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Deaths linked to GM ignition-switch defect rise to 23
2014-09-29 19:14:23| Apparel - Topix.net
The number of deaths linked to a faulty ignition switch in General Motors Co cars rose by two last week to 23, according to a report Monday from the lawyer overseeing a program set up to compensate accident victims. Since Aug. 1, 867 claims for compensation for serious injuries or deaths said to have been caused by the switch had been received by the program, which is being overseen by lawyer Kenneth Feinberg.
Aldi rings up big rise in profits
2014-09-29 11:02:18| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The Aldi supermarket chain posts a big rise full-year profits as its market share continues to grow, and 2014 looks to be an even better year.
Rise of Reno: Northern Nevada is booming. What can we learn from its growth?
2014-09-28 14:14:55| Electronics - Topix.net
A banner welcoming Tesla to Nevada is hung on the US Bank building south of the downtown Reno casino district Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014.
U.S. carbon emissions rise despite Obama climate plan
2014-09-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: U.S. emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide have risen 6% in the last two years despite the Obama administration's efforts to curb global warming, federal data show. Reversing several years of declines, its emissions from burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) rose 2.7% during the first half of this year, compared to the same period in 2013, and 6% compared to 2012, according to the Energy Information Administration's "Monthly Energy Review." This increase is a setback for President...
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The Rise and Fall of Sugar in Hawai'i
2014-09-26 10:37:18| Sugar Industry News
There's one sugar plantation left in Hawai'i, just a few square miles left of an industry that once dominated the island chain. Sugar's profits and high-paying jobs are long gone, as are the native forests and sustainable farms it devoured, thanks to a "voracious need for land and water." In her new book, "Sovereign Sugar: Industry and Environment in Hawai'i," Carol MacLennan describes the rise and eventual fall of the sugar planter elite and its consequences, both for the people of Hawai'i and the land itself. Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-09-fall-sugar-hawaii.html#jCp
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