Gore Calls for Carbon Free Power Within Decade
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Al Gore said on Thursday that Americans must abandon electricity generated by fossil fuels within a decade and rely on the sun, the winds and other environmentally friendly sources of power, or risk losing their national security as well as their creature comforts.

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Stocks Extend Rally on Lower Energy Prices
NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street surged Thursday, extending its rally into a second session as tumbling energy prices bolstered an already upbeat mood that followed stronger-than-expected quarterly reports from big names like JPMorgan Chase and United Technologies.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose nearly 150 points.Investors got a [...]

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Oil Prices Down and Stock Prices Up
NEW YORK - Wall Street at least temporarily shrugged off some of its many concerns Wednesday and bounded higher thanks to a drop in oil prices. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 276 points, or 2.5 percent, posting its best daily gain in three months.
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U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve Announce Mortgage Banking Bailout Plans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve on Sunday unveiled sweeping steps to support Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac if needed to bolster confidence in the troubled mortgage financing giants and head off a potential meltdown in global financial markets.
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It’s Only a Matter of Time Before China Overtakes U.S. Economic Power
China’s economy will overtake that of the United States by 2035 and be twice its size by midcentury, a study released Tuesday by a US research organization concluded.The report by economist Albert Keidel of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said China’s rapid growth [...]

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Iraq Seeks Timetable for U.S. Withdrawal
Iraq’s national security adviser says there won’t be a security deal with the U.S. unless it contains dates for the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops. On Monday, the country’s prime minister said he expects the deal to include a timetable for withdrawal.

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Fed Plans New Rules to Protect New Homebuyers
WASHINGTON (AP) - In an effort to prevent a repeat of the current mortgage mess, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says the Fed next week will issue new rules aimed at protecting future homebuyers from dubious lending practices. Bernanke also says the Fed may give squeezed Wall [...]

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