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Dogs to Sniff Out DVD Piracy in Malaysia

In response to pressure from the US movie industry which loses 6 billion dollars per year from pirated sales of DVDs, Malaysia has launched a squad of DVD-sniffing dogs to help root out large caches of illegal disks.

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L.A. Plans World's Biggest Solar Farm in California Desert

An old battleground of California's water wars could turn into one of the largest solar farms in the world, with thousands of shiny black and blue panels mounted across the desiccated, salty white crust of Owens Lake.

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Google Surprises LA Teachers By Funding All Classroom Requests On DonorsChoose.org

Google has fully funded the classroom requests of every Los Angeles Unified School District teacher on the education crowd-funding site DonorsChoose.org. As a result of Google's nearly $1 million donation, 769 Los Angeles teachers will receive materials for their 75,108 students -- ranging from paper, pencils and books to laptops, musical instruments and microscopes.

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Solar Project Will Power 85,850 Homes for Los Angeles

The largest U.S. producer of crystalline solar power energy Wednesday announced plans to build a massive system to provide solar energy to tens of thousands of Los Angeles homes.

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$800 Million Kansas Wind Farm Set for 2012

BP announced plans on Monday to build an $800 million wind farm in Kansas next year, providing a lift for the US wind power industry at a time when the expiration date looms for federal tax credits. The 419-megawatt wind farm will include 262 General Electric turbines placed 43 miles from Wichita.

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Peace With Israel Pays off for Jordan in New Textile Factories

One key economic prize from Jordan's peace with Israel is the success of dozens of new textile factories that now generate 20 percent of Jordan's gross domestic product.

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Hawaii Jumps On Plan for Statewide Electric Car Grid

The State of Hawaii and the Hawaiian Electric Company on Tuesday became the second in the nation to commit to building an alternative transportation system based on electric vehicles and an "intelligent" network of tens of thousands of battery recharging stations

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Electric Car Plant to be Built in Hawaii

South Korean electric car manufacturer CT&T announced plans to build an assembly plant in Hawaii that will eventually produce up to 10,000 vehicles a year and employ as many as 400 people. The plant would make small urban two-seaters that reach speeds up to 40 mph with their batteries lasting 30 or 60 miles