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	<title><![CDATA[NASA&#8217;s manned space program needs a goal, destination and timetable, experts say]]></title>
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	<title><![CDATA[First Solar joins Desertec; Solar players landing deals]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[First Solar joined the Desertec Industrial Initiative, a solar power project that aims to supply 15 percent of Europe's power by 2050. Other solar...]]></description>
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	<title><![CDATA[Top 20 time-saving cities in the United States]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[How easy is it to live in your city? Find a doctor? Get through traffic? Discover a Wi-Fi hotspot? A new survey cites the top 20 most convenient...]]></description>
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	<title><![CDATA[United Airlines kicks off paperless mobile boarding passes]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[The next time you fly on United, you might be able to get through the gate with nothing more than your smartphone.]]></description>
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	<title><![CDATA[Infographic: Total solar eclipse paths, 2001 to 2025]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[The total solar eclipse is a rare occurrence, geographically speaking. A new map shows where you can go to see the next one.]]></description>
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	<title><![CDATA[Ford: Solving the Internet&#8217;s &#8216;last inch&#8217; problem at 70 mph]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[K. Venkatesh Prasad, head Ford infotronics research and advanced engineering, sees the auto as a mashup where computing meets the car cabin. But...]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:30:47 PDT</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[What we&#8217;re reading&#8230;]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Personalized medicine; largest cruise ship in history; five green mistakes for business; top cleantech companies; runaway Toyota Prius.]]></description>
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	<dc:creator>Andrew Nusca</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:30:58 PDT</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[The green house effect: Following the money]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[The growing popularity of environmentally-friendly homes that save money has many homeowners jumping on the "green" bandwagon.]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:37:48 PDT</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[The science of fighting crime: predictive crime mapping]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[If the police thought more like scientists, would they catch more criminals? A University College London professor explains predictive crime theory.]]></description>
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	<title><![CDATA[Despite Civil War-era pipes, Americans resist water infrastructure renovation]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[A significant water line bursts, on average, every two minutes in the United States, according to a New York Times analysis of federal data.]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:01:54 PDT</pubDate>
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