Every time I read an article about the melting ice caps, there is always a sentence like this:
Shipping firms have already proposed taking short cuts through the polar region, which also contains large reserves of oil and natural gas.
[From Al Jazeera English - Americas - Arctic ice 'could melt by 2013' ]
Aaaaand cue intro riff [...]
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New Hampshire is canceling jury trials for a four week period to save money on per diem money for juries.
At least 19 other states, including California, have slashed court budgets and other government services as their economies have tanked, said Daniel Hall, vice president of the National Center for State Courts, a nonprofit [...]