TOKYO – Japan hopes to slash greenhouse gas emissions and fight global warming with a revolutionary plan to pump carbon dioxide into underground storage reservoirs instead of releasing it into the atmosphere, an official said Monday. The proposal aims to bury 200 million tons of carbon dioxide a year by …
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WASHINGTON – The federal government sued the New Jersey attorney general and other state officials Wednesday to stop them from seeking information about telephone companies’ cooperation with the National Security Agency. The unusual filing in U.S. District Court in Trenton, N.J., is the latest effort by federal authorities to halt …
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MACON, Ga. – A 27-year-old woman was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison for leaving her newborn daughter in a Wal-Mart restroom last year. Amy Shorter covered her face after the verdict was read Wednesday, and several relatives cried as they left the courtroom. They declined to …
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Two Kansas teenagers died and two other Americans were missing after they were swept away by currents while swimming at a Pacific Coast beach in Costa Rica, authorities said. Officials said they were searching for the two swimmers missing since Saturday, identified as a teacher …
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WASHINGTON – A sweeping regulatory plan to improve risk management for the country’s largest and most internationally active banks is important to making sure the U.S. financial system remains sound, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday. Years in the making, the proposal, dubbed Basel II, would instruct such big …
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WASHINGTON – A senior House lawmaker has asked the Justice Department to investigate whether Fannie Mae‘s former chief executive and former finance chief lied to Congress in sworn testimony in 2004. Rep. Richard Baker, R-La., chairman of the House panel that oversees the government-sponsored mortgage finance company, disclosed Wednesday that …
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NEW YORK – Internet phone service provider Vonage Holdings Corp. (VG) on Monday said it has been served with a patent infringement lawsuit filed by two units of Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ). Adding to its woes since a weak stock market debut last month, the lawsuit from Verizon Service Corp. …
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SEOUL, South Korea – Disgraced cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk went on trial Tuesday on charges of fraud and embezzlement in a scandal over faked stem cell research that undermined global hopes of dramatic new treatments for incurable diseases. Hwang was indicted last month for allegedly accepting $2.1 million in private …
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LAS VEGAS – U.S. Senate candidate Jack Carter called on young Democrats on Sunday to be active in the blogosphere to raise money for his campaign against incumbent Republican Sen. John Ensign. After plugging his own Web site and MySpace.com home page, Carter, the eldest son of former President Jimmy …
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NEWARK, New Jersey – Part of a terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport was evacuated Monday night as authorities investigated a suspicious package. Police and a bomb squad responded to a suspicious package report at about 8:20 p.m., said Tiffany Townsend, spokeswoman for the Port Authority of New York and …
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