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SACRAMENTO – California’s chinook salmon fishery is likely to be opened this year after two straight closed fishing seasons – but with restrictions, according to recommendations released today by a federal panel. Fishermen in Oregon and Washington are poised to have an even better season because …
San Jose Mercury News · March 11, 2010, 11:24 PM (PST)
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Reporting from Washington – Rebuffing criticism of slow action and underfunded efforts, the head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said his agency acted properly in investigating complaints about sudden-acceleration problems in Toyota vehicles and has enough money and staff to …
Los Angeles Times · March 12, 2010, 4:53 AM (PST)
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AUSTIN, Texas — Global climate change poses a significant threat to migratory bird populations, which are already stressed by the loss of habitat and environmental pollution, according to a report released Thursday. U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar joined scientists and conservation organizers …
Forbes · March 12, 2010, 5:00 AM (PST)
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SAN FRANCISCO – Voter registration forms are now available nationally in five Asian languages for the first time. The U.S. Election Assistance Commission released the forms Thursday in Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean or Tagalog on its Web site. States already have been producing the ballots …
San Mateo Daily Journal · March 12, 2010, 3:56 AM (PST)
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LOS ANGELES-Federal prosecutors filed charges Wednesday against a sushi chef and a Santa Monica restaurant on allegations that they served illegal and endangered whale meat. Typhoon Restaurant Inc., which owns The Hump restaurant, and sushi chef Kiyoshiro Yamamoto, 45, were charged with illegally …
San Jose Mercury News · March 12, 2010, 2:37 AM (PST)
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VeriSign Inc., whose technology is key to allowing Internet users to access Web sites with names ending in ".com" and ".net," plans to spend more than $300 million over the next decade to upgrade its systems. The upgrades will allow VeriSign’s machines to handle up to 4 quadrillion requests per day …
PhysOrg · March 12, 2010, 2:08 AM (PST)
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(AP) SEATTLE – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will consider ways the states can address rising levels of carbon dioxide in oceans. The agency on Thursday settled a lawsuit filed last year by the Center for Biological Diversity in San Francisco. The problem stems from oceans …
WNYT · March 11, 2010, 3:31 PM (PST)
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will consider ways the states can address rising acidity levels in oceans, which pose a serious threat to shellfish and other marine life. The agency’s decision was announced in a legal settlement with the Center for Biological Diversity. The …
Kansas City Star · March 12, 2010, 1:11 AM (PST)
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Virgin Media Inc., a British provider of TV, Internet and phone services, said Thursday that it will conduct a trial using utility poles to send high-speed broadband Internet service to homes in the U.K. Virgin Media said the trial will start delivering broadband to homes in …
CED Magazine · March 11, 2010, 3:53 PM (PST)
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The gaming system to introduce an interactive controller this fall. The Japanese maker of the PlayStation 3 unveiled Thursday its highly anticipated motion controlling system, as it takes aim at Nintendo’s dominance in the gaming sector. With the "PlayStation Move," Sony hopes to lure gamers who …
ABC News · March 11, 2010, 9:22 PM (PST)
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