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• Court urged to choose power plants over fish
Dec. 1: The Island Fox, a five-pound mammal found only on Southern California's Channel Islands, was recently in danger of disappearing, but its rapid recovery has been faster than any other endangered animal in history. NBC's Mark Mullen reports ...
• GM: We need $12 billion to stay in business
Dec. 2: CNBC's Phil Lebeau reports that GM recovery plan includes asking the government for $12 billion, elimination of several of its brands, reducing employees by 20-30,000, closing 11 plants and reducing the number of dealers. WASHINGTON - General ...
• Airlines ready to slash more flights
Dec. 2: CNBC's Phil Lebeau reports that GM recovery plan includes asking the government for $12 billion, elimination of several of its brands, reducing employees by 20-30,000, closing 11 plants and reducing the number of dealers. ATLANTA - Executives ...
• Scientists put sex origin mystery to bed
Now, research on wild strawberry plants is providing evidence for such a transition and the emergence of sex, at least in plants. And the results, which are detailed in the December issue of the journal Heredity, likely apply to animals like us, the ...
• Interest is churning for hydroelectric power
HAMILTON, Ohio - Many decades ago, cost-conscious Henry Ford turned to hydroelectric plants to power his car factories like the one by the Great Miami River, near this Cincinnati suburb. That assembly plant is long gone, but the power plant and the ...