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Delaware native who ‘saved the world’ dies at 84

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The man who dis­cov­ered that man-made chem­i­cals could destroy the ozone layer has died at the age of 84.

Home-buying season the worst in at least 50 years

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WASHINGTON — The home-buying sea­son was a bust. March through August are typ­i­cally the peak buy­ing months. But this time, Amer­i­cans bought fewer new homes in that stretch than in any other six-month period since record-keeping began a half-century ago.

Rural US disappearing? Population share hits low

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WASHINGTON — Rural Amer­ica now accounts for just 16 per­cent of the nation’s pop­u­la­tion, the low­est ever. The lat­est 2010 cen­sus num­bers hint at an emerg­ing Amer­ica where, by mid­cen­tury, city bound­aries become indis­tinct and rural areas grow ever less rel­e­vant. Many com­mu­ni­ties could shrink to vir­tual ghost towns as they shut­ter busi­nesses and close down schools, demog­ra­phers say.

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