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For Housewives, She’s the Hot Ticket

By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM
Los Angeles
JACKIE WARNER, the lesbian fitness trainer whose seesaw love life is chronicled in the Bravo reality series “Work Out,” is maneuvering though a dark, half-built gym in Hollywood.
Already a minor celebrity thanks to her show, Ms. Warner has plans to renovate this equipment-strewn space and offer affordable group fitness classes.
The studios are […]

When Tech Innovation Has a Social Mission

Slipstream : By JOHN MARKOFF  Palo Alto, Calif. STEVE WOZNIAK built the original Apple I to share with his friends at the Homebrew Computer Club, but it was his business partner Steve Jobs who had the insight that there might be a market for such a contraption. Indeed, for decades, Silicon […]

Instant Digital Prints (and Polaroid Nostalgia)

Novelties : By ANNE EISENBERG
MILLIONS of families once snapped Polaroid photographs and enjoyed passing around the newly minted prints on the spot, instead of waiting a week for them to be developed.
Now, Polaroid wants to conjure up those golden analog days of vast sales and instant gratification — this time with images captured by digital […]

Sizing Up the Utilities, if Carbon Caps Take Hold

By ABBY SCHULTZ
FUEL prices and dividends are usually big drivers of the share prices of utilities. Now there is a new variable to consider: how much carbon their power plants emit.
Federal regulations over the next few years could limit the carbon emissions of these companies, and Wall Street analysts have begun compiling lists of potential […]

Obama, on Defensive, Says His Remarks on Voters Weren’t Artful

By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE and JEFF ZELENY
Senator Barack Obama fought back Saturday against accusations from his rivals that he had displayed a profound misunderstanding of small-town values, in a flare-up that left him on the defensive as he faces a series of primaries that could test his ability to win over white voters in economically […]

In the West, a Fierce Battle Over Wolves

By KIRK JOHNSON
DENVER — Gray wolves have entered the spin cycle.
Since March 28, when the wolf was taken off the list of federally protected species in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, a fierce battle of perceptions and posturing has unfolded on the Web and in the news media as pro-wolf and anti-wolf forces stake out sometimes […]

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