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• Economic woes could curtail action on warming
Under such a system, the government would establish a market for carbon dioxide by giving or selling credits to companies with operations that emit greenhouse gases. The companies can then choose whether to invest in technologies to reduce emissions ...
• Suspected U.S. missile strike kills 5 in Pakistan
Also Sunday, security forces waging an offensive in the Bajur tribal region killed at least 25 more suspected militants, government official Jamil Khan said. Suspected militants killed in clashes Khan told the AP that helicopter gunships shelled ...
• In-hospital errors kill thousands in U.S., but go unreported in New ...
But they do happen sometimes and end up killing between 44,000 and 98,000 people a year, according to the Institute of Medicine. And now the federal government and the state's largest insurer have stopped paying hospitals for never events, which will ...
• Government warns of higher winter heat costs
WASHINGTON - Although global oil prices have plummeted, the cost of heating your home this winter will be a lot more expensive, especially for households that depend on fuel oil, the Energy Department predicted Tuesday. Households that use fuel oil ...
• Pakistan to deport all Afghans from tribal area
KHAR, Pakistan - Pakistan ordered the deportation of about 50,000 Afghan refugees in an insurgency-wracked tribal region amid a major military offensive against al-Qaida and Taliban fighters. The government said it was expelling all Afghan refugees ...