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Antismoking Efforts Lose Ground to Obesity Fight (Jul-27, 22:00 EDT )-- As public health priorities shift, anti-tobacco programs are losing out to the campaign against obesity.


U.S. Delays Decision on Keystone Project to Deliver Oil From Canada (Jul-27, 22:00 EDT )-- If fully developed, the Keystone system would allow Canada to export as much as 1.1 million barrels of oil a day.


Economic Scene: Study Rethinks Importance of Kindergarten Teachers (Jul-27, 22:00 EDT )-- According to a new study, students with better teachers learned more in kindergarten â€" and earned more as young adults.


U.S. Markets Unsteady as Consumer Confidence Falls (Jul-27, 22:00 EDT )-- Shares on Wall Street closed mixed Tuesday after reports that consumers had become more pessimistic about the job market and the economic recovery in general.


Abrupt Shake-Up at the Top Ranks of ABC (Jul-27, 21:27 EDT )-- Stephen McPherson, the president of ABC Entertainment, abruptly resigned late Tuesday following a six-year reign marked more for internal volatility than for hit programs.


BP Details $30 Billion Plan to Pay for Gulf Spill (Jul-27, 21:00 EDT )-- The company’s latest moves show how it hopes to continue to compete on an equal footing with the world’s top producers.


In Study, 2 Economists Say Intervention Helped Avert a 2nd Depression (Jul-27, 20:50 EDT )-- A new paper represents a first stab at comprehensively estimating the effects of the economic policy responses of the last few years.


Steel Makers See a Grim Near-Term Outlook (Jul-27, 20:50 EDT )-- Order rates slowed at United States Steel and production was cut at AK Steel, and their share prices fell.


The New Economics Of Fancy Playgrounds (Jul-27, 15:41 EDT )-- New York just opened the latest in a series of innovative new playgrounds. Why were playgrounds so boring for so long? And what suddenly changed?


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