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Climate change causing US wildfire season to last longer, Congress told

2013-06-04 22:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: America's wildfire season lasts two months longer than it did 40 years ago and burns up twice as much land as it did in those earlier days because of the hotter, drier conditions produced by climate change, the country's forest service chief told Congress on Tuesday. But the forest service was forced to make sharp cuts to fire prevention programmes, and reduce the numbers of fire-fighters and engines because of budget pressures, Thomas Tidwell, the chief of the United States Forest Service, told...

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Facebook no longer in talks to acquire Waze - report

2013-05-30 14:50:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Facebook is no longer in talks to acquire social mapping and navigation company Waze, reports AllThingsD citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. The sources said that talks have collapsed in recent days, due in part to a dispute about whether or not the Israel-based Waze team would transfer to the US and join Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California.

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Study: Women Could Live Longer Than Men Due To Better Immune System

2013-05-16 23:29:57| Biotech - Topix.net

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta states that the human immune system, also referred to as the Lymphatic system, is the body's first line of defense against infections and disease.

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Home appraisals no longer derailing sales

2013-05-15 14:03:22| Real Estate - Topix.net

Consider this one more sign that the housing market is heating up: Appraisers are putting higher values on homes again, allowing for more deals to go through.

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