EPA targets Midwest coal plants for tougher controls
The EPA plans to require stricter emissions across 25 eastern and midwestern states, focusing on tall coal plant stacks from Illinois to West Virginia. AEP officials note two plants south of Moundsville and another upriver accounted for 91 000 tons of smog forming emissions last year, urging reductions despite current air quality.
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Midwest
Northeast emissions debate shapes new pollution rules
EPA officials cite computer models showing limited travel of emissions to the East Coast while Northeast leaders argue urban air would improve with stricter controls. New York and New Jersey emissions are far lower than Ohio's coal plants, and utilities warn higher costs without broader benefits.
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Burger Nation Reigns Since 1940s In American Diet
A century of burgers shapes American dining with 5.4 billion served in 1996. Lincoln's King’s Drive In reports 300 burgers daily while E coli scares fail to dent beef sales nationwide. Hamburgers traced from Baltic roots to a 1904 World’s Fair spotlight and White Castle’s 1921 birth.
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Women seek wider path in computer science field
In San Jose hundreds of women gathered to discuss solving the shortage of female computer scientists. They note more opportunities exist but worry fewer women are preparing for the field. Anita Borg cites a CorpTech study showing women earning CS degrees dropped from 37 percent in 1984 to 28 percent in 1995.
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British Columbia
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Editor reports loss of daughter in Colorado crash
Norm Union editor of the Commerce City Beacon mourns the death of his 15 year old daughter Sarah Ann in a head on collision with a semitrailer. Police notified the family early August 24 and the newspaper dedicates its August 27 front page to her memory.
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