Most news stories about global warming recommend that consumers switch to compact fluorescent light bulbs. But are they really that good for the environment?
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Miami Heat No.2 pick Michael Beasley scores 28 in 1st summer league game.
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In peacetime they were cooks and lawyers, bankers and housewives, athletes and teachers. In wartime they were spies in the ferocious espionage battle against Nazism. Sworn to secrecy, few ever divulged the crucial part that they played in winning the war.
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Our energy sources, they are a changin'. With apologies to Bob Dylan, it's absolutely true. Alternative ideas abound from solar to biomass to nuclear to wind and more. But which is best for the environment AND the most practical? Earlier this week, the CBS Evening News featured a story about solar options, Katie Couric did an interview with tycoon T. Boone Pickens about his porposed wind "farm," and tonight on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric I'll have a story about some of the hidden complications and promises with wind power. We traveled to the town of Sweetwater, TX, and even climbed up inside a massive wind turbine to see firsthand what's happening in that state -- now the country's biggest user/generator of wind energy. I hope you'll tune in.
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Al Sharpton, facing probes of his charity's finances, hires former U.S. Attorney
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Madonna may be trying to adopt a second child from Malawi, her husband Guy Ritchie was quoted as saying in an interview published Sunday.
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Laptops taken to the International Space Station were infected with a computer virus, Nasa confirms.
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LOCH LOMOND (Reuters) - Phil Mickelson, effectively world number one with Tiger Woods likely to be sidelined by injury for the rest of the season, goes into this week's Scottish Open with two targets in mind. The American left-hander wants to make up for losing last year's playoff to Frenchman Gregory Havret on the banks of Loch Lomond and is also keen to make sure his game is in top shape for the British Open which follows at Royal Birkdale. "Next week is in everybody's mind but part of getting ready is performing well this week, playing well and hitting shots sharply and crisply," the 38-year-old Mickelson told reporters on Wednesday. "I have also really enjoyed playing this tournament the last few years. I came so close to winning last year and I am hoping to improve on that this time." Mickelson said he had already laid the foundations for his British Open title challenge. "I arrived on Sunday morning at Birkdale and I spent three days over there,"...
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The company that sends wealthy tourists to the International Space Station says that Google co-founder Sergey Brin has paid $5 million to reserve a seat on a future flight.
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In an interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel, Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said he supported a plan proposed by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq within 16 months.
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Nepal's governing assembly began voting to elect the new republic's first president since it abolished the centuries-old monarchy in May.
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A day after Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki seemingly endorsed Barack Obama's plan to withdraw U.S. troops within 16 months, a government spokesperson says his comments were mistranslated, but did not explain exactly how.
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America's two largest hot dog makers are waging a wiener war as grills fire up this summer, hoping to win over customers and secure the No. 1 spot atop the stagnating frank market.
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UK house prices are down 10.5% on a year ago, the first annual double-digit fall since 1990, the Nationwide says.
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The Chinese government warned entertainers of violating Chinese laws, including situations that might "harm the sovereignty of the country" or "ethnic unity."
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Model Carol Alt sat down with Early Show co-anchor Julie Chen to discuss her new book "This Year's Model."
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The 20-year-old son of rap star Dr Dre has been found dead at his family's home in Los Angeles.
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