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...that's the problem. Despite hopes - and promises by the Democratic leadership - that the Senate would tackle cap-and-trade legislation this fall, it's looking increasingly as if the U.S. will go to Copenhagen with no national carbon caps in place. Senate majority leader Harry Reid told reporters on Sept. 15 that the Senate might have to wait to act on cap and trade until after tackling health care and banking reform. "We still have next year to complete things if we have to," he said...
...This problem is especially apparent when you can identify random strangers on the street based solely on the fact that they were one of the eight members of the student section in last weekend’s basketball game...
...segregation” among ethnic groups on Harvard’s campus. The group quickly agreed that the “dining hall” phenomenon—or the persistence of clusters of white, black or Asian students all eating and socializing separately—was indeed a problem that needed to be addressed. From there concrete solutions were difficult to come by, but audience members took turns relating experiences ranging from racial profiling to their experiences branching out to other ethnic groups. Margaret C. Dang ’12 said that she often feels “uncomfortable?...
...done," ATSDR director Howard Frumkin pledged on a visit to the island last month. The Navy itself had already realized it had more to do, setting aside an additional $200 million last year for seven more years of Vieques cleanup. Still, Viequenses complain the Navy is exacerbating the problem by detonating left-over bombs; the Navy insists it is the only safe way to dispose of them...
...problem is not confined to Pittsburgh. In 2007, a woman in Scranton, Pa., was cited for yelling obscenities at an overflowing toilet in her home - a tirade overheard by her neighbor, an off-duty police officer. She was later acquitted on constitutional grounds, and the city paid her a $19,000 settlement. "We probably handle a dozen of these cases every year," Walczak says. "We're actually negotiating with the state police right now, trying to force them to change their training and written materials to make clear you can't do this...