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...Senators on the panel did agree on one thing: that any money would not come without some strings. "It's happening with the [$700 billion bank-bailout] program, where there is no strategy, and we're just throwing money out there," said Senator Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat. In addition to monthly updates on the Big Three's progress, many members of Congress want an oversight board or a single trustee to be empowered to win concessions from employees, retirees, dealers and creditors that are essential for any long-term restructuring plan to work...
...made no secret that it's shopping for a merger partner, will spend the money. "It troubles me a little bit knowing that basically all we're really doing is providing a little capital for y'all to hang around long enough to get married," said Republican Bob Corker of Tennessee...
...Perhaps most disturbing, the attacks revealed a lack of training, organization and equipment among the police. Bob Nicholls, a South African security consultant who was dining on the top floor of the Taj, decided to act as soon as he heard blasts because he figured there would be no hotel security or police at hand. He herded fellow guests into a secured room, but for two hours was unable to get any official information about what was happening. He and his team saved 150 people. An eyewitness who saw two gunmen walk toward Cama Hospital said that more than...
Epidra, a private firm in Athens, Ga., is exploring larger-scale applications, such as pyrolysis systems that can produce both enough energy to power a tractor and a biochar tailored to improve particular soils. "If you're going to grow food, you have to do it responsibly," says Bob Hawkins, Eprida's project manager. "And one way of doing that is to use it to generate sustainable energy." A prototype can turn a ton of ground peanut shells into 600 lb. (270 kg) of biochar, with energy as the bonus...
...Bob Costas Emmy Award--winning sportscaster who anchored NBC's coverage of the Beijing Olympics...