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Obama warns of 'devastating' hurricanes from climate change
2014-05-30 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: President Obama warned Friday that storms like Hurricane Sandy will become more frequent as climate change intensifies. While being briefed by emergency response officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters, Obama urged the public to prepare now for this year's hurricane season. "The changes were seeing in our climate means that, unfortunately, storms like Sandy could end up being more common and more devastating," Obama said. "And thats why were also going...
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Obama to tackle youth sports concussion issue
2014-05-29 10:59:31| Biotech - Topix.net
Concerned that too little is known about the effects of head injuries in young athletes, President Barack Obama is bringing representatives of professional sports leagues, coaches, parents, youth sports players, researchers and others to the White House to help educate the public about youth sports concussions.
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Texas Senate candidate Kesha Rogers wants to impeach Obama. Oh, she's a Democrat
2014-05-27 07:27:05| Electronics - Topix.net
Texas is known as a pretty conservative state. It has not been carried by a Democrat presidential candidate since Jimmy Carter in 1976.
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Obama backs new surveillance law that tech companies reject
2014-05-22 13:08:28| InfoWorld: Top News
A tech industry group that has Facebook and Google as participants has rejected the latest draft of a U.S. legislation that aims to put curbs on surveillance by the National Security Agency. The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday said it supported swift passage of the USA Freedom Act by the U.S. House of Representatives, and urged the Senate to follow suit.
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Cisco CEO tells Obama: NSA spying impacts technology sales
2014-05-19 13:44:14| InfoWorld: Top News
Cisco Systems' CEO John Chambers has written to U.S. President Barack Obama, asking for his intervention so that U.S. technology sales are not affected by a loss in trust as a result of reports of surveillance by the U.S. National Security Agency.
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