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...scaling back their event spending, the pinch isn't being felt by NBC, this year's broadcaster. While veterans like FedEx and General Motors are sitting out this year, the network says it has sold 90% of its advertising inventory, at a record average price of $2.9 million per 30-second spot. Which means that, in the end, the game will probably continue to be eclipsed by the commerce, if not the parties, built around it. (See pictures of the Giants' stunning Super Bowl victory last year...
...beginning to put ourselves on track for worst-case scenarios. He noted a sobering new paper published Jan. 27 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which indicated that even if we managed to stabilize carbon concentration levels in the atmosphere between 450 and 600 parts per million, up from 385 p.p.m. today - a target that would be politically challenging - we would still suffer rising sea levels, worsened droughts and more, for centuries to come. "The scientists are practically screaming from the rooftops," said Gore. (See the top 10 green ideas...
...square foot earlier this month beat out those of three other prospective owners, including Unofficial Tours LLC, which was founded by Harvard students; Canada-based Gateway Newsstands; and Kallol Barua, the current general manager of the building. Unofficial Tours had the runner-up offer at $136 per square foot...
...night that destroyed 15 row houses on Fleetwood Street, leaving up to 60 people, including a city-council member, homeless. There has been nearly $2 million in damage done. The city, an aging steel town of about 12,000 an hour west of Philadelphia, usually records about two arsons per year, according to the police. But last year there were 15 reported arsons, including one in October that killed an 83-year-old woman. One man was arrested in connection with that fire, and two others were charged with other fires around the same time, but police told reporters they...
...country where less than one percent of the population owns more than two thirds of the land. But negotiations resulted in leaving the current holdings as is and limiting future landownership. On Sunday voters had a choice between limiting ownership to 10,000 or 25,000 acres per person limit. They voted 75% in favor of the former...