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No One to Pray With

2010-10-22T11:54:30Z

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Jim Cooper's hot seat

2010-10-26T20:58:38Z

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U.S. DOE Heats Up New Energy Standards for Home Furnaces

2010-10-23T23:06:30Z

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Unions, wolves, others may benefit as rules frozen

2010-04-16T15:14:23Z

Obama's freeze on Bush rule changes may help wolves and conservationists, hurt miners

Gray wolves might benefit and sellers of investment products might not under President Barack Obama's first official act — the freezing of all proposed federal rules changes left unfinished by George W. Bush's administration.

Obama's order, which took effect a...

Capital Briefs

2010-06-25T23:42:36Z

* RNC TO CHALLENGE MCCAIN-FEINGOLD: Just over a week after John McCain was defeated, his party has launched a lawsuit to overturn much of the 2002 campaign finance law that bears his name. Republican National Chairman Mike Duncan announced last week that he will file suits to end restrictions ...

Energy plan pushes automakers on mpg

2010-10-22T11:53:12Z

Groundbreaking Energy Deal in Congress to Push Auto Industry on Fuel-Efficiency

The groundbreaking deal in Congress to raise mile-per-gallon standards will compel the auto industry to churn out more fuel-efficient vehicles on a faster timeline than the companies wanted, though with flexibility to get the job done.

The auto industry's fleet of new cars, sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks and vans will have to average 35 mpg by 2020, according to the agreem...

Gulf Oil Spill Beaches

2010-07-28T09:00:29Z

FILE - In a Friday, July 2, 2010 photo, Glen and Dee Dee Richardson sit on a beach with friends in Perdido Key, Fla. Gooey, smelly and toxic oil has forced beaches along the Gulf Coast to issue nearly 10 times as many closing and advisory days as last year, according to the

Gulf Oil Spill

2010-06-16T01:00:30Z

Natural Resources Defense Council marine scientist Lisa Suatoni watches oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill wash ashore on Four Bayou Canal Tuesday, June 15, 2010, near Venice, La. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)<...

People De Niro Dicaprio

2010-03-29T02:57:52Z

FILE - In this April 25, 2009 file photo, actor Leonardo DiCaprio arrives at the Natural Resources Defense Council 20th anniversary gala in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, file)