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The Two-Way
8:13 am
Fri May 24, 2013

Assad Regime Agrees To Attend Peace Conference, Russia Says

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Originally published on Fri May 24, 2013 10:27 am

Representatives of President Bashar Assad's regime have agreed "in principle" to attend an international peace conference aimed at ending more than two years of brutal warfare in Syria, Russia's foreign ministry said Friday.

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The Two-Way
7:39 am
Fri May 24, 2013

Tornado In Moore, Okla.: Friday's Developments

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Rita Green carried a plastic bin of items as she helped a family friend salvage things from a home Thursday in Moore, Okla.
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Originally published on Fri May 24, 2013 10:19 am

As the residents of Moore, Okla., and surrounding communities continue to recover from Monday's devastating tornado that killed at least 24 people and injured more than 375, we're keeping an eye on the news from there:

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The Two-Way
7:32 am
Fri May 24, 2013

Book News: Judge's Comments Bruising To Apple's Price-Fixing Case

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A person walks by an Apple Store on April 23, 2013 in San Francisco, California.
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The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly.

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The Two-Way
7:03 am
Fri May 24, 2013

'White Flash And Cold Water' After Bridge Collapse In Wash.

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The scene near Mount Vernon, Wash., on Thursday after part of an Interstate 5 bridge collapsed into the Skagit River.
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Originally published on Fri May 24, 2013 5:39 pm

(Most recent update: 5:35 p.m. ET.)

Miracle is the word that comes to Dan Sligh's mind after he and his wife, Sally, survived a plunge off a highway bridge in Washington state on Thursday evening.

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Parallels
4:02 am
Fri May 24, 2013

China's Air Pollution: Is The Government Willing To Act?

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Skyscrapers are obscured by heavy haze in Beijing on Jan. 13. Air pollution remains a serious — sometimes overwhelming — problem, but researchers say environmental technology is available to solve it.
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Environmental regulation can make a difference. In Shanghai, the government limits car ownership by auctioning off license plates each year at prices exceeding $14,000 apiece. Shanghai also benefits from its location on the water and winds coming off the East China Sea.
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Originally published on Fri May 24, 2013 11:55 am

Denise Mauzerall arrived in Beijing this year at a time that was both horrifying and illuminating. The capital was facing some of its worst pollution in recent memory, and Mauzerall, a Princeton environmental engineering professor, was passing through on her way to a university forum on the future of cities.

"I took the fast train from Beijing to Shanghai, and looking out the window for large sections of that trip, you couldn't see more than 20 feet," Mauzerall recalled.

To Mauzerall, the lesson was surprising and inescapable.

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