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News Briefs: Syrians attack Damascus suburb
Activists: Syrian troops launch major offensive in suburb of capital Damascus BEIRUT (AP) — Activists say Syrian troops are attacking a suburb of the capital Damascus in what they described as one of the most violent campaigns since the year-old...
Tags: Bashar Assad, Emergency Incidents, Politics, Pharmaceuticals, Government
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Settlements finally reached for all victims of Upper Big Branch mine disaster
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) --
A lawyer for the estates of two Upper Big Branch miners says Alpha Natural Resources has settled wrongful death lawsuits with the families of all 29 victims of West Virginia's 2010 disaster.
Virginia-based Alpha didn't...Tags: Environmental Issues, Energy Resources, Natural Resources, Lawyers, Justice System
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Morning news briefs; Pearl Harbor anniversary
Geithner says he is encouraged at progress Europe is making in addressing debt crisis
PARIS (AP) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Wednesday he is very encouraged with the progress Europe is making in coming up with a plan to shore up the...Tags: Rock and Roll (genre), Emergency Incidents, Environmental Issues, The Fifth Dimension (music group), Politics
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The lessons of Blair Mountain and Big Coal
In a typical year, more than one-half of the electricity generated within Maryland comes from coal-fired plants. Most of these plants burn coal shipped from West Virginia and Pennsylvania. In communities all throughout the Appalachian Mountains, the...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Environmental Issues, West Virginia, Energy Resources, Economy, Business and Finance
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Julia 'Judy' Bonds dies at 58; environmental activist fought coal giant Massey
Julia "Judy" Bonds, a West Virginia environmental activist who garnered national attention for her homespun opposition to mountaintop removal coal mining, has died, the environmental group Coal River Mountain Watch said. She was 58 and had cancer.
Bonds,...Tags: Metal and Mineral, West Virginia, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Demonstration, Politics
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Today in History
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 19, the 19th day of 2011. There are 346 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 19, 1861, Georgia became the fifth state to secede from the Union as delegates to a special convention in Milledgeville...Tags: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Indira Gandhi, History (tv network), Marth Coakley, Science and Technology
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The conversation: Why it's important to remember the Triangle fire
Opinion L.A.On the 100th anniversary of the Triangle fire that killed 146 garment workers -- mostly young Jewish and Italian women and girls -- laboring in sweatshop conditions, we are reminded why it's so important to pay tribute to their tragedy....... -
Bad week ahead for Massey CEO
The SwampDon Blankenship, CEO of Massey Energy Co., addresses reporters during the West Virginia mine disaster last month that killed 29 workers. (AP/Haraz N. Granbari) by Kim Geiger Massey Energy Co. CEO Don Blankenship has a tough week ahead. Blankenship,......Tags: Emergency Incidents, Structural Failures, Companies and Corporations, West Virginia, U.S. Department of Justice
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Obama pledges help for mine disaster
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, who had spoken by telephone with West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin on Monday night after a massive mine explosion that has claimed at least two dozen lives, today pledged the full support of the......Tags: Utah, Easter, Disasters and Accidents, Emergency Incidents, Structural Failures
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More `nonsense,' please
Change of SubjectThe death toll from Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch mine explosion last week has reached a total of 29 miners, the worst coal disaster in 40 years. When the disaster occurred, Massey was contesting millions of dollars in major safety...... -
Obama: Mine-safety review nationwide
The Swampby Christi Parsons President Barack Obama today ordered top federal officials to launch full-scale inspections of mines with troubling safety records and to work to tighten up laws governing energy companies that "put their bottom lines ahead of their...Tags: Executive Branch, West Virginia, Health and Safety at Work, Employees, Government
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Brand X Files: Melissa Etheridge and wife split. 8-year-old heroin dealer. Evil Clown stalks birthday kids
Brand XMelissa Etheridge and wife Tammy split: Couple separates after nine years and two children together. (People) Iceland's volcanic ash halts flights in northern Europe: Airspace was closed and flights were canceled in countries including Britain, Ireland,...
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