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WASHINGTON 鈥?The Obama administration far-reaching plan to address climate change would cause job losses and lead to higher electricity prices and even power outages, attorneys general from two energy-producing states said Tues
stanley cup day.West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt told a Senate panel that the administration plan to cut heat-trapping pollutants from coal-fired power plants would cause existing plants to retire early and prevent new
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BY BRADLEY KLAPPER AND JAMEY KEATEN, ASSOCIATED PRESSRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss the crisis in Syria. Photo by REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueGENEVA 鈥?The United States and Russia announced early Saturday a breakthrough agreement on Syria that foresees a nationwide cease-fire starting early next week, followed by an unlikely new military partnership between the rival governments targe
af1 ting the Islamic State and al-Qaida.U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the plan could reduce violence in Syria and lead to a long-sought political transition, ending more than five years of bloodshed. He called the deal a potential turning point in a conflict tha
mizuno t has killed as many as 500,000 people, if complied with by Syria Russian-backed government and U.S.-supported rebel groups.The cease-
stanley cup fire begins at sundown Monday, Kerry said, coinciding with the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday.Kerry negotiating partner, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, confirmed the agreement and said it could help expand the counterterrorism fight and aid deliveries to Syrian civilians. He said Syrian President Bashar Assad government was prepared to comply.The deal culminates months of frenetic diplomacy that included four meetings between Kerry and Lavrov since Aug. 26. The arrangement hinges on Moscow pressuring Assad government to halt all offensive operations against Syria armed
