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How Beijing Cleans Its Air (and Fakes It Too)

Alex Pasternack | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Smog, Steel, Climate Change, Beijing, China, Traffic Reduction, Global Warming, Olympics, Natural Gas, Green News
Alex Pasternack

Did a New York Times article about improvements to air quality in Beijing bear echoes of the Chinese state-run media?

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Steel: Important To Us But Not Important To Us

Dave Johnson | Posted 09.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Manufacturing, Terrorism, Security, Steel, Business News
Dave Johnson

Steel is the core component of the bridges, buildings, appliances, cars, etc. that we build. But now much of that steel comes from other countries.

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New Report: Pittsburgh --The Rest of the Story

Dave Johnson | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Manufacturing, Pittsburgh, Steel, Post-Industrial Age, Rust Belt, University of Pittsburgh, Campaign for America's Future, Pittsburgh in Transition, Business News
Dave Johnson

Pittsburgh, known as "Steel City," was a center of the Rust Belt -- so-called because so much of our manufacturing, once America's economic powerhouse, has been outsourced.

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Seize the Net: Save the Net

Leslie Harris | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cybersecurity, Commerce Department, Internet, Steel, Harry Truman, President Obama, Intenet, National Security, Computers, Politics News
Leslie Harris

Earlier this week, two Senators introduced a bill that gives the President the power to seize and shut down the Internet or any other "critical infrastructure " in the "interest of national security."

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Pittsburgh Finds New Life After Steel

New York Times | David Streitfeld | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Pittsburgh Steel, Pittsburgh, Steel, Business News

PITTSBURGH -- This is what life in one American city looks like after an industrial collapse: Unemployment is 5.5 percent, far below the national ave...

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Wisconsin Diary: My Grandparents Think McCain's Too Old

Dan Treul | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Midwest Politics, Wisconsin, Election 08, Madison, Minnesota, Steel, Indiana, Boulder, Presidential Election, Race, Vote '08, Barack Obama, Midwest, Milwaukee, Illinois, Michigan, John McCain, Midwestern Vote, Midwest Mccain, Senior Voters Mccain, Seniors Mccain, Miodwest Obama, Seniors Obama, Midwestern Voter, Senior Voters, Home News
Dan Treul

In a northern Midwestern town, at my cousin's graduation, I got a glimpse of something remarkable, something that may signal yet more troublesome news to the already troubled regiment of McCain campaign strategists.

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Steel Prices Nearly Doubled In Past Year

Financial Times | Chris Flood | Posted 05.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Price of Steel, Steel Prices, Steel, Commodity Prices, Business News

Steel prices have almost doubled in the past year as steelmakers have passed big increases in the costs of iron ore and coking coal on to consumers. ...

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