Bonn climate talks end in squabbling

Source: Deutsche Welle

A fresh effort to draw the world's leading economies into a binding deal to tackle climate change is getting off to a shaky start. Bickering over procedural issues tied up much of the two weeks of UN climate talks that ended in Bonn ...
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Happy Birthday, Octavia Spencer & Lauryn Hill

Source: Essence Magazine

It's a very special day for two very special ladies. Join us as we wish Oscar-award-winning actress Octavia Spencer a happy 40th birthday and singer Lauryn Hill a happy 37th birthday. In the last year, Spencer has become a household name – going from ...
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Union of Unemployed: Get Us Jobs, Get Our Votes. Don’t and You Won’t.

Source: Street Insider

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Union of Unemployed (UCubed) issued the following response to todayâs Washington Post/ABC News survey showing white jobless voters give Mitt Romney a 24 point advantage over President Barack Obama (56 to 32). âFor a Demo ...
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Celebrating Memorial Day: 3 foundations making a difference with wounded warriors

Source: GovLoop

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. ~ Joseph Campbell In honor of Memorial Day we here on the DorobekINSIDER wanted to take a moment and highlight three organizations that are really going above and beyon ...
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Serbia’s Tadic Still Deciding on Whether Seek to Be Premier

Source: Bloomberg.com

Former Serbian President Boris Tadic, a pro-European Union politician defeated by nationalist Tomislav Nikolic on May 20, hasn’t decided yet whether he will seek to become the country’s next prime minister. Tadic’s Democratic Party held t ...
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Exclusive: San Francisco-based ECOtality sues state regulators over electric vehicle charging deal

Source: Contra Costa Times

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PH Fleet: Mazda Eunos Roadster

Source: PistonHeads

Last time I wrote about the Mazda - on Friday 13th no less - I was hoping beyond hope that a simple fuse swap was all that I needed having idiotically cross wired the battery when attempting to jump start it. Somewhat nervously, I clicked 'bu ...
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Sex therapists see silver lining in wild and wildly popular novel Fifty Shades

Source: Hamilton Spectator

Fifty Shades of Grey, the erotic novel by E.L. James, features cliché characters, highly implausible plot turns and dialogue that alternately induces cringes and giggles. (Sample line: “Look at me,” he breat ...
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Operation Jump Start: Getting soliders back on their feet on suit at a time

Source: GovLoop

Helping returning vets transition to new careers one suit at a time. Returning vets face a significantly higher unemployment rate than the rest of the country. One organization is trying to combat the problem head on. It’s ...
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