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...energy-independence proposal. It would drastically reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by auctioning off permits to pollute and is similar to Obama's - but Obama has added a fillip of honesty by telling his audiences that the program might result in higher energy prices. I asked Clinton why she hadn't been similarly honest, and she immediately turned it around: Obama wanted to spend the proceeds of the pollution auction - perhaps as much as $50 billion - on alternative-energy research and development. "I have committed to putting money from that auction into programs to ... cushion the economic impact on working...
...semicircle of plastic chairs, the engineers, police officers, health-care workers and casino dealers have something in common: they are all addicted to gambling. The group meets once a week to hear Tan speak, and to share stories of angry spouses, loan sharks and backsliding. A young nurse who hadn't placed a bet in six months admits she relapsed four days earlier after a fight with her husband. "He wanted money in order to grant me a divorce," says the mother of two. She lost $515 playing baccarat. A well-dressed engineer says that he's considered kidnapping children...
...market. Four years ago, Price brought in from Australia Hong Kong's most famous steed: Silent Witness, who won 17 races and racked up $8 million in winnings - and who would have kept on earning after his retirement earlier this year through stud fees, if only he hadn't been gelded. Unfortunately, Silent Witness's trainers didn't see much value in his bloodline at the outset of his racing career...
...went off spontaneously in a kitchen drawer this summer, so that a disoriented Pinky - roused from sleep at 3 o'clock in the morning - thought Red Sox announcer Joe Castiglione had broken into his house. And here's the thing: Pinky was disappointed to learn that he hadn...
...Back at Dongsibatiao, Xia Jie says things have taken a surprising turn for the better since residents received their eviction notices in May. Xia says she confronted the developer and brought evidence that proper legal procedures hadn't been followed, arguing that the permission granted by the city government for the project was therefore invalid. Soon after, there was a sudden change of attitude. The range of the project was scaled back so that it will now involve a smaller, six-story building to be sited on the edge of the hutong. Other buildings taken over by the developer...