News Selected By World News Trust Editors
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Ethanol Demand in U.S. Adds to Food, Fertilizer Costs (Alan Bjerga)
U.S. plans to replace 15 percent of gasoline consumption with crop-based fuels including ethanol are already leading to some unintended consequences as food prices and fertilizer costs increase.
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AP Scoop: 'Gross Mismanagement' Killed Marines (Richard Lardner)
Hundreds of U.S. Marines have been killed or injured by roadside bombs in Iraq because Marine Corps bureaucrats refused an urgent request in 2005 from battlefield commanders for blast-resistant ...
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A Credit Card You Want to Toss | Robert Berner
Bank of America abruptly notified cardholders in good standing their rates would skyrocket if they didn't opt out fast. Is BofA greedy or needy? Robert Berner -- Newsweek Feb. 7, 2008 -- Credit-card ...
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Exclusive! The FBI Deputizes Business (Matthew Rothschild)
Matthew Rothschild -- The Progressive Jan. 7, 2008 -- Today, more than 23,000 representatives of private industry are working quietly with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The ...
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Breaking: S&P Mulls $500B in Mortgage Downgrades
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services is considering slashing its rating on more than $500 billion of investments tied to bad mortgage loans, the ratings agency said Wednesday.
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Citigroup, Merrill Face More Writedowns, Goldman Says (Elizabeth Hester & Alexander Haigh)
Citigroup Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Merrill Lynch & Co. may write down an additional $34 billion in securities linked to the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, according to Goldman Sachs ...
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CIA Man 'Can Take White House Down' (Press TV)
Former head of the CIA's clandestine service Jose Rodriguez claims he can take the White House down over a torture cover-up scandal.
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US Sets Terms For Climate Talks (BBC News)
BBC News Dec. 15, 2007 -- The United States said the climate change negotiating process it agreed to in Bali must ensure developing states take their fair share of emission cuts. The deal did not ...
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Freddie Sees $5.5B-$12B More Losses (Marcy Gordon)
By MARCY GORDON -- Associated Press Dec. 11, 2007 -- WASHINGTON -- The chief executive of Freddie Mac estimated Tuesday the mortgage finance company will lose an additional $5.5 billion to $7.5 ...
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Using Hydrogen to Clean Up Fossil Fuels (Tyler Hamilton)
By Tyler Hamilton -- The Toronto Star Dec. 10, 2007 -- Hydrogen might be an emission-free fuel when burned or put through a fuel cell, but given that fuel-cell cars for the mass market are at least ...
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120 U.S. War Vets Commit Suicide Each Week (Penny Coleman)
By Penny Coleman -- AlterNet Nov. 26 -- Earlier this year, using the clout that only major broadcast networks seem capable of mustering, CBS News contacted the governments of all 50 states ...
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