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...Obama really can pull Republican votes for climate legislation, nuclear support might be a worthwhile price. And because the money is a loan guarantee, if the plants are built on budget and succeed, the funds would be reimbursed to taxpayers. But some environmentalists point out that there's a reason no American nuclear plants have been built in more than three decades: the projects tend to be hit with construction delays, and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the risk of default on a new nuclear plant is higher than 50%. In a conference call with reporters, Energy Secretary...
...Union] is a veteran team and at the top of our league for a reason,” Donato said. “I am very happy to get the win tonight...
...stock surrendered $21 billion of value in a single week. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) threatened the company with fines for being slow to react to the problems--a pair of faults that can cause sudden, dangerous acceleration--even though the DOT has been criticized for the same reason. Lawyers, who are never slow to react, are swarming. One class action alleges that jammed accelerators on Toyotas have caused 16 deaths and 243 injuries. Customers who once wouldn't have thought about looking at another brand now have reason...
...bear any fruit, Obama and his international partners will have to change the cost-benefit analysis for the Israelis and Palestinians by raising both the inducements to act and the consequences of inaction. As long as the status quo remains more politically comfortable than the alternative, there's no reason to expect any progress...
...continue to circulate around the globe - and quite often the money has nothing to do with violence, but plain greed. Indeed, a new report released by the U.S. Senate this month cites cases of huge volumes of suspect cash being moved from Africa to the U.S. for no other reason than to fatten the bank accounts of crooked leaders, shady arms dealers and conniving middlemen. And experts warn that if these people can still shuttle suspected corruption money across borders for personal gain, similar methods remain open to terrorists, too. (See pictures of a jihadist's journey...