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...switchgrass is much more difficult than distilling it from corn, or better, sugar cane. Both the Department of Energy (DoE) and private companies like Broomfield, Colo.-based Range Fuels are developing the technology to commercialize cellulosic ethanol, but that day might still be years away. "We're doing serious technological innovation on this," Khosla told TIME recently. "Oil is a big market, and there will be breakthroughs...
...former New York mayor never made a serious effort in Iowa - and came in sixth. Now, he has reduced his role to that of a cameo in New Hampshire as well. He is running behind John McCain, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee in most surveys - his exact position depending on who the pollsters think is going to come out and vote. He neither helped nor hurt himself in Saturday night's ABC/Facebook debate - though he did seem to invoke Ronald Reagan's name nearly every time he spoke...
...nothing else, Huckabee's decisive victory in Iowa has established him for the first time as a serious contender for the White House, despite the doubts of many in the Republican establishment. When asked Thursday night about the lack of establishment support in the previous months, Saltsman quipped, "I would say a few are emailing me right...
Ciarelli noted that he started the Web site as a hobby, but over time, the site grew into something more serious. Apple filed the lawsuit against Think Secret in January 2005, when Ciarelli was a college freshman...
...Hampshire dynamic could be reversed at the next contest, on Jan. 15 in Michigan. The major Democratic candidates, facing sanctions from the national party because the state moved its primary date so early, aren't seriously competing there. But the Republican contest will be a spirited one, meaning that independents - and even some Democrats - will be drawn into the action. McCain won the last contested GOP primary there in 2000, but Mitt Romney - who grew up in Michigan and whose father was Governor of the state in the '60s - is making a serious bid tailored to independents' tastes. Though Romney...