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September10

Dorry's Daily Digest for Sept. 10

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A daily look at news from the Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal that caught our eye:

Energy and Environment
  • EPA to study chemicals used to tap natural gas (NYT)
  • Solar’s shining White House moment (WP)
  • Reducing government’s carbon footprint (WP)
  • BP lawyers reviewed report on rig accident (WSJ)
  • EPA seeks gas-drilling facts (WSJ)
  • Cheniere wins nod to export U.S. liquefied natural gas (WSJ)
  • Hyundai develops fully electric car (WSJ)
Trade
  • US trade deficit narrowed in July as exports rose (NYT)
  • U.S. steelworkers target China (WP)
  • Steelworkers blast China on subsidies (WSJ)
Health
  • Brain-age scans seen as potential gauge of child development (WP)
  • U.S. rebukes health insurers (WSJ)
Financial Reform
  • Obama vs. Wall Street: Call a truce (WP)
  • SEC hones in on Lehman, ‘Funds of Funds’ (WSJ)
  • Agency examines oversight roles, possible conflict of advisory firms (WSJ)
Campaign Finance Reform and Ethics
  • Gray wants federal probe of alleged vote-buying (WP)
  • Fair courts at risk (NYT)

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September7

Dorry's Daily Digest for Sept. 7

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A daily look at news from the Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal that caught our eye:

Ethics

Congressional Charities Pulling in Corporate Cash (NYT)

The Courts

Polarization of Supreme Court Is Reflected in Justices’ Clerks (NYT)

Obama getting fewer judges confirmed than Nixon – (WP)

Energy and Environment

A Necessary Moratorium (NYT – Editorial)

Mr. Obama vs. the greens [WP editorial]

U.S. Won’t Say if Blowout Preventer on Way to Shore – (WP)

Economy and Financial Reform

Lehman’s Last Hours – (NYT)

New Council of Regulators to Tackle Systemic Risks – (WP)

Bankruptcy Court is Latest Battleground for Traders – (WSJ)

Obama to Push Tax Break – (WSJ)

Obama in Infrastructure Push – (WSJ)

Washington and the “Recovery Summer” that Wasn’t – (WSJ)

Health

Who Should Provide Anethesia Care? -( NYT)

Health Care Wastefulness Is Detailed in Studies – (NYT)

When is a hospital patient not an inpatient? (WP)

Privacy

New lawsuit to challenge laptop searches – (WP)

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September3

Dorry's Daily Digest for Sept. 3

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A daily look at news from the Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal that caught our eye:

Energy and Environment

An Oil Rig Burns, Blanketing Gulf with Angst (NYT)

BP Says Proposal to Curb Drilling Imperils Payouts (NYT)

Oil rig catches fire in gulf; leak unlikely (WP)

Shallow-water platform fire raises wider questions on oil safety (WP)

BP says lessons from gulf spill could prevent more incidents (WP)

Blaze Shakes Oil Industry (WSJ)

Warm Waters Give Storms Extra Jolt (WSJ)

The sticker price (WP editorial re new gas-mileage labels)

Mariner Has Dealt With Fires Before (WSJ)

Rigs Drill for Oil; Platforms Pump It (WSJ)

Health

Shifting the Health Care Burden (NYT editorial)

Employers Pushed Costs for Health on Workers (NYT)

Surer footing for Medicare (WP)

New Type of Malaria Drug Has Promise (WSJ)

Employees Shoulder Bigger Share of Health-Care Costs (WSJ)

Workplace Safety

Labor secretary sees progress, long road ahead in helping workers (WP)

Financial Reform

Bernanke Defends Record on Lehman (WSJ)

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September1

Dorry's Daily Digest for Sept. 1

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A daily look at news from the Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal that caught our eye:

Energy

Annual rankings of federal workplaces puts Nuclear Regulatory Commission at top (WP)

Cleaner Cars, A to D (NYT)

Minnesota balks at health-law funds (WSJ)

Nuclear plant’s tear-down is template (WSJ)

Health

2,000 groups approved for early-retiree health-care funds (WP)

Dear patients: Vote to repeal ObamaCare (WSJ opinion)

Race on to prevent clots (WSJ)

Financial Reform

SEC won’t pursue fraud case against Moody’s (WP)

Better credit card rules for consumers (WP op-ed)

‘Systemic risk’ stonewall (WSJ opinion)

JP Morgan to exit proprietary trading (WSJ)

Ethics

Scholarships Are Focus of Questions on Ethics (NYT)

3 Congressmen May Face Further Inquiry (NYT)

Lawmakers face ethics probe (WSJ)

Offshore oil regulators are ordered to cut their oft-deep industry ties (WSJ)

Lawmaker steered money to relatives (WSJ)

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August31

Dorry's Daily Digest for Aug. 31

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A daily look at news from the Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal that caught our eye:

Climate and environment:

  • Lenders step away from environmental risks (NYT)
  • Report: Climate science panel needs change at top (WP)
  • Climate panel faces heat (WSJ)
  • Judge rejects Cuccinelli’s probe of U.Va. (WP)
  • Linking academic, private, public ideas on energy (WP)
  • Dark clouds boost natural gas (WSJ)
  • An unlikely general in climate-change war (WSJ)

Health and safety:

  • Companies race to develop drugs to reduce blood-clotting problems (NYT)
  • ‘Dear Dr.: I plan to sue you for malpractice’ (WP)
  • Will virtual medicine soon go viral? (WP)
  • Separating your Zantac from your Zyrtec (WP)
  • Be skeptical of health-care credit cards (WP)
  • Using implanted telescope, people with macular degeneration regain some sight (WP)
  • Coming soon: Theaters, airplanes to post calories (WSJ)
  • The jewelry prescription (WSJ)
  • Researchers beaming at light’s medical uses (WSJ)
  • Salmonella is no danger to vaccines (WSJ)

Congressional ethics and money in politics:

  • House travel stipends probed (WSJ)
  • Campaign cash: Who’s spending the most on the midterms (WP)

Trade:

  • Obama poised to loosen rules on export of technology (WP)

Financial Reform:

  • TARP and the continuing problem of toxic assets (WSJ opinion)

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