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Is Karzai’s Accusation That Coalition Forces Are Polluting Afghanistan with Nuclear Material Accurate or an Over-Reaction?

President Obama has called for the withdrawal of 33,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan over the next year and the remaining 68,000 by the end of 2014, but questions linger regarding what the troops are leaving behind after more than nine years of combat. In particular, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has accused U.S.

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Square Adds Former Obama Economic Advisor Larry Summers To Its Board

It looks like Square 's ambitions are growing. Just recently, it added VC superstar Vinod Khosla to its board of directors. Now comes an announcement that former Obama Chief Economic Advisor (and former Harvard president) Larry Summers is also coming on board

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Obama drives the golf cart, Boehner sinks the putt

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama drove the cart and House Speaker John Boehner celebrated a short putt during their much anticipated golf outing Saturday at a military base outside the nation's capital.

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Analyzing The Faces Of Republican Candidates

Commentators continue to guess at whether GOP candidates at the June 13 debate in New Hampshire will live up to their promises. But their faces never lie. Sensory Logic's Dan Hill analyzes their expressions for Fast Company to reveal what traditional pundits can't

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Obama, Campaigning on Clean Energy, Champions LED Bulbs

President Obama emphasized advances in efficient lighting yesterday in a campaign narrative that connects his clean energy goals with American job growth. He visited election-important North Carolina to underscore the improvements to light-emitting diode (LED) technology since his last presidential campaign in 2008 -- when he appeared at Cree Inc. for the first time, a few months before capturing the state's Electoral College votes

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New school menus collide with budget realities

Eating healthy food isn't always cheap, and some conservatives in Congress are concerned that the Obama administration's effort to make school lunches more nutritious is a luxury the nation can't afford.

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Why Obama Nominated NRDC Cofounder John Bryson As Commerce Secretary

Is it possible to separate economic growth from environmental damage? President Obama's nomination today of Natural Resources Defense Council cofounder John Bryson as Commerce Secretary means we're trying. President Obama's nomination today of businessman and Natural Resources Defense Council cofounder John Bryson as Commerce Secretary is a refreshing sign for those who want economic growth and environmental protection to go hand in hand.

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Invest In China To Make Money On Renewables: Report

A new survey determines that China is the most attractive country for renewable energy installations based on the size of its national renewable energy markets, renewable energy infrastructures, and suitability for individual technologies. In a resource-constrained world, any country with the ability to build out a clean energy infrastructure is going to have an advantage. While we'd like to think that American ingenuity and elbow grease would put us in a good position, it increasingly appears that China--land of coal-fired power plants and endless smog--is at the forefront

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The Facebook Chasers

The Winklevoss brothers are at it again. Plus, a secret to Google's success, and the rest of the day's news for entrepreneurs

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