In an interview with The Associated Press, David Beckham said he plans to play out the final year of his contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2011. Beckham was in Hollywood promoting EA Sports Active 2, and showed off his workout moves. (Oct. 26)
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image: Wikipedia It’s likely not long before Arctic ice melt reaches levels where trans-Arctic shipment of goods is no longer headline-making, but commonplace. With that comes more black carbon air pollution from ships–soot to you and me–and, that means already disproportionately high levels of warmi… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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As the day fast approaches when lots and lots of Americans will converge in Washington, D.C., for Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity, three “Daily Show” envoys round up six special Americans to join them as they ride to the rally on the sanity bus. Related Entries October 26, 2010 BP and Other Polluters Pay for Senate Campaigns October 24, 2010 Two-Thirds of Benin Is Underwater
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A storm drawing comparisons to a hurricane muscled across the Midwest, snapping trees and power lines, delaying flights at one of nation’s busiest airports. Some dubbed it ‘chiclone’ and ‘windpocalypse.’ (Oct. 26)
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Continue reading …State Department Asks Anti-Tea Party NYT Reporter to Brief Foreign Press on Movement
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When seeking political neutrality in a discussion of the Tea Party movement, it's probably best to avoid including – let alone promoting – a reporter who consistently suggests that racism undergirds the movement. But that is exactly what the State Department did in selecting New York Times reporter Kate Zernike to brief foreign journalists on the Tea Party last Friday. read more
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California GOP Senate challenger Carly Fiorina is in the hospital to be treated for an infection associated with her reconstructive surgery after breast cancer. (Oct. 26)
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Indonesia’s most volatile volcano has erupted Tuesday, spewing smoke and hot ash into the air. The death toll was climbing at Mount Merapi, and also to the west where an earthquake triggered a tsunami Monday. (Oct. 26)
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PARIS (Reuters) – Oil refinery strikes in protest against French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s unpopular pension reform eased on Tuesday, with walkouts ending at several plants and unions sounding more open to talks with employers. French university students and striking workers attend a demonstration over pension reform near the French Senate in Paris October 26, 2010. (REUTERS/Benoit Tessier) Sarkozy’s flagship measure to make people work two years longer for their pensions has met with fierce opposition in some of the most sustained protests in Europe against austerity measures designed to rein in swollen deficits. With the bill now through parliament and set to be signed into law this…
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Photo: Big Cat Rescue …And how one of the world’s leading conservationists says we can fix it Dr. Alan Rabinowitz is a wildlife conservationist rock star — insofar as there is such a thing as a conservationist rock star, that is. No further evidence is needed then his talk at Poptech 2010 , where he brought down the house and roused a standing ovation with the story of his lifel… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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