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Five ways Americans can save water through food choices
As eaters and consumers, Americans can profoundly reduce water waste and water consumption through the food choices they make. Here are five ways American food consumers can help save water.
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Top 10 places to buy a foreclosed home
Here are the Top 10 metropolitan areas to buy a foreclosed home, according to RealtyTrac:
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If not 'sequester,' then what? Five ideas from left and right.
Few in Washington believe that "the sequester,” $85 billion in automatic spending cuts set to hit the federal budget as of March 1, is a good idea. But what's the alternative? Here are five proposals, from the right, the center, and the left, to replace the sequester. Which do you like?
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'Never Look a Polar Bear in the Eye': 5 stories from a family's time near the Arctic
Zac Unger temporarily moved his family to Churchill, Manitoba, to experience life in the polar bear wild. Here are some of his stories from his book "Never Look a Polar Bear in the Eye."
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6 reasons why President Obama will defeat the NRA and win universal background checks
Something is going to happen this session in the US Congress that hasn’t happened in more than a decade: The National Rifle Association (NRA) is going to lose on a top priority issue. Here are six reasons why President Obama will win a victory on universal background checks.
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USA
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Omnibus bill's hidden item: a Democratic rift
On Tuesday, Congress passed the spending bill to keep the government running - 160 days late, and not without some unusual friction between House and Senate leaders.
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The Monitor's View: Doing time – outside prison
States can move more offenders into supervised programs while still protecting the public.
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The Monitor's View: Obama's weak snort at pork
Will he veto a spending bill laden with earmarks as a sign of his fiscal prudence?
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Over the hedge
The famed potter was as gracious as her work
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Obama's overtures seek to help a spiraling Mexico
Mexico's drug wars are spilling over into the US, forcing Obama's administration to refocus attention on the border.
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Pesky earmarks still in eye of budget storm
‘Member projects’ are a tiny part of the federal budget, but they’re a problem for Obama.
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Break out the rain gauge -- CoCoRaHS wants you
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Gates set to leave deeper imprint on Pentagon?
Though the Pentagon budget is slated to rise, he confronts an urgent need to force greater discipline on military spending.
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USA
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'The Linguists': Raiders of the Lost Tongues
A documentary film about two scientists who roam the world to record vanishing languages is a vivid reminder of just how choosing to speak a mother tongue can be a political act.
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Defender of quiet places
Acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton says natural sounds are disappearing.
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Citing 'crisis,' Obama sketches recovery plan, lauds the American character
His national address Tuesday was part acknowledgment of the grave economic challenges, part pep talk.
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End of home price slide in sight?
January prices slipped more, but may help clear the glut of homes, stabilizing the market.
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Wetland vies for Colorado River’s water
Conservation land in Mexico and a desalting plant in Arizona are at the center of a debate over the river.
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USA
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Obama's housing speech triggers applause in unusual places
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Obama wins his economic stimulus package, but without the bipartisanship he sought
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Besides stimulus, what does 787 billion get you?
A look at what the federal package would get if it were measured in in inches, pounds, or seconds.
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USA
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Letters to the Editor
Readers write about why Congress needs to bail out the arts, whether local banks are better than larger banks, and Obama's approach to the challenges facing the US and the world.
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McCain announces another run - proves you can campaign forever
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Global warming's pitch: Go North, young bird
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McCain: Best cure for defeat is to be "back in the arena"
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Pentagon pick shows challenges of Obama's ethics rules
William Lynn's lobbyist experience may help him navigate the industry better, say some.
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