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- NASA Predator Scans California Burn Areas
- Winter rains on the vast areas of steep slopes left bare by the fire could unleash huge flows of debris-laden water into foothill communities. The Piute Fire in June and July 2008 destroyed or damaged six homes and 45 outbuildings. The NASA…
- US News and World Report
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- 23 minutes ago
- LA County leaders back night fire flights
- The Board of Supervisors agreed with a recommendation in a county Fire Department executive review of the blaze, which spread over 250 square miles, destroyed 89 homes and led to the deaths of two firefighters. The review concluded that…
- NewOrleans.Com
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- 1 hour ago
- NRG acquires Calif. solar power plant
- in Princeton, said Monday it acquired the Blythe Solar Project, in California. NRG made the acquisition through ... plant is expected to have the capacity to meet the energy needs of some 17,000 homes, according to NRG. The solar power…
- NJBIZ
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- 45 minutes ago
- Friday will tell what's in store for upcoming retail season
- When the holiday shopping season kicks into high gear the day after Thanksgiving, retailers will find out whether their hot deals are enough to end a months-long spending freeze in Inland Southern California, still rocked from the…
- Riverside Press Enterprise
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- Denver Dispatch
- AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, DENVER, Aug. 28, 2008 -- The Democratic Party celebrated its hard-fought choice of a presidential nominee with world-class music, triumphal speeches and a mile-high fireworks display that mirrored the…
- American Reporter
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- 1 hour ago
- Hayward at Odds Over Proposed Plant
- Megan Geuss Residents of this neighborhood are not excited by the prospect of a power plant nearby. In early 2001, the Calpine Corporation made plans for a 600-megawatt natural gas power plant on Hayward's Russell City shoreline. When the…
- East Bay Express
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- 1 hour ago
- News Analysis: U.S. economy on long transition to recovery
- Bureau of Labor Statistics report, which estimated the October unemployment rate at 10.2 percent -- the highest ... California, Florida, North Carolina, Illinois and Georgia reported higher jobless rates, with the highest at 15.3 percent as…
- English_Xinhua
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- Dallas-Fort Worth home prices nudge downward
- Dallas-Fort Worth home prices held almost steady in the latest Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller Home Price Index – down 1.2 percent from a year ago. TOM FOX/DMN Home prices in the Dallas area dropped slightly in the latest Standard &…
- Denton Record-Chronicle
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- 1 hour ago
- The New Budget Mess
- Just a few months after solving the last major budget crisis, California lawmakers are now facing a massive new one. According to the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office, next year's expected deficit has now ballooned to $20.7 billion…
- East Bay Express
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- 1 hour ago
- Calpers mulls dumping BlackRock on real estate-WSJ
- Nov 25 (Reuters) - Calpers, the biggest U.S. public pension fund, is considering dumping asset manager BlackRock Inc ( BLK.N ) as its real estate consultant, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter. California…
- Reuters
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- 42 minutes ago