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CHICAGO — Looking to bolster the fight against childhood lead poisoning, the Environmental Protection Agency last month approved a tough new rule aimed at clearing the nation's air of the toxic metal. But at the last minute, federal documents show, the Bush administration quietly weakened a key provision, exempting dozens of polluters from scrutiny . The initiative process is badly outdated and needs to be reformed. What can be done? The most important reforms would reduce the number of initiatives on the ballot, improve the quality of those that do make it on the ballot and strengthen voter information. Here are some things you should know about ballot initiatives in California. In all of the 1960s, there were only nine statewide initiatives placed on the ballot In the 1970s, that number rose to 22 . Lifeguards keep buckets of hot-verging-on-scalding water ready to splash on a wound . The "joint understanding" signed at the last moment by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is no more than an agreement to kick off negotiations . Its stock is down 23% this year, closing Friday at $2. 43, down 7 cents. With a satellite now in orbit, ICO said it expected to begin beaming down TV programming to cars and other mobile locations next year.

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Industrywide write-downs so far total more than $40 billion. The lack of a ready market for the troubled debt in question has posed an accounting problem for the banks. "With the significant deterioration that we've seen, it does make these things difficult to value," Price said. Among other executives at the Merrill Lynch conference Tuesday, Goldman Sachs Group Inc . I also liked the maps showing location and the "Ask Eats Editors" feature Pose a question and one of the six editors might reply What you won't find a lot of: discerning opinions Nor does it have comprehensive coverage . But they have concerns about the quality of the public schools close to their Hyde Park home . I think I'm much more cheerful. " She is indeed cheerful, yet she is also very much like all of her novels -- accessible, earthy, good-humored and clear. "Life Class" consists of halves .

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