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EPA Sued over Wildlife Exposure to Spent Ammo Lead

(Reuters) - Environmental groups filed suit on Thursday seeking federal regulation of lead in ammunition, claiming exposure to the toxic metal from spent bullets fired into the environment by hunters kills millions of birds and poses a risk to human health. The Center for Biological Diversity was among 100 organizations that this year unsuccessfully petitioned the U.S

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All aboard for private train travel

With Amtrak on pace to set another ridership record this year, it appears millions of Americans are reserving seats on the nation’s rolling stock. Some are going a step further and reserving entire cars.

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Every Innovative Dream Team Needs These

The three types of people that are necessary for any team tasked with innovation. Bloomberg recently profiled an entrepreneurial luminary, Steve Blank, who teamed up with the National Science Foundation to teach classes for the newly formed NSF Innovation Corps. The NSF I-Corps, as it's called, seeks to commercialize new products out of U.S

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Cheap Fracked Gas Could Help Americans Keep on Truckin’

A different kind of truck stop is coming soon to Atlanta. Greg Roche, vice president for infrastructure at Clean Energy Fuels , is presently scouting locations to build one of the California-based company's natural gas fueling stations for long-haul trucks by the end of this year

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When DIY is Just Wrong

When cash is tight, our tendency is to try to do everything ourselves. Even when we have no idea what we're doing

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Spring Arrives with Equinox Tuesday, Earliest in More Than a Century

Across much of the United States, this has been an unusually mild winter, especially for those living east of the Mississippi. Not a few people have noted that spring seems to have come early this year. Of course, in a meteorological sense that could be true, but in 2012 it will also be true in an astronomical sense as well, because this year spring will make its earliest arrival since the late 19th century: 1896, to be exact

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Dell Is Your Unlikely Tablets-Over-PCs Champion

Dell's chief commercial officer Steve Felice thinks that his company can leverage its way into the tablet market because it's wide open. Speaking to Reuters , Felice said that Dell tablets powered by Windows 8 would arrive later in 2012, and they'd offer something no one else has: Dell's "coveted brand." The optimism didn't end there.

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Avoid These 3 Common Tax Mistakes

A new survey asks accountants to name the most common errors small business owners make when filing taxes. Here's what you need to know this tax season. April 15th is looming.

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China’s Budget Backs Science

By Jane Qiu of Nature magazine The Chinese government's promise last week that researchers will enjoy another year of increased funding was not unexpected, given the country's relatively buoyant economy and high regard for science.

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