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While the LAPD has one of the largest cadres of scanners, small towns are looking to the scanners to boost city coffers or serve as added eyes on the ground. The upscale city of Tiburon, Calif., across the bay from San Francisco, is studying whether to place a scanner at city limits as a resource in home-burglary cases. But in the traditionally liberal community, the prospect of border cameras has provoked debate. "To be under investigation simply because you entered or left Tiburon at a certain time is incredibly intrusive," Nicole Ozer, a technology expert for the California ACLU...
...effective as taking antidepressant drugs for treating mild to moderate depression. Of course, it's no secret that regular exercise is a powerful mood enhancer - although researchers noted that a similar regimen of walking in a crowded shopping mall did not have the same impact - and the boost in vitamin D production in people who spent more time outside in the sun surely helped as well...
...said he supports drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge. Following Palin's announcement that she would resign, declared that his top priority would be securing a national gas pipeline expected to boost Alaska's economy...
...There is some fear in Taiwan that Ma's opening to China will accelerate a hollowing out of the island's economy by encouraging companies to move there, costing jobs. Ma's policy team, though, argues closer ties will boost the economy overall because it makes it easier for executives to keep the most advanced parts of their businesses - the high-salary R&D and management divisions - at home. San says the government's vision is to turn Taiwan into an operations center for Chinese industry by supplying technical and manufacturing expertise. There are some early indications Ma's strategy...
...comes that badly needed boost, the cash-for-clunkers law signed in June by President Obama, which offers $1 billion overall for consumers who agree to trade in their old vehicles for new, more fuel-efficient models. The initiative could boost car sales in the U.S. by about 200,000 units, PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates...