http://nyti.ms/18bvZzJ WASHINGTON — It turns out that the Federal Reserve is not quite ready to let go of its extra efforts to help the economy
Read moreFISA Court Backs NSA Program Of Phone Data Collection
by NPR Staff NPR – September 17, 2013 A special federal surveillance court has reaffirmed the constitutionality of a National Security Agency program that collects
Read moreEar Wax From Whales Keeps Record Of Ocean Contaminants
by Rhitu Chatterjee NPR – September 17, 2013 How often do whales clean their ears? Well, never. And so, year after year, their ear wax
Read moreDebate Revs As Decision Stalls Over Oil Pipeline From Canada
by Elizabeth Shogren NPR – September 16, 2013 Five years ago this week, a Canadian company proposed building a pipeline to send heavy crude oil
Read moreSummers’ End: A Metaphor For Obama’s Economic Agenda
by Frank James NPR – September 16, 2013 By taking his name out of consideration for the Federal Reserve chairmanship this weekend, Lawrence Summers became a
Read moreWashington state alfalfa crop may be contaminated with genetic modification
Farmer in Washington state reports his alfalfa shipment was rejected after testing positive for genetic modification A healthy crop of mature alfalfa ready for cutting
Read moreWarm water under Antarctic glacier spurs astonishing rate of melting
http://m.nbcnews.com/science/warm-water-under-antarctic-glacier-spurs-astonishing-rate-melting-8C11140007 Warm water under Antarctic glacier spurs astonishing rate of melting Antarctic Denise Chow LiveScience 3 hours ago Tim Stanton / NPS Researchers from the
Read moreNorth Korean nuclear reactor work ‘could end in catastrophe’ – Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/10304233/North-Korean-nuclear-reactor-work-could-end-in-catastrophe.html North Korean nuclear reactor work ‘could end in catastrophe’ By Julian Ryall, Tokyo 3:02PM BST 12 Sep 2013 Evidence that North Korea is restarting
Read moreA Greener Way To Cool Your Foods On The Way To The Grocery Store
NWPR – September 4, 2013 Your produce and frozen foods could soon arrive at grocery stores in trucks that release fewer emissions. Researchers are developing a
Read moreFive Years After Wall Street Collapse, Are Banks Better Off?
NPR – September 12, 2013 It’s been five years since Lehman Brothers collapsed and touched off a banking crisis that is still being felt by
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