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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY $10.5 billion, a 35% budget increase. Calls for the creation of a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse-gas emissions, funding for Great Lakes cleanup and investments in water-infrastructure projects...
...people whose cases were undertaken by the center's specialists, 17% saw their problems solved, while an additional 57% got some help that might not be totally affordable or adequate. For example, the Wilhites worry that Taylor's $1.5 million cap may be reached before she is 18, at which time the family will face another hurdle: getting her coverage as an adult...
...dozen police vehicles that were escorting the bus from the team's hotel to the stadium. The windscreen of the blue Punjab Elite Police pickup bears six large bullet holes. The roof is badly damaged. On the driver's seat, amid shards of glass, is a blood-stained cap belonging to one of the dead police officers. Blood is smeared across the steering wheel, and forms small pools in the backseat. Bullet casings lie nearby. According to eyewitnesses and police accounts, the police officers and the attackers were locked in a gun battle for 15 minutes. "One of the police...
...personal-best times in each of his races for the contest, echoed McKellar’s sentiment. “The opportunity to compete in ECACs is really what swimming’s all about,” Lin said. “It was a great way to cap the season—we had time drops all across the board, and it was really inspiring to see that.” Harvard had an especially strong showing in its relays. On the first day of competition, the Crimson came out with a bang in the 200-yard freestyle...
...historic magnitude of this budget is undisputed. Nationalized health care, cap-and-trade emissions regulation, an end to some agricultural subsidies, government loans, and, of course, tax hikes would have each—let alone all—been unheard of three years ago. Yet desperate times call for bold measures, and the recession demands the policy reform and funding plans of this budget...