosmic blast as black hole shreds star (Jennifer Carpenter)
Infalling star shown in an artist's conception; 10% of its mass is turned into energy and radiated as X-rays June 16, 2011 (BBC) -- Astronomers have spied a star's swan song as it is shredded by a ...
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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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Wisconsin Supreme Court clears way for collective bargaining law to take effect (Ed Treleven)
June 14, 2011 (Wisconsin State Journal) -- A Dane County judge overstepped her authority when she voided Gov. Scott Walker's measure limiting public sector collective bargaining, the state Supreme ...
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