Los Angeles Times
Brad Horrigan / AP The group of white firefighters dubbed "the New Haven 20" appear in a January file photo. But the divided justices began shifting from the Bush administration's hands-off approach to business, clearing the way for more consumer …
Worcester Telegram
New York Times
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Green Right Now, CA
Nine companies were named today as semi-finalists for the SB'09 New Venture Exchange pitch contest at the upcoming Sustainable Brands 09 conference. The companies will pitch their business concept to an audience that includes green and social investors …
Elites TV
CSRwire.com (press release)
BBC News
Bolivia should not stop other nations finding out why their citizens died, the Irish Foreign Minister has said. The Bolivians said three men shot dead last week, including Irishman Michael Dwyer, 24, were in a mercenary gang.
Irish Times
Wall Street Journal
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ABC News
BY KATE SNOW Alaska Governor and US Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin speaks to reporters at the Republican Governor's Association gathering at the Museum of Russian Art in Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 4, 2008.
The Associated Press
KMPH Fox 26
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AFP
ISTANBUL (AFP) - Ministerial-level talks on the world's worsening problems of water scarcity, pollution and sanitation began here Friday amid discord over whether water should be considered a fundamental "right" or a "need.
Xinhua
SustainableBusiness.com
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San Jose Mercury News, USA
… once-restricted funds to balance the books. Other districts have done the same or are expected to, even though it theoretically means wiping out popular initiatives like art instruction, library aides or staff development for several years to come. …
Christian Science Monitor
A growing movement thinks so, saying it will guarantee that the poor have water. But at a water conference in Turkey, officials voice concern about implementing such a right.
Al Jazeera
New York Times
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