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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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Pulpit politics: Pastors to defy IRS
Some plan to endorse a candidate Sunday, challenging federal rules that limit partisan activity by tax-exempt groups.
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Congress is wary of the push to bail out Wall Street
Lawmakers are watching the stock market as an indicator of whether to buy Bush's plan.
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Make way for Ramadan – in my fridge
As the month of fasting nears, I'm reminded of the sticky messes in my ice box.
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In arid West, a foreign legion of beetles takes on a thirsty invader
Scientists say the beetles released on Southwest riverbanks could tame the water-sucking tamarisk trees.
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A blooming backyard desert
Cacti now flourish where a lawn had once struggled to survive in the Arizona sun.
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Schools: Obama stresses more investment, McCain parental choice
A growing chorus of business and education-reform advocates are hoping the next president will create a ‘Sputnik moment’ for education.
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Obama, McCain campaigns blast each other over economy
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Under the Banner of Heaven
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HUD chief sees 'improvement' for housing crisis in '09
Steven Preston, Housing and Urban Development secretary, sees 2009 as a better year, even if some regions lag.
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Obama, Biden declare war on McCain campaign tactics
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Sarah Palin backs away from climate denial
In an interview with ABC News anchor Charlie Gibson Thursday, Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said that climate change can be at least partly attributed to human activity, an apparent reversal from statements published just weeks ago.
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Palin the rock star heads home to Alaska
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Opinion: What's wrong with boredom?
Unstructured time is the mother of creativity.
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Over the hedge: What kind of pool is that?
A young boy is about to learn his first lesson on real estate.
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Next test for McCain and Palin: winning undecideds
McCain and Palin fired up their base, but they’ll need to attract independents and some Democrats to win.
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Russia tries to exploit division in Europe
Moscow's strategy to drive a wedge between European countries was on display during Monday's EU crisis meeting.
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Bush role in McCain campaign to fade away
But the president is still trying to unite the Republican Party.
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Cindy McCain: rodeo queen to first lady?
Both privilege and challenge have marked her life, and now Mrs. McCain could follow her husband to the White House.
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Ron Paul Nation: the other convention in town
An army of supporters descends on Minnesota to push an antiwar, antigovernment agenda.
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Sarah Palin, McCain's pick, forged maverick political path in Alaska
The GOP's surprise vice-presidential nominee brings a fresh face to the '08 race.
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Is the Republican Party in peril?
Conservative thinkers and political historians think the GOP could be at the end of its historic 40-year grasp on power.
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Soaring speech from Obama, plus some specifics
The Democratic nominee delivers strongest case yet against McCain campaign, prods Americans to change the direction of the country.
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"Tougher in Alaska" host Geo Beach discusses Sarah Palin
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As wildfires spread, so does the red ink
US and state officials start to boost firefighting budgets and weigh other reforms.
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