• Environmentalists Cautious About "New Era" of Energy Reform
• Two Bills Make Way to President's Desk
• DHS Search And Seizure of Laptops Could Hurt Businesses
• Hate Crimes on the Rise in LA County
• Nepal's Row over Language
• NEW Feature Series: Rewind with the Pacifica Radio Archives

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• Gulf Dead Zone Grows to 8000 Square Miles
• 5 Countries Meet to Weaken EU Soil Decontamination Rules
• EPA Approves Air Permit for Controversial Power Plant on Navajo Land
• Verizon Workers Set Strike Deadline
• Trial Dates Set for Texas Border Fence Condemnation Suits

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As the Senate leaves on a five week recess, a bipartisan group of ten senators came forward Friday morning with a proposal to both decrease foreign dependence on oil and create new incentives for renewable energy.  Evenly divided between parties, the group includes mainly rural states, including the Dakotas as well as Georgia, Arkansas and South Carolina. But environmental groups are hesitant to jump to offshore drilling as a part of a plan for a "new era" in energy reform.  Katharine Jarmul has more.

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Although Congress failed to agree on energy proposals as they left town for five weeks, they are sending some bills to the President's desk for signature. One bill will double the amount of money given to Pell Grant recipients from $4,000 to $8,000 by 2014. It will also simplify college loan applications from more than 100 questions to a more simplified, easy to read, two page questionnaire. The other piece of legislation will increase money, oversight and regulatory authority to the federal agency in charge of testing and recalling toys and consumer products.

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Hate crimes in LA County rose by 28 % last year, according to the local Human Relations Commission – and it's not just the number of crimes going up, but the incidents themselves are becoming more violent. Dan Fritz has more on what some are saying is a national trend towards rising hate crimes.

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