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...find $10 billion to pay for it, we will not pay for anything...
With 270 million Americans and 4 billion people around the world using cell phones - and more signing up every day - a strong link between mobiles and cancer could have major public-health implications. As cell phones make and take calls, they emit low-level radio-frequency (RF) radiation. Stronger than FM radio signals, these RF waves are still a billionth the intensity of known carcinogenic radiation like X-rays. (See pictures from an X-ray studio...
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Greece announced additional tax hikes and further salary cuts for government workers on March 3 in the hope of addressing its 13% budget deficit. The measures, estimated to generate $6.6 billion in savings this year, paved the way for assistance from the European Union, which had pressed the country to make greater fiscal sacrifices. While Greece has garnered support from its European neighbors, the plan is certain to further outrage citizens, who have staged strikes and protests over the past few weeks...
...political alliances were shifting. When he ran for President, Obama proposed a 10-year, $150 billion green-jobs plan at a campaign stop in New Hampshire; when the economic-stimulus plan was adopted in 2009, he pushed through billions of dollars for green jobs and alternative-energy strategies that included almost $20 billion for energy efficiency, $26 billion for renewable and alternative energies and $10.5 billion for electrical-grid modernization. The investments went a long way toward fulfilling the lobbying efforts of several core Democratic constituencies - unions, environmentalists and high-tech companies - which had been mounting more aggressive campaigns...