Business
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California Fights Its NIMBYs
By any objective measure, nothing that happens in Woodside, Calif., is going to make much difference to a state whose…
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A Solar Firm Plans to Build Off-Grid Neighborhoods in California
For more than a century, governments have offered electric utilities a monopoly on selling power to homes and businesses so…
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Does This Fisherman Have the Right to Be in a Billionaire’s Backyard?
Colorado’s natural beauty — groves of aspen shimmering in fall, snowcapped 14,000-foot peaks bathed in alpenglow — has much to…
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California Approves a Wave of Aggressive New Climate Measures
California took some of its most aggressive steps yet to fight global warming as lawmakers passed a flurry of new…
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Farewell Typos! Twitter Unveils an Edit Button.
Begone typos and grammar mistakes! Begone fat-fingered auto corrected slip-ups and textual despair! The edit button is coming to Twitter.…
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Why Do Some People in New Jersey Suddenly Have Bags and Bags of Bags?
Nicole Kramaritsch of Roxbury, N.J., has 46 bags just sitting in her garage. Brian Otto has 101 of them, so…
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Portugal Could Hold an Answer for a Europe Captive to Russian Gas
Portugal has no coal mines, oil wells or gas fields. Its impressive hydropower production has been crippled this year by…
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‘The Rings of Power’ Review: Shiny, Not Yet Precious
What does several hundred million dollars buy? In “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” premiering Thursday night…
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U.S. Restricts Sales of Sophisticated Chips to China and Russia
The Biden administration has imposed new restrictions on sales of some sophisticated computer chips to China and Russia, the U.S.…
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As Republicans Turn to Fall Races, Their Sites Downplay Trump and Abortion
For months, the campaign website for Adam Laxalt, the Republican Senate nominee in Nevada, greeted visitors with a huge banner…