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Power plants use wood as new power source Across the nation, power plants have returned to wood burning as an energy source in light of bills passed by Congress and state mandates for renewable power. According to William Perritt, editor of Wood Biomass Market Report, …

Select inmates cleared for release in prison Seventy-five of the 223 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay detention facility have been cleared for release by the Obama Administration. Obama has set a Jan. 22 deadline for the closure of the detention facility, but as each prisonerís case …

Health officials to end sales of flavored tobacco Federal health officials intend to end the sale of flavored tobacco products in order to avoid luring children and teenagers into smoking.†† ìBanning the marketing and use of strawberry, chocolate and other flavored cigarettes will help slow …

Netflix poses threat to Blockbusterís business National movie rental chain Blockbuster is suffering from increased competition from online rental sites such as Netflix. The corporation plans to close up to 960 stores in the United States by the end of next year to cut corporate …

Hurricane Fred increases in strength Hurricane Fred strengthened to a Category 2 storm in the Atlantic on Wednesday. The National Hurricane Center stated that Fred would keep to the eastern Atlantic, far from the U.S. oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico. Fred …