Tornado season deadliest in a decade

Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 05:50:34 -0500

NEWS

U.S. first airlift relief arrives in Burma
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The first U.S. relief airlift has arrived in Burma carrying emergency
supplies for last week's cyclone victims.

Tornado season deadliest in a decade
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A near-record number of tornadoes that has pushed the U.S. death toll --
including 47 killer twisters over the weekend -- to a 10-year high.

Gates praises MRAPs as lifesavers
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Few troops have been killed or wounded by roadside bomb attacks in Iraq
while riding in new armored vehicles, Defense Secretary Robert Gates
said, evidence of the value of the vehicles he made the military's top
priority.

MONEY

Hybrids recoup higher cost in less time
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Rising fuel prices and competition among a proliferation of
gasoline-electric hybrids have sliced the payback period for hybrids to
two or three years in some cases, instead of five years or more that
made hybrids harder to justify at lower fuel prices.

States remove local barriers to eco-friendly homes
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States eager to promote renewable energy are increasingly passing laws
that allow homeowners to overcome local opposition to home solar panels
and wind turbines.

Bush, Congress set for clash over $300B farm bill
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Congress and the White House this week head toward a collision over a
five-year, $300 billion farm bill that the Bush administration says is
stuffed with wasteful handouts to wealthy growers, but that supporters
defend as a needed rural safety net that also expands nutrition aid for
the poor.