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Housing market slowdown expected in region, realtors group says
2015-10-12 20:26:28| Real Estate - Topix.net
Scarce inventory, new rules for mortgage closings and affordability concerns will likely slow home sales around Western Washington during the remaining months of 2015 and into early 2016, according to spokespersons from Northwest Multiple Listing Service. The latest statistics from the MLS show a double-digit drop in inventory, a double-digit jump in closed sales, and a near double-digit increase in prices from a year ago.
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Leaving EU not worth risk, Rose says
2015-10-12 06:42:30| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The cross-party campaign for the UK to stay in the European Union is formally launching with the message that leaving is "not worth the risk".
Mysterious disease may be tied to climate change, says researcher
2015-10-11 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A mysterious kidney disease that has killed over 20,000 people in Central America, most of them sugar cane workers, may be caused by chronic, severe dehydration linked to global climate change, according to a new study by Richard J. Johnson, MD, of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. "This could be the first epidemic directly caused by global warming," said Johnson, professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and an expert on the underlying causes of...
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Oklahoma earthquake likely caused by wastewater injection, seismologist says
2015-10-10 17:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A moderate, magnitude-4.4 earthquake has shaken northern Oklahoma. It was one of the stronger temblors the earthquake-prone state has had this year. There were no initial reports of damage or injuries from Saturday mornings earthquake, which was 18 miles southwest of Medford and four miles deep. US Geological Survey seismologist George Choy said it had all the hallmarks of an induced quake, meaning it was triggered by the injection of drilling wastewater underground. Choy said this seems to...
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Riders Could Get Stuck Covering $9.8B MTA Funding Gap, Says DiNapoli
2015-10-07 16:54:07| Railroads - Topix.net
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli warns that mass transit riders could get stuck holding the bag should the Metropolitan Transportation Authority not receive the $9.8 billion in funding it seeks from the New York City and New York state governments. In his report, released Tuesday, DiNapoli questions whether the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or MTA, will be able to limit future fare and toll increases to 4 percent when there is a multi-billion gap in its five-year capital program.
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