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...attempt to save electricity, the U.S. Congress introduced a provision in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 mandating that clocks "spring forward" three weeks earlier, on the second Sunday in March, and "fall back" a week later, on the first Sunday in November. But the energy conservation that extra hour of sunlight is supposed to deliver comes with a cost: computer glitches that some fear could run to Y2K proportions. Companies with BlackBerrys and older computer applications must make manual adjustments or run software "patches" to revise internal clocks, often expensive endeavors...
...Such headaches might all be worth it if the adjustment does what it's intended to do: conserve energy. Whether it will, however, is a subject of disagreement. According to an analysis by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), by 2020 cumulative consumer savings from the extra hour of sunshine will reach $4.4 billion, and the lowered energy use will eliminate the need to build more than three large electric power plants and prevent nearly 10.8 million metric tons of carbon emissions from contributing to global warming. Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), who introduced the DST amendment...
...just over two minutes later when sophomore Sarah Wilson picked up a rebound off of senior Katie Johnston’s shot and put it home for the tying goal. The team finished 2-for-6 with the man advantage, while St. Lawrence was 0-for-4 with an extra skater...
...have interviewed both Coulter and Edwards in the past, and I'm pretty sure the attention her comments have drawn pleases both of them, at least a little. (Well, it pleases Ann a great deal; I wonder if she can now charge an extra $5,000 for her next speaking engagement...) Edwards got some free media, his first since the Obama-Clinton standoff began in earnest; he is also using the incident to raise money, something Coulter has noted with glee on her website...
...start in May, be postponed until Oct. 1. In a written request to Butler-Sloss, Al Fayed's legal team said their expert witnesses have a "phenomenal amount of work" which they couldn't start until after the results of the police investigation were released in December. The extra six months would be "a pebble on the beach" compared with the 10 years everyone has been waiting for an inquest, Mansfield said. But Butler-Sloss wasn't swayed. "I would be very sad if I was obliged to delay the start of the main proceedings for another six months...