Today’s Headlines, 7/14

10:13 AM EDT on July 14, 2006

Mayor Mike's Inconvenient Global Warming Problem (TransAlt)
Westchester Tornado Confirmed. Most Powerful Storm Ever (NYT)
NYC Wins More Red Light Cameras (TransAlt)
Itâ€™s Corn vs. Soybeans in a Biofuels Debate (NYT)
Corn or Soy? Neither (Sierra Club Compass)
Fuel from Corn Faulted as â€˜Unsustainable Subsidized Food Burningâ€™ (H&E)
Looking for Leadership On Noise, Pollution, Trash (UGS)
Questions Over Van Operator and How It Vetted Its Driver (NYT)
Driver of ill-fated van crash flouted laws: ex-riders (Daily News)

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