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Digital Records' Risks Emerge as Deaths Blamed on Systems
2013-06-26 03:40:20| Biotech - Topix.net
When Scot Silverstein's 84-year-old mother, Betty, starting mixing up her words, he worried she was having a stroke.
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Singapore threatens legal action against local firms blamed for smog from Sumatra
2013-06-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Singapore said yesterday that it would pursue local firms found to be involved in starting forest fires in Sumatra, Indonesia, as Greenpeace said the blazes were on palm oil plantations owned by Indonesian, Malaysian and Singaporean companies. Smog has engulfed the city state, with air pollution reaching a record high on Friday, although the level had dropped to "moderate" by yesterday afternoon. Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam said Singapore would investigate possible legal action against domestic...
Obama to tap executive powers to curb emissions blamed for global warming
2013-06-20 01:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term. "We know we have to do more -- and we will do more," Obama said Wednesday in Berlin. Obama's senior energy and climate adviser, Heather Zichal, said the plan would boost energy efficiency of appliances and buildings, expand renewable energy and use the Environmental Protection Agency's authority under...
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Beer Fridge Blamed For Cellphone Network Blackout
2013-06-05 01:55:57| Telecom - Topix.net
A row of beer cans in Australia, where a man's beer fridge has been blamed for playing havoc with the cellphone network in several neighborhoods.
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Ground failures blamed for British Airways' Heathrow emergency in which one engine caught fire
2013-06-01 10:17:52| Airlines - Topix.net
Simon Calder is Travel Editor at Large for The Independent, writing a weekly column, various articles and features as well as filming a weekly video diary.
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