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Traffic deaths and injuries are a preventable scourge that cost the nation about $99 billion a year in medical bills and lost productivity, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Protesters in favour of the anti-immigrant law, which faced a legal challenge, in Phoenix, Arizona. Photograph: Ross D Franklin/AP JD Hayworth, a barnstorming Arizona Republican who is campaigning for the Senate, has strong opinions about his state’s new law on illegal immigration. The law, known as SB1070 and due to come into effect this week, requires police to arrest suspected illegal immigrants and makes it a crime not to have valid immigration papers on your person.

Corn rose for the first time this week and soybeans gained for a second straight day on speculation that drier weather may damage crops in the U.S., the world’s largest grower and exporter. A lack of rain in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio may stress as much as 15 percent of the crops, the  Commodity Weather Group LLC said today in a report

Senate Democrats hope to pass a narrower energy bill next week that would increase the liability of companies for oil spills, for instance in the Gulf of Mexico. Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features A major climate change bill that would have capped carbon emissions has been abandoned by Democrats in the US Senate in the face of opposition from both sides of the house. Under pressure from falling popularity ratings, Barack Obama had hoped the bill would add to the two biggest legislative successes of his presidency: the comprehensive health care bill and reform of the US banking and financial sector

Senate Democrats hope to pass a narrower energy bill next week that would increase the liability of companies for oil spills, for instance in the Gulf of Mexico. Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features A major climate change bill that would have capped carbon emissions has been abandoned by Democrats in the US Senate in the face of opposition from both sides of the house. Under pressure from falling popularity ratings, Barack Obama had hoped the bill would add to the two biggest legislative successes of his presidency: the comprehensive health care bill and reform of the US banking and financial sector .

TOKYO/NEW YORK (CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM) – Private equity firm Blackstone Group LP is close to finalizing the purchase of property loans with a face value of around $1.1 billion owned by Morgan Stanley’s Japanese operations, three sources familiar with the situation said. The deal would mark Blackstone’s first investment in Japan and could help breathe life into the world’s second biggest real estate market which has yet to see a major investment since the since onset of the global financial crisis.

FARNBOROUGH, England (CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM) – British entrepreneur Richard Branson provided a closing flourish to the Farnborough Airshow by doubling the size of his Virgin America airline fleet by video link from the Caribbean on Thursday. The founder of airline Virgin Atlantic announced an order for 40 Airbus A320 single-aisle jets worth $3.3 billion plus options for 20 more. “I am happy to celebrate my 60th birthday this week and I can’t think of a better present than getting 60 new planes,” Branson said during a link-up to the Farnborough Airshow from the Caribbean.

CHICAGO, July 19 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that Caryn L.

Bill Clinton: America should lead the way against Aids. Bill Clinton and Bill Gates called for better use of the money donated to fight Aids as the world economic crisis makes an increase in funding unlikely.