EPA Administrator Jackson announces resignation
By KEVIN FREKING
Associated Press
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, the Obama administration's chief environmental watchdog, is stepping down after a nearly four years marked by high-profile brawls over global warming pollution, the Keystone XL oil pipeline, new controls on coal-fired plants and
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No deal in sight as deadline for fiscal cliff nears
WASHINGTON (AP) - Progress toward avoiding the "fiscal cliff" seemed stalled Thursday, as the Senate's top Democrat accused Republican House Speaker John Boehner of acting in dictatorial ways that prevent a solution to looming tax hikes and spending cuts.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, speaking in the Senate chamber, said the nation appears
...US new home sales jump to fastest rate in 2½ years
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER
AP Economics Writer
Americans bought new homes last month at the fastest pace in more than two and a half years, further evidence of a sustained housing recovery.
Sales of new homes rose 4.4 percent in November from October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 377,000, the
...Public library book-sharing to be faster, cheaper
Tennessee's public libraries will soon be able to share books cheaper and faster thanks to a new interlibrary loan service.
According to the Secretary of State's office, the Tennessee State Library and Archives has been paying about $200,000 a year to help libraries mail books to each other, but that only covered about
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