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...India, will try to set a long-term goal for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. Speaking in Tokyo, Blair urged world leaders to commit to cutting global carbon emissions 50% by 2050 - including developing nations, which have no obligations under Kyoto - and paving the way toward a firm interim target for cuts by developed nations by 2020. Without near-term goals, a promise to cut emissions four decades in the future is virtually meaningless. But for years many developed nations - most significantly but not solely the U.S. - have been reluctant to fix themselves to carbon caps while major developing nations...
...through an equitable climate deal for the world, then letting the magic of energy efficiency, renewable power and avoided deforestation take us to a low-carbon world. It's a framework that Blair and the Climate Group lay out well in their report. "Once you agree to a global target and a shared vision, you can identify the key building blocks for a new economy and move towards a new world," he said...
...tell your story from the viewpoint of Skyler Rampike, the brother of a 6-year-old murder victim. Why this case? I wanted to write about a young person from a tabloid-target family. I had originally thought of writing about someone like the daughter of O.J. Simpson...
...that such drugs are already being tested. Hagerman and a team at Chicago's Rush University Medical Center have begun trials with a drug called fenobam, originally designed as an antianxiety medication. MIT's Bear expects to begin trials with two other compounds later this year. The drugs target a receptor on brain cells that the fragile X protein normally helps regulate; the receptor, in turn, regulates proteins involved in learning and memory. "We're looking at a medication to reverse the retardation," says the optimistic Hagerman, "and I think we can achieve...
...split Independents, a target demographic for both campaigns, with 44% supporting Obama and 43% McCain's. Obama overwhelmingly won the likability contest with 58% of respondents saying he's more likeable to McCain's 23%. Obama also led McCain among women...