Far-Right Jewish Israeli political activists held a peaceful demonstration in the radical Arab-Islamist dominated city of Umm el-Fahm in the Galilee under heavy police protection.

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The other papers refused to disclose how much they paid for their properties but insisted that the deals were legal. (The parcels subsequently appreciated wildly.) Other perks include heavy regulatory protection from competition and forgiveness by the police for such things as accidents caused by newspaper employees.

FORBES: Hold the presses

Replacing steel with aluminium allows additional interior space to be offered, along with larger crumple zones at the front and rear for even better crash protection, all without paying a heavy penalty in fuel consumption.

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The Environmental Protection Agency is likely to release some heavy-handed rules in the coming weeks, rules that they have been delaying so as not to influence the election campaign.

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In particular, a number who said they only wore helmets when riding fast or in traffic doubted if helmets would provide them any protection in the sort of high-speed or heavy-traffic situations that were prompting their use.

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The ISN breaks its nanotech efforts into three areas of focus: protection (against bioweapons and gunshots), performance enhancement (helping to lift heavy objects) and injury intervention and cure.

FORBES: Nanotech On The Front Lines

So heavy are the current energy demands of our expanding data usage that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has pegged servers and data centers as responsible for nearly two percent of total national electricity consumption.

FORBES: Written by Stanton D. Sloane