The half-sister of President-elect Barack Obama met with eight Kenyan runners to convey her brother's best wishes before they run in Sunday's Honolulu Marathon.
The Interior Department plans to open 190 million acres of federal land for geothermal energy projects - a move that could produce enough clean electricity for 5 million homes.
Recent turmoil on Wall Street only adds more obstacles before investors suing financial firms to recover losses due to the subprime mortgage mess.
New rules aimed against abusive naked short selling of stock in all publicly traded companies were issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday.
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