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A new year - out of the ashes of the old
baltimoresun.comSo 2009 is here already, with the promise of lots of news for the bay and the environment. I'm back to cover it, after an unexpectedly long hiatus. What had been planned as a weeklong break over the holidays suddenly became two with a back injury, which... -
Coal ash sludge ponds in use at some Illinois power plants
Tribune reporterMore than a dozen Illinois power plants store toxic coal ash in sludge ponds similar to the one that burst and spread contaminated muck over 300 acres of eastern Tennessee last month, according to a Tribune review of federal records. The sludge dumps,...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Michael Hawthorne, Montgomery County (Alabama), Rivers, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning
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The empty case for even more regulation
If there is anything we have learned from the crisis in the financial sector, it's the urgent need for more regulation. Had federal regulators been more vigilant or wielded greater powers, all this suffering and heartache might have been averted. That's...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Securities, Fraud, Texas, Bernard Madoff
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Barack Obama asks longtime University of Chicago professor Cass Sunstein to join his administration
Washington BureauWASHINGTON — Cass Sunstein, a longtime University of Chicago legal scholar and prominent author, is set to take up a key cause in the Barack Obama administration: regulation. The president-elect is expected to name Sunstein—his friend and...Tags: Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Colleges and Universities, University of Chicago, Thurgood Marshall, Felix Frankfurter
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Obama friend, scholar in line for regulation post
WASHINGTON Cass Sunstein, a longtime University of Chicago legal scholar and prominent author, is set to take up a key cause in the Barack Obama administration: regulation. The president-elect is expected to name Sunstein - his friend and informal adviser...Tags: Regulatory Policy and Organizations, University of Chicago
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Engineer: Tennessee ash spill warning signs ignored
The Associated PressThe nation's largest government-run utility ignored two small leaks that could have provided a warning years before a coal ash pond collapsed, flooding a neighborhood with a billion gallons of sludge, a former federal regulator contends. Jack Spadaro,...Tags: Metal and Mineral, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Tennessee Valley Authority, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Trials
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Girls roundup: Brentwood's Harris seals win
Brianna Harris hit a jumper with two minutes left in the second overtime to give Brentwood the lead for good in a 47-44 win over Ward Melville last night in a Suffolk League I girls basketball game. Harris' basket made it 44-42 and Adreinne Grant hit a...Tags: Basketball
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Pfizer: US patent office OKs corrected Lipitor, maintains patent term until June 2011
AP Business WriterTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office on Tuesday issued a notice allowing drugmaker Pfizer Inc. to correct a technical defect in one of the patents involving Pfizer's cholesterol medicine Lipitor, the world's top-selling drug. The...Tags: Sales, Justice System, Western Medicines, Court Administration, Trials
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Lawyer joins Porath's firm to expand services offered
Forum Publishing GroupAfter 25 years of serving the western communities with her own law firm, Ann Porath has brought in a partner, Anthony Barbuto, 30, of Wellington to help with the firm and expand it. "I'm looking forward to working together and serving the western...Tags: Los Angeles, Trials, Business Enterprises, Fort Lauderdale, Legal Services
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Verizon exec testifies that Pa. senator listed $50M in demands during deregulation talks
Associated Press WriterPHILADELPHIA (AP) — The former president of Verizon Pennsylvania testified Monday that a powerful state lawmaker gave him a list of demands worth $50 million during negotiations over phone-industry deregulation. The alleged demands by Sen....Tags: Verizon Communications, Justice System, Banking, National Government, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Epiphany at Church of the Free Market
In this season of spiritual introspection, there are true believers suffering a real crisis of faith. They have been worshipping at the Church of the Free Market, and their doubts run deeper than stock brokers not answering prayers, or returning calls....Tags: New York Times, Upper House, Ben Stein, Financial and Business Services, Mutual Funds
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Islanders' comeback comes up short again, 5-3
greg.logan@newsday.comAfter a no-show first period on the second night of back-to-back road games, the Islanders found that reserve of spunkiness that makes them a tougher out than their record would suggest. For the second straight night, they fought back from a three-goal...Tags: Joe Thornton, Mike Grier, National Hockey League, Jeff Halpern, Dan Boyle
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