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WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- The Obama administration says it will provide $467 million in funding to expand and accelerate the development and use of geothermal and solar energy.
Officials said the funding from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act represents "a substantial down payment that will help the solar and geothermal industries overcome technical barriers, demonstrate new technologies and provide support for clean energy jobs for years to come."
"We have a choice," said Obama. "We can remain the world's leading importer of oil, or we can become the world's leading exporter of clean energy. We can hand over the jobs of the future to our competitors, or we can confront what they have already recognized as the great opportunity of our time: The nation that leads the world in creating new sources of clean energy will be the nation that leads the 21st century global economy. That's the nation I want America to be."
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MIAMI, May 30 (UPI) --
The man who bit off parts of the face of a homeless man in Miami found his victim sleeping in the shade of elevated train tracks, video footage shows.
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LOS ANGELES, May 30 (UPI) --
Actor Tim Daly said via Twitter his character Pete Wilder won't be on next season of the U.S. medical drama, "Private Practice."
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ITHACA, N.Y., May 30 (UPI) --
The genome of the tomato has been decoded, a step toward improving yield, nutrition, disease resistance, taste and color of the tomato, U.S. researchers say.
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TUCSON, May 30 (UPI) --
An Arizona woman said her 8-year-old daughter was humiliated to receive the "Catastrophe Award" from her teacher for giving the most homework excuses.
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