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Experts say our expanding girth is killing us and costing the health-care system billions.
The idea is to showcase Samant's range of Indian wines in a space that oozes class and cash--with bottles costing twice the average Indian weekly wage, it's meant to be exclusive.
Today, millions of transistors, each costing far less than a staple, can be etched on wafers of silicon.

$6,000 could be needed to replace vandalized trees
Vandals who recently hacked up four trees on South Winooski Avenue in Burlington could be costing taxpayers $6,000 to replace the greenery, but it's not just residents' wallets that are hurting. It was a particularly painful morning for Eugene Aube as he cut down the very badly damaged Gingko trees. "I hate to see them destroyed like that. I consider them sort of my children," Aube said. He's ...
June 12, 2013 - WPTZ Burlington
Hair weave thefts costing Dallas shops thousands
Hair weave thefts are on the rise in North Texas and costing local businesses tens of thousands of dollars.
June 11, 2013 - FOX 4 News Dallas - Fort Worth
Bear Flags Wave for Petromatrix as Currency Routs Mean $147 Oil
Crude is costing some developing countries almost $150 a barrel in real terms as currencies from the rupee to the rand tumble, signaling global oil demand is poised to weaken, according to Petromatrix GmbH.
June 11, 2013 - Bloomberg

Barack Obama in Huffington Post (blog)
In the same breath, though, the president added: "It is a vital national security interest of the United States to reduce these conflicts because: when conflicts break out, one way or another, we get pulled into them. And that ends up costing us...
Susan Collins in MaineToday.com
It's spreading too many diseases and costing too many lives. We need to do a better job of catching contaminated food before it ever comes close to a kitchen table. My plan addressed the gaps in the inspection process and improves recalls and... Kirsten Gillibrand http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsten_Gillibrand&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHDOjwk1Nq8bGtHH39lO8Ng333xTw Food Safety News http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2009/10/sen-gillibrand-to-introduce-ecoli-eradication-bill/&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFWtC4OPaqa3rugmHU8wYm564B78g Oct 14, 2009 22735 30494 costing Iraq is in crisis. The sectarian violence threatens the very existence of Iraq as a nation and has cost thousands of Iraqis their lives, as well as costing us the lives of our troops," Collins said.

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