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More homeowners looking to stoves for heat
For 23 years, Julie Gore has heated her Ada, Ohio, home with a wood-burning stove. When the old one wore out, she didn't hesitate to buy another for her family room.
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High-tech tools find energy wasters in your home
If you own your own home or pay for the energy used in a rental, you know that it is easy to spend a lot of money heating and cooling your space. Bills of several hundred dollars per month are not uncommon, especially in the winter. The money typically pays for electricity, natural gas and heating oil.
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The eco-poster boy gives his recommendations to better your bath now
Danny Seo reveals how to do an elegant, eco-friendly bathroom
The guru of the green lifestyle is on the phone and we're going to talk.
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Transformer fire disrupts operations at Ellis Island in New Jersey; no injuries reported
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Fire officials say operations at Ellis Island have been widely disrupted by a transformer fire. more
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Police report says wrong-way driver in NY crash that killed 8 was a regular marijuana smoker
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — New York State Police investigators said in a written report that a woman who killed seven people plus herself in a crash on the Taconic State Parkway was a regular marijuana user. more
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Slain New Mexico nun laid to rest, remembered for her passion for the poor
GALLUP, N.M. (AP) — A slain Catholic nun who lived and worked on the Navajo Indian reservation of western New Mexico was remembered for her passion for the poor at funeral services. more
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Minn. teen who fled to avoid chemo treatment undergoes last radiation session, is cancer-free
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota teen who fled the state to avoid chemotherapy has finished his cancer treatment. more
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Philly transit union says report of tentative pact 'premature' although progress being made Photo
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A national spokesman for the Philadelphia transit system's largest union says reports of a tentative agreement were "premature" and the negotiations aimed at ending a five-day strike continue. more
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Memorial to Conn. 9/11 victim halted as town refuses to make reference to 'Muslim terrorists'
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A memorial to honor a Sept. 11 victim from a small northwestern Connecticut town has been halted by the unexpected conflict arising from his father's insistence it say his son was murdered by "Muslim terrorists." more
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Woman hit, killed on Calif. highway trying to recover fallen boxes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A 36-year-old woman has died after she was struck several times while retrieving boxes on a Sacramento freeway. more
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Wisconsin authorities say inmate had threatened deputy with knife before being shot
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Authorities in Wisconsin say an inmate somehow armed himself with a knife and threatened a sheriff's deputy before the officer shot and wounded him. more
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Killings still unsolved as Va. prepares to execute sniper Muhammad; families plead for answers Photo
McLEAN, Va. (AP) — It galled her to do it, but Sarah Dillon was desperate for answers, so she wrote letters to convicted snipers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo: If you murdered my son, please confess, she wrote. more
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NYC case spotlights Dead Sea Scrolls scholar debate, whether Internet hoaxes are crimes
NEW YORK (AP) — Students and university officials started getting e-mails last year in which a prominent Judaic studies scholar seemed to make a startling confession: He had committed plagiarism. more





