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Saving Lives Through Smarter Hurricane Evacuations
- Boston MA (SPX) Sep 04, 2008 - Hundreds of lives and hundreds of millions of dollars could potentially be saved if emergency managers could make better and more timely critical decisions when faced with an approaching hurricane. Now, an MIT graduate stud...

Bombs away!?innovative concept of planting tree saplings
- What's the fastest way to plant a forest? Grab a plane and drop bombs. No, not the explosive kind, but a bomb even a mom could love -- tree bombs!

Legislature takes aim at urban sprawl and global warming
- Will Californians drive less to reduce global warming? Maybe not on our own -- but state officials are ready to nudge us.

Iraq, US agree no foreign troops after 2011: PM
- BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday said Washington and Baghdad have agreed that there will be no foreign forces in the war-torn country after 2011.

Hawaii Recycles Record 72 Percent of Beverage Containers
- Hawaii has announced the results of its beverage container recycling efforts for the fiscal year 2008, and the state increased recycling by four percent to reach 72 percent recovery, an all-time high.

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