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Special Report: Power struggles: charging tomorrow's cars

Reuters: U.S. and International - 5 hours 30 min ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Imagine driving across America using a fuel so new you have to carry your own supply wherever you go.


Wholesale inventories rise 1.3 percent in July

San Francisco Chronicle - 5 hours 32 min ago
Inventories held by wholesalers surged in July by the largest amount in two years while sales rebounded after two straight declines. The Commerce Department said Friday that wholesale inventories rose 1.3 percent in July, the best performance since July 2008...



Wholesale - Business - Conferences - Computer Science - Wholesale Trade

Living life after suicide attempt

CNN: U.S. News - 5 hours 33 min ago
From the moment I was admitted to my first psychiatric ward, I was desperate to get out. I hated the smell, the food, most of the staff, the routines, the magazines. I hated the sagging mattresses, the glassless funhouse mirrors, the furniture, the isolation rooms. But as much as I despised the place, there was one saving grace for me there: the other patients.

Nokia Harvests From Mister Softee Management Farm

Forbes: Latest News - 5 hours 34 min ago
Former Microsoft executive Stephen Elop gets the top job at Nokia.

Cipro ";Pay-To-Delay" Case Is Ideal Supreme Court Fodder

Forbes: Latest News - 5 hours 37 min ago
A controversial practice to delay generic drugs might wind up before the Supreme Court

E.P.A. to Study Chemicals Used to Tap Natural Gas

New York Times: U.S. - 5 hours 38 min ago
The agency is preparing for a scientific study of the effects on drinking water and public health of a drilling technique called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

Stocks edge higher, continue September rally

AP: Headlines - 5 hours 39 min ago
By STEPHEN BERNARD 2010-09-10T14:26:59Z NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks edged higher Friday as investors placed more bets that the economy will continue to grow....

Woman held after 2 shot dead at Pa. cookie plant

AP: Headlines - 5 hours 40 min ago
By PATRICK WALTERS 2010-09-10T14:25:57Z PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Minutes after a woman was suspended from her job at a Kraft Foods Inc. plant and was escorted out, she returned with a handgun and opened fire, killing two people and critically injuring a third before being taken into custody, police said....

Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova: The Best Rivalry Ever?

Forbes: Latest News - 5 hours 41 min ago
A behind-the-scenes look at ESPN's documentary on Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova's extraordinar

At McDonald's, CSR Is Everybody's Business

Forbes: Latest News - 5 hours 44 min ago
There is an argument that some companies?such as those that deal in weapons and tobacco--just can't

4 dead, 53 homes destroyed in California fire

AP: Headlines - 5 hours 48 min ago
By TREVOR HUNNICUTT 2010-09-10T14:18:16Z SAN BRUNO, Calif. (AP) -- Fire crews flooded the ruins of burning homes with water early Friday and after a massive explosion apparently triggered by a broken gas line sent flames roaring through a neighborhood near San Francisco, killing at least four people and destroying more than 50 houses....

4 Dead, 3 Still Missing After Hermine Flooding

New York Times: U.S. - 5 hours 57 min ago
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Authorities have switched to recovery mode for a missing motorist in Austin while searches have resumed in the San Antonio area for two others swept away in flooding spawned by the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine.

Afghans Protest, Fla. Pastor Plans to Meet NY Imam

New York Times: U.S. - 5 hours 57 min ago
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- As thousands of Afghans protested a tiny Florida church's plan to burn the Muslim holy book, the church's pastor said he won't follow through with the burning if he's able to meet Saturday with the organizers behind a mosque planned near ground zero in New York.

Facebook Inches Past Google for Web Users' Minutes

New York Times: U.S. - 5 hours 57 min ago
SEATTLE (AP) -- U.S. Web surfers are spending more time socializing on Facebook than searching with Google, according to new data from researchers at comScore Inc.

Brady OKs contract to become NFL's top paid player

AP: Headlines - 5 hours 59 min ago
By HOWARD ULMAN 2010-09-10T14:06:41Z FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- A day that started badly for Tom Brady turned out to be a pretty good one after all....

Afghans protest, Fla. pastor plans to meet NY imam

San Francisco Chronicle - 6 hours 44 sec ago
As thousands of Afghans protested a tiny Florida church's plan to burn the Muslim holy book, the church's pastor said he won't follow through with the burning if he's able to meet Saturday with the organizers behind a mosque planned near ground zero in New...



Afghanistan - United States - Qur'an - David Petraeus - Warfare and Conflict

Facebook inches past Google for Web users' minutes

San Francisco Chronicle - 6 hours 45 sec ago
U.S. Web surfers are spending more time socializing on Facebook than searching with Google, according to new data from researchers at comScore Inc. In August, people spent a total of 41.1 million minutes on Facebook, comScore said Thursday, about 9.9 percent...



Google - Facebook - comScore - United States - World Wide Web

Calif judge to stop 'don't ask, don't tell' policy

AP: Headlines - 6 hours 1 min ago
By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON 2010-09-10T14:05:05Z LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A federal judge said she will issue an order to halt the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, after she declared the ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional....

Obama to take GOP to task on economy, tax cuts

AP: Headlines - 6 hours 1 min ago
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE 2010-09-10T14:05:03Z WASHINGTON (AP) -- Striving to gain the upper hand on a crucial political issue, President Barack Obama is faulting Republicans for refusing to help him turn around the sluggish economy or support some proposed new tax breaks for businesses that the GOP has backed in the past....
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