DAILY PRESS: US MILITARY: SAVING ENERGY WILL SAVE LIVES

The following information was released by Virginia Senator Mark Warner:

By Hugh Lessig

ABOARD THE USS KEARSARGE A gasoline-powered generator can supply electricity to a remote U.S. Marine outpost in Afghanistan, powering everything from laptops to communications equipment.

And the noise from that generator can be a dead giveaway to Taliban forces searching for Americans.

So when Marines tout the effectiveness of quiet, solar-powered generators, it's not because they feel all warm and fuzzy about Earth Day. They say the equipment makes them safer in a combat zone.

Supreme Court popularity hits new low. Will Obama attack?

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2. By Linda Feldmann, Staff Writer / May 1, 2012 Public approval of the Supreme Court has reached a new low in the 25 years since the Pew Research Center began polling on the high court's favorability. Only 52 percent of the American public has a
3. I passed out to the lulling bass guitar, slumping over the pew in front of me until Reno nudged me: "We can go get a seat now." We crossed the courtyard to a dining room full of tables with numbered signs and empty buffet tables.
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