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    'Clean Coal' Debate Plays Out on the Airwaves

    Apr 21, 2009 04:55 PM EDT

    ... produces millions of tons a year of toxic, water-polluting slurry," David Roberts, a senior writer for the environmental news blog Grist, recently told the PBS program NOW."Not a single commercial coal power plant in America captures or otherwise prevents CO2 emissions. 'Clean coal' is a PR gimmick," he ...

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    President Bush, Senator Kerry Continue on the Campaign Trail

    Oct 21, 2004 04:00 AM EDT

    ... interview with Susan Page of USA today as part of a collaboration with MacNeil-Lehrer Productions for a first ladies documentary to be broadcast on PBS next Monday. She was asked if she would be a different first lady from Laura Bush. TERESA HEINZ KERRY: Well, you know, I don ...

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    Wouldn't a Minimum Wage Hike Lower the Welfare Rolls?

    Feb 15, 2013 04:28 PM EDT

    ... Wis., in July 2012. President Obama called for raising the minimum wage in his State of the Union address this week. Photo by Flickr user WisconsinJobsNow. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Friday's comes from a ...

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    This Medicare Part D subsidy is expiring. We answered your questions

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    ... their worries cleared up because the assistance that exists out there for people is sticking around,” he said. Yet the Trump administration’s move to discontinue the subsidy is raising concerns among Medicare Part D enrollees about how much they’ll pay for coverage. Ann Bush, 70, has Type 1 ...