Tag: west virginia

  • #Newspurge: Out Of The Game

    #Newspurge: Out Of The Game

    #ThreeAmigos Meet to “Simplify…Drug Trafficking” // Madonna Hires Decoy Clones for MDNA Tour // Obama Warns ‘Unelected’ SCOTUS Against Striking Down Health Law // #SCOTUS on Monday ruled by a 5-to-4 vote that officials may strip-search people arrested for any offense, however minor // At heart of Trayvon Martin death, a one-minute mystery // Remembering…

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  • #Newspurge: Cream and Bastards Rise

    #Newspurge: Cream and Bastards Rise

    #MegaMillions Jackpot soars to largest ever! // North American Leaders Summit and Reviving Trilateral Integration // “This is my last election… after my election I have more flexibility.” // What the Muck? Portland Harbor is a toxic embarrassment, there’s plenty of blame to go around // Earl Ray Tomblin, West Virginia Governor, Joins Others In…

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  • Oregon Oddities and West Virginia Worry: This Mortal Coil

    Oregon Oddities and West Virginia Worry: This Mortal Coil

    Dr. Peter Goodwin, Father of OR Suicide Law, Takes Own Life from oregonlive.com: Peter Goodwin, the first doctor in Oregon to campaign publicly for the terminally ill to obtain medical help in ending their lives, died Sunday shortly after exercising the right he fought to secure. He was 83. Goodwin’s four adult children and their…

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  • New App Helps You Snitch on Your Friends

    In less time than it takes to play a turn in Words With Friends, smartphone users can report a ‘suspicious person’ to the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security.

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  • #Newspurge: March of the Meanies

    #Newspurge: March of the Meanies

    Some 9/11 victims’ remains were sent to landfill // Michael Douglas to banksters: Stop imitating me // Andrew Breitbart Drops Dead in Los Angeles // Police dismantle Occupy London site // Rockefeller Throws Fundraiser at Mansion With Telecom, Mining Lobbyists

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  • #Newspurge: Gimme the Finga

    #Newspurge: Gimme the Finga

    Prize-winning NYTimes writer dies on assignment in Syria // Nicki Minaj kind of blue for Vogue’s eye-catching photo shoot // Rahm, Daley Named Obama’s Chicagoland Campaign Muscle Co-Chairs // NY Judge Sets $5M Bail for Head of Oregon Firm // Police State Updates: Supreme Court Justices Remain Security Exceptions // West Virginia mine boss charged…

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  • 2/9 Newspurge: Our Next Breath

    2/9 Newspurge: Our Next Breath

    US to approve 1st nuclear reactors since 1978 // Mexican army chief admits mistakes in drug war // America’s Most Miserable Cities, 2012 // Civilians bear the brunt of Syrian assault // Former intern reveals 18-month affair with JFK // Obama flips on ‘Super PACs’ as another promise broken // Clint Eastwood, Portland’s Wieden+Kennedy score…

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  • 1/26 Newspurge: What Would You Do?

    1/26 Newspurge: What Would You Do?

    Bird flu mutation studies must go on, says scientist // Magic Mushrooms Expand the Mind By Dampening Brain Activity, May Help Depression // America After Dark: Desperate Meth Heads, Rampant Human Trafficking And Millions Of Criminal Predators // CFR Madmen Itching for a Nuclear Armageddon // Oliver Stone: I’d vote for Ron Paul // After…

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  • NASA Tackles Problem of Missing Moon Rocks

    NASA Tackles Problem of Missing Moon Rocks

    West Virginia lost one, until it turned up one June day on a bookshelf in the basement of a retired dentist. New York has one in a vault at a museum in Albany, but another one given to the state for safekeeping was not kept very safe, because it appears to be missing, though the…

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  • 1/19 Newspurge: All Aboard, The Sinking Ship Is Leaving

    1/19 Newspurge: All Aboard, The Sinking Ship Is Leaving

    Kristol says Paul hangs with 9/11 conspiracy theorists // Official concerns over uncontrolled nuclear reaction risks inside plutonium facility near Portland // Costa Concordia Captain Reportedly Seen Dining With Mystery Woman Before Deadly Crash // Fmr NFL lineman dead in wildlife refuge faced sex charges // Massive Show of Force In London Ahead of Olympics

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  • 1/12 Newspurge: Tomorrow Never Dies

    1/12 Newspurge: Tomorrow Never Dies

    NY judge drops Binladen Group as 9/11 defendant // U.S. Agents Aided Mexican Drug Trafficker to Infiltrate Ring // Obama to Send US Troops to South Sudan // Ron Paul’s Iowa Finish: “Biggest Fraud Since Kennedy Stole the West Virginia Primary” // GITMO: Obama’s Broken Promise Protested

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  • US politicians get richer despite recession

    US politicians get richer despite recession

    Remember how members of Congress are allowed to profit from insider information, while for the rest of us it’s called ‘insider trading’ and it’s illegal? Well, apparently government is the business to be in.

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  • 12/29 newspurge: danger! heartbreak dead ahead

    12/29 newspurge: danger! heartbreak dead ahead

    9/11 updates: ‘extremely loud & incredibly close’ could cause flashbacks* ‘all-american muslim’ to deal with 9/11* deadline approaching for pending 9/11 lawsuits* tourists add 9/11 memorial to nyc itinerary* nyc mayor says work on 9/11 museum has stalled* biowars/envirohealth: 14,000 US deaths tied to fukushima fallout* report assails japan response to fukushima* radioactive pollution in…

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  • 12/22 newspurge: sometimes you have to work on christmas

    12/22 newspurge: sometimes you have to work on christmas

    biowars/envirohealth: japan pm says fukushima nuclear site finally stabilised* video: ‘statistically meaningful increase’ in west coast cancer from fukushima* philippines sends coffins, flood toll nears 1000 dead; president declares ‘state of national calamity’* river in china turns red; illegal workshop dumps dye in pipe network* drought has killed up to 10% of texas woodland trees*…

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  • 12/15 newspurge: when the lights go on again

    12/15 newspurge: when the lights go on again

    9/11 updates: 9/11 year in review: nyc marks 10th anniversary* proposed skyscrapers in s. korea stir up painful memories* korea’s 9/11 twin towers: what were they thinking?* sandra bullock used 9/11 memories for new drama* biowars/envirohealth: fema kicks off ‘resolve to be ready’ 2012 campaign* hydrofracking in ny may be derailed by contamination in wy*…

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