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Bernanke and growth fears send shares lower, yen up
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Concerns over the future of the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus and weak Chinese factory data sent shares sharply lower and safe haven currencies like the yen higher on Thursday. The shift from riskier assets to safer...Tags: Taiwan, Music, India, Exports, Chemical Industry
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Roadside bomb kills 13 in southwest Pakistan
ReutersISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed 11 security personnel and two civilians on Thursday in southwestern Pakistan where separatist rebels have for decades been battling to control the region's natural gas and other resources. There was no...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Politics, Wars and Interventions, Elections, Explosions
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Yen firms as China PMI sparks flight to debt; Aussie languishes
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - The yen gained across the board on Thursday, bouncing sharply off a 4-1/2-year low against the dollar and notching up a two-week high against the euro after a whiplash move in stocks prompted investors to scramble for safety in...Tags: Marketing, Credit Ratings, Exports, Central Bank, Land Price
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Maria Sachs: Invest in Broward's higher education
I believe the only true pathway to prosperity is through education. Over the past several years, our colleges and universities have been caught in a budget vise that has squeezed students and programs at every level. As a member of the Appropriations...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Aspen Institute, Students, Broward County, Florida Atlantic University
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Why are schools shuffling their staff?
A few weeks ago Virginia Calsada-Medina, the principal of Calipatria High School, who has more than 20 years of experience there, was reassigned to Bill E. Young Jr. Middle School. Last night there was a special board meeting to reassign Marisa Gate-Muse,...Tags: Medina (Saudi Arabia), Teaching and Learning, Students, Environmental Issues
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Manatee cannonball, other dumb crimes keep wildlife officers busy
It doesn't make me proud to say it, but Florida has a long, rich history of stupid criminals. There was the Jacksonville bank robber who handed the teller a note scrawled on the back of a police report detailing his previous arrest. And the yacht...
Tags: Orlando, Crime, Law and Justice, Fort Lauderdale, Endangered Species, Social Media
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Merkel protégé struggles with Germany's green revolution
ReutersBERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel appointed him for his charm and political skill as marshal of her vision of a 'green revolution' in Europe's biggest power market. A year on, Peter Altmaier finds himself spurned by many environmentalists,...Tags: Berlin (Germany), Arts and Culture, Foods and Beverages, Twitter, Inc., Angela Merkel
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Special Report: Poor planning left Texas firefighters unprepared
ReutersWEST, Texas (Reuters) - The fertilizer-plant explosion that killed 14 and injured about 200 others in Texas last month highlights the failings of a U.S. federal law intended to save lives during chemical accidents, a Reuters investigation has found....Tags: Emergency Incidents, Crime, Law and Justice, Chemical Industry, Fires, Environmental Issues
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Alarming declines seen in frogs, salamanders
Some of springtime's more notable heralds appear to be fading away, as a new study finds frogs, toads and salamanders disappearing at an alarming rate across the United States. In what they say is the first analysis of its kind, scientists with the U.S....
Tags: Wetlands, U.S. Department of the Interior, Science, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology
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Wall Street falters in volatile session on Fed worries
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Wednesday with the S&P 500 posting its biggest decline in three weeks, after minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting showed some officials were open to tapering large-scale asset purchases as early as at the...Tags: Computer Sciences Corporation, National Oilwell Varco Inc., Sony Corp., Groupon, Inc., Commodity Markets
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In China, food scares put Mao's self-sufficiency goal at risk
ReutersBy David Stanway and Niu Shuping BEIJING, May 23 (Reuters) - The discovery of dangerous levels of toxic cadmium in rice sold in the southern city of Guangzhou, the latest in a series of food scandals, has piled more pressure on China to clean up its food...Tags: Guangzhou (China), Bodies of Water, Metal and Mineral, National Government, Food Industry
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LETTER: Objects To One Sentence, Claims Climate Change 'Debunked'
Regarding the editorial "Pass The Clean-Energy Bill" [May 22], I take issue with one sentence in the editorial: "Global warming is making the development of alternatives to fossil fuels urgent." This statement is a clear example of the ubiquitous...Tags: Global Warming, Global Change, Environmental Issues, Ecosystems, Weather
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