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...plug-in hybrid cars on American roads by 2015 and giving a $7,000 tax credit to each person who buys an electric car. McCain has offered a $5,000 tax credit for people buying pure, zero-emission electric cars (GM's Volt would not qualify), with a sliding scale of tax breaks for those buying low-emission vehicles. McCain says he would also give a whopping $300 million prize to whichever company designs an electric-car battery so cheap and long-lasting that it would be a credible replacement for the combustion engine...
...larger scale, this threat to the NBA exemplifies the darker side of globalization. While the benefits to these players—and the world basketball market generally—may increase as a result of their going abroad, there are inevitable costs. As a fundamentally American sport, born in Springfield, Mass. in 1891, moving players from their fan base would destroy the game at its popular epicenter Also, the move indicates the state of today’s economy. With an exchange rate that has fluctuated around $1.50 for every Euro, these foreign organizations have the purchasing power to offer...
...solution seems superior to a system that deprives students of representation altogether. Since UC efforts often continue through the summer and into the following year, an interim assembly could easily focus on these ongoing issues until elections take place, waiting for October before choosing to address any new, large-scale projects...
...Even after receiving this impassioned plea, Ifill did not ask any direct questions about schools during Thursday's vice-presidential debate. However, when she asked about budget priorities, Joe Biden vowed the Democratic ticket would not scale back its $18 billion education-spending plan, despite the $700 billion federal economic bailout Congress was working feverishly to pass. "We won't slow up on education because that's the engine that's going to give us the economic growth and competitiveness we need," Biden said. Sarah Palin, for her part, called for state standards to be raised as well as funding...
...Asian Development Bank and the U.S. Agency for International Development. With the sagging economy, which many - including Prime Minister Taro Aso - say is already in recession, the reorganization doesn't necessarily mean more money, just a more efficent way at dispensing it. JICA expects the change to scale up its activities and quickly turn projects into viable programs and also streamline the process of providing technical assistance, grant aid and soft loans. The JICA will also set up a research institute of about 40 staff to compare development patterns between Asia and Africa...