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Mother nature helped clean Beijing's air during 2008 Olympics
Scientists have partly credited mother nature for China's impressive feat of cutting Beijing's pollution up to 50 percent for the 2008 Summer Olympics. They found that rain just at the beginning and wind during the Olympics likely contributed about half of the effort needed to clean up the skies. The results also suggested emission controls need to be more widely implemented than in 2008 if pollution
Scientists have partly credited mother nature for China's impressive feat of cutting Beijing's pollution up to 50 percent for the 2008 Summer Olympics. They found that rain just at the beginning and wind during the Olympics likely contributed about half of the effort needed to clean up the skies. The results also suggested emission controls need to be more widely implemented than in 2008 if pollution
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Feds urge states to ban texting, talking on roads
Ren Bishop is one of many American drivers who texts, tweets and talks on her cellphone while she's behind the wheel — and thinks it should be up to drivers to use their discretion when it
No cellphones, no texting by drivers, US urges
Texting, emailing or chatting on a cellphone while driving is simply too dangerous to be allowed, federal safety investigators declared Tuesday, urging all states to impose total bans except for
Religion news in brief
BERLIN (AP) — An American Jewish group is applauding German police for taking former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke into custody before he could address a far-right
Airbus has "high hopes" for struggling Kingfisher
Airbus expects to maintain A380 superjumbo deliveries at 25-27 aircraft in 2012, unchanged from this year, as production edges up to three planes a month, sales chief John Leahy said. Airbus
Airbus expects to maintain A380 superjumbo deliveries at 25-27 aircraft in 2012, unchanged from this year, as production edges up to three planes a month, sales chief John Leahy said. Airbus
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