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Arthur Sulzberger: ‘We will stop printing ‘The New York Times’ sometime in the future”

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

Huffington Post

The publisher of The New York Times acknowledged Wednesday that the newspaper will go out of print — eventually.

“We will stop printing The New York Times sometime in the future, date TBD,” Arthur Sulzberger told an audience at a London media summit Wednesday.

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[EDITORIAL] Snowbowl hearings a mockery of due consideration

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

fFagstaff City Hall

Arizona Daily Sun

Quantity does not always mean quality.

And that axiom certainly applies to the 15 hours of discussion spread over three days by the Flagstaff City Council on the Snowbowl snowmaking contract.

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[VIDEO] Crash!

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

APS is testing smart grid technology in Flagstaff, Ariz., designed to reduce power outage duration and speed outage restoration times.

Sensor devices placed at intervals along a main power line can automatically identify faults and help keep the power on for most customers.

VIDEO: http://bit.ly/cMwiwB

Fearing new law, Arizona immigrants forego health services

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

It was early on November 27, her daughter’s birthday, when Ana got the call from a social worker.

Your Medical Future.com

“Are you in the country legally?” the person asked.

“No, I’m undocumented,” Ana replied. She had applied for health insurance for her children, both U.S. citizens.

The worker paused for a moment and then informed Ana that under a new Arizona state law she would have to report her to immigration authorities, although she did not want to.

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[EDITORIAL] Unsolved coal ash problem

Monday, September 6th, 2010

Coal ash spill in Tennessee

The New York Times

In December 2008, a gigantic storage pond belonging to the Tennessee Valley Authority near Kingston, Tenn., effectively burst at the seams, spilling a billion gallons of mainly toxic coal ash from a T.V.A. power plant into surrounding lands and rivers.

It was the perfect moment to right a long-festering environmental wrong. The Environmental Protection Agency promised tough new regulations governing the disposal of coal ash. Industry complained. The White House hesitated. Nothing happened.

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Rate relief improving outlook for APS parent

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

By Russ Wiles

The Arizona Republic

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.‘s credit situation appears to be improving, thanks to electricity-rate relief, cost controls and other factors.

Philip C. Adams, a senior analyst in Chicago for independent corporate-bond researcher Gimme Credit LLC, raised his assessment of the Phoenix firm’s credit conditions to “improving” from “stable.”

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