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Karen Breslau

Articles by Karen Breslau

Science

Green Energy Big Issue for ’08

If you run a business that’s into renewable power, expect a presidential candidate to stop by. We profile four such companies on the cutting edge.

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U.S.

It’s Not Easy Being Green

Does your vinyl shower curtain contribute to global warming? Will using a plastic razor doom the polar bears? How many bike trips does it take to offset your environmental sins?

2 min read

Science

Calif. Avoids Katrina Comparison

In the nation’s biggest natural disaster since the devastating hurricane wrecked the Gulf Coast, California so far has proven to provide efficient disaster relief.

7 min read

Business

Now This Is Woman’s Work

There are more female governors in office than ever before, and they are making their mark with a pragmatic, postpartisan approach to solving state problems.

7 min read

Entertainment

What Do Tattoos and Knitting Say About U.S.?

Both are discernible microtrends in America, says pollster Mark Penn. And they contain powerful clues to what’s happening in society.

6 min read

U.S.

The Oakland Bakery Linked to Slain Newsman

For years, officials stood by as the operators of an Oakland bakery were implicated in a rash of violent crimes. Now, the bakery has been linked to the murder of a crusading journalist.

7 min read

News

Archive Coverage

NEWSWEEK’s Sharon Begley joined us for a Live Talk on Wednesday, August 8, at noon, ET, about climate change denial and its lasting pervasiveness.

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Entertainment

Books: Nigel Hamilton’s New Clinton Bio

Nigel Hamilton’s new Bill Clinton assessment has some tantalizing bits, but ultimately produces nothing new.

7 min read

U.S.

Environment: The Bottled-Water Battle

Nothing irks Salt Lake City Mayor Ross (Rocky) Anderson more than seeing people tote water in plastic bottles. In fact, he argues, his city has some of the best tap water in the country.

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Science

Q&A: SF Mayor’s Battle Against Water Bottles

San Francisco is cracking down on the sale of single-serving plastic water bottles. Mayor Gavin Newsom speaks out on why he’s leading the charge.

5 min read

U.S.

Dina McGreevey on Marriage to Gay N. J. Gov.

Dina McGreevey discusses her marriage to New Jersey’s gay former governor, what it was like to hear that speech and how she feels about same-sex marriages

10 min read

U.S.

Jerry Brown Slams Bush on Environment

He’s already filed one lawsuit against the Bush administration over its environmental policies. As California’s colorful attorney general arrives in Washington, he’s threatening another.

6 min read

U.S.

Q&A: Gov. Sebelius on Disaster Relief

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius caused a political storm when she warned the White House that the National Guard deployment in Iraq hurt her ability to respond to a home-state tornado. What happened next—and how it felt touring the wreckage with the president Wednesday.

6 min read

Science

‘We Are a Nation-State’

INTERVIEW: ‘The Governator’ walks where Washington fears to tread when it comes to global warming.

5 min read

Science

Schwarzenegger’s Crusade

Carbon czar: California’s Hummer-loving governor is turning the Golden State into the greenest in the land, a place where environmentalism and hedonism can coexist. How a star turned pol’s become the muscle behind saving the planet.

14 min read

Entertainment

Q&A: America’s Political Divide

Why does every election leave the country holding its collective breath? Why have campaigns become more bitter, even with increasing numbers of voters who identify with neither party?

5 min read

Entertainment

Q&A: ‘Zodiac’ Writer Robert Graysmith

An expert on the 40-year-long fascination with the ‘Zodiac’ serial killer—and why the mystery may never be solved.

8 min read

U.S.

The Mayor’s Mistress

Gavin Newsom, the popular, handsome–and very available–mayor of San Francisco, was one of those men who could seemingly get any women they wanted. Since his 2005 divorce from Fox News commentator Kimberly Guilfoyle, he had become something of a man about town, spotted at all the fashionable places with various beautiful women on his arm.But the chatter over Newsom’s dating life took a sharp turn away from mere amusement last Thursday, when the mayor admitted he’d had an affair with a female staffer who happened to be married to one of his closest friends.

3 min read

Business

The Insurance Climate Change

During the nine years she’s lived in her historic sea captain’s house on Cape Cod, Mass., Paula Aschettino never filed a claim against her homeowner’s insurance policy.

6 min read

U.S.

Exclusive: Arnold’s Primary Plan

The U.S. Constitution prevents Austria-born Arnold Schwarzenegger from running for president. But California’s GOP governor, sworn in last week for a second term, still plans on influencing the 2008 election.

3 min read

News

Kathleen Sebelius

During her first term in office, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius so impressed the former head of the state’s Republican Party that he became a Democrat in order to serve as her running mate in 2006.

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