Take PDM-DKE, a state-sponsored program that works with non-governmental organizations to fund local food and employment projects.

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The utility bought a half-built, 1, 200-megawatt gas-fired plant in Las Vegas from Duke Energy (nyse: DKE - news - people ) and finished it.

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According to the Yale Daily News, on Oct. 14, 2010, four DKE fraternity brothers met with and apologized to five Yale Women's Center board members for the fraternity's public vulgarities the night before.

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James Rogers, chief executive of Duke Energy (nyse: DKE - news - people ), has called it the "fifth fuel"--on top of coal, natural gas, nuclear power and renewable resources.

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Herman Haeruman, chief of PDM-DKE, admits that the disbursement of money is inescapably influenced by local politics, but insists that Cirebon is one of the few complaints out of the 65, 000 villages in which the program is active.

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In a second, unanimous ruling involving Duke Energy (nyse: DKE - news - people ), the justices said that before making major modifications to coal-fired power plants, plant owners must have a permit, which would require that the facility be outfitted with anti-pollution controls.

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