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Chemical engineering, not carbon offsetting, is needed to deliver a low carbon future.

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Most people know him as Tony the Wine Distributor. He has been bottling wines for nine years, but recently decided to put his daughter’s name on the label - with her blessing. There are five varieties: Pinot Grigio, Pinot Noir,…

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Internet ratio stations such as Pandora and Live 365 and those on Yahoo! and Rhapsody will go silent tomorrow to protest rising royalty rates that go into effect July 15, reports Mike Snider. The increases will put many Webcasters out…

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Germany is saying no to Tom Cruise. The Defense Ministry said today it will not allow Cruise’s movie about a plot to kill Adolf Hitler to film at German military sites because Cruise is a Scientologist. The German government does…

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He’s usually described as acerbic. So it’s a good bet the voice in his new novel will be, too. Comic/actor/author Richard Belzer has just signed a two-book deal with Simon Schuster to write a mystery series featuring the author as…

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Isn’t it kind of amazing that after all that talk about wanting to be the next Price is Right host, now Rosie O’Donnell is out of the running? I don’t need the money, she says on her blog. And although…

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This just in: NBC has named former ‘N Syncer Joey Fatone as the host of The Singing Bee, a new game show that’s being rushed on the air next month to beat Fox’s similar Don’t Forget the Lyrics — by…

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