New study outlines prospects for electric vehicle market growth in the U.S. PhysOrg Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:06 AM PDT The Obama administration has set a goal of getting one million electric cars on the road by 2015 to reduce air pollution and dependence on fossil fuels. These vehicles are becoming available, but will Americans buy them? The answer, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard Kennedy School, is yes â" but only if the electric vehicles are competitive with conventional cars on cost, range ... | Court: U.S. funds for embryonic stem cell research OK New Haven Register Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:40 AM PDT WASHINGTON â" A lawsuit that had threatened to end the Obama administrationâs funding of embryonic stem cell research was thrown out Wednesday, allowing the United States to continue supporting a search for cures to deadly diseases over protests that the work relies on destroyed human embryos. | White House resists Udall's call for surveillance details Denver Post Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:32 AM PDT The Obama administration continued Wednesday to resist the efforts of two Democratic senators who seek to learn more about the government's interpretation of domestic-surveillance law, stating that "it is not reasonably possible" to identify the number of Americans whose communications may have been monitored under the statute. | Michelle Obama wows Aspen crowd Glenwood Springs Post Independent Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:28 AM PDT The motorcade for Michelle Obama left Aspen shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Downvalley-bound traffic on Highway 82 was temporarily halted for security purposes as the first lady and her entourage went to the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport. | Party polarization, insecurity of leaders blamed for debt peril Denver Post Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:24 AM PDT President Barack Obama told the nation in his televised speech Friday that Washington "is a city where 'compromise' is becoming a dirty word." If he's right and Democrats and Republicans can't agree on a way out of the impasse over raising the U.S. debt ceiling, there will be plenty of blame to go around. | White House, automakers agree on fuel-efficiency standards Denver Post Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:18 AM PDT The Obama administration and major auto manufacturers have reached a deal to raise fuel-efficiency standards for cars and light trucks between 2017 and 2025, resolving a contentious negotiation over how to cut vehicles' greenhouse-gas emissions. | Court dismisses suit against stem cell study - Thu, 28 Jul 2011 PST The Spokesman-Review Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:18 AM PDT WASHINGTON â" A lawsuit that had threatened to end the Obama administrationâs funding of embryonic stem cell research was thrown out Wednesday, allowing the U.S. to continue supporting a search for cures to deadly diseases over protests that the work relies on destroyed human embryos. The lawsuit claimed that research funded by the National Institutes of Health violated the 1996 Dickey-Wicker law ... | | |
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