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Tennille Harris carries her purchases without a bag as she leaves a CVS pharmacy. AP Photo

WASHINGTON — For decades the standard question at U.S. grocery store check-out counters has been “Paper or Plastic?” But since January, consumers in the U.S. capital have faced a different question: “Will you pay 5 cents for a bag?”

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Europeans have long accepted the idea of providing their own baskets, bags or nets to carry their purchases, or paying for bags, but in the United States, where retailers go out of their way to cater to customers’ needs, being given a free paper or plastic bag to carry purchases is largely taken for granted. S

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Silicon Valley-based clean technology company, Bloom Energy has just announced a product that they have been developing for the last 8 years, which could provide clean energy from a box. Incorporating twenty years of research by ex-NASA scientist, KR Sridar, the Bloom Box is a new type of fuel cell technology, that its manufacturers and backers claim could eventually replace the power grid infrastructure, by placing a small box in the back garden of every home.

Bloom Box Fuel Cell

The Bloom Box is a steel cabinet, that is insulated and contains a number of small fuel cell cubes. Inside the Bloom Box are the fuel cells blocks.

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A chandelier hangs from the ceiling of Glasslight Studios in St. Peter’s. Photo by Emily Ryan

ST. PETERS — A thick February snowfall blankets the ground outside Glasslight Studio, but inside, an industrial fan churns as the furnace roars at 2,450 degrees Fahrenheit. One at a time, craftsmen open the furnace door, releasing blasts of hot air as they gather molten glass. Hot and cold are relative terms here.

“For our purposes, the glass is cold at 1,500 to 1,800 degrees,” said Karl Brachwitz. “We’re sweating profusely whether it’s January or July.”

About four years ago, Brachwitz, a custom builder, and his wife visited Glasslight Studio as customers in need of a lamp. T

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The new store, shown at Oscar’s Web site

Oscar’s Smoked Meats, destroyed by flames at the beginning of last year’s Labor Day weekend, reopened for business today with a retail area three times the size of the old one.

Jerry Quintal, whose family owns and operates the Warrensburg business, said the soft opening was intended to give the staff a chance to get familiar with the new layout and equipment. If they were counting on a quiet day, it wasn’t to be.

“We’ve been packed all day,” Quintal said this afternoon as he sat down for a break. “Tomorrow’s the ribbon-cutting.”

The grand opening takes place at 9 a.m. Saturday, and the

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