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The Word (and Elbows and Knees) of God: Fight Church

Turnstyle | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Christianity, Daniel Junge, Benson Henderson, Christians, Bryan Strokel, Ufc, Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson, Mms, Paul Burress, Entertainment News
Turnstyle

By: Noah J. Nelson It's hard to imagine two parts of American culture-- mixed martial arts and Christianity-- that on the surface are more incompatib...

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Resolved: Vermont Legislator Honored By Peers For Handing Out M&Ms

AP | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Candy, Vermont State Legislature, Ken Atkins, Video, Weird Vermont, Weird Politics, M&Ms, Weird News News

MONTPELIER, Vt. -- The Vermont House has passed a resolution thanking one of its members for the peanut M&Ms. Rep. Ken Atkins, a Winooski Democrat, h...

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Annette Bourdeau

Meet Ms. Brown, A.K.A. Vanessa Williams

HuffingtonPost.com | Annette Bourdeau | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Video, Vanessa Williams Interview, M&Ms, M&ms Ms Brown, Ms Brown, Vanessa Williams, Ms. Brown, Vanessa Williams Ms Brown, TV News

Did you recognize the iconic voice behind Ms. Brown, the latest M&M's spokescandy, introduced in Sunday's hugely popular Super Bowl spot? The formidab...

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M&M's To Unveil New Speaking Role At Super Bowl

The New York Times | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Super Bowl Sunday, M&ms New Spokesperson, Super Bowl Ads, Ms. Brown, Super Bowl, M&Ms, Women News

A popular candy will offer elocution lessons of a sort on Super Bowl Sunday, answering the question "How now, brown?" M&M's, sold by the confection...

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The Doctor Will See You in 174 Days

Tom Silva | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Massachusetts, Romneycare, Universal Healthcare, Mms, Obamacare, Phyicians, Massachusetts Health Care, Politics News
Tom Silva

Covering people remains the right thing to do but Romneycare in Massachusetts continues to provide a real-life test case for universal healthcare.

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Morgan Spurlock: Mr. Product Placement

Marshall Fine | Posted 06.22.2011

Read More: Sheetz, Jet Blue, Jeff Gordon, Around the World in 80 Days, Morgan Spurlock, M&Ms, Heroes, Woody Allen, Thomas Edison, Altoona Pa., Nissan Rogue, Jules Verne, Movies, Marshall Fine Interview, Pom Wonderful, Marshall Fine, Old Navy, E.T., Hayden Panettiere, Product Placement, Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, Reese's Pieces, Documentary, Mini, Morgan Spurlock Interview, Reese's Cups, Hyatt, Sao Paolo Brazil, Super-Size Me, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

The suit is by Ted Baker of London and Morgan Spurlock owns three copies: charcoal gray, nicely fitted, festooned with lavishly embroidered logos of h...

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Top 7 Underemployed Former Bush Officials

Paul Tullis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Douglas Feith, Paul Wolfowitz, Office of Special Plans, Paul Bremer, David Addington, Dirk Kempthorne, Alberto Gonzales, Mms, Politics News
Paul Tullis

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SEC Looking Into Possible BP Securities Violations

AP | By PETE YOST | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deepwater Horizon, Securities Exchange Commission, British Petroleum, Bp Security, Gulf Oil Spill, Bp Sec, Mms, Business News

WASHINGTON -- BP says the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department are conducting informal inquiries into securities matters aris...

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Dan Froomkin

Regulatory Capture Of Oil Drilling Agency Exposed In Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Oil Drilling, Oil Spill, Interior Department Oil Drilling, Oil Drilling Regulation, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Mms, Green News

In a dramatic illustration of regulatory capture, a new report from an Interior Department review board has found that poorly trained, ill-equipped an...

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The Regulation Crisis: James Surowiecki

newyorker.com | James Surowiecki | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, James Surowiecki, Wall Street Regulation, Financial Reform, Wall Street Reform, Regulation, Banks, Federal Reserve, Regulators, British Petroleum, BP Oil Spill, Financial Regulation, Mms, Business News

These failures weren't accidents. They were the all too predictable result of the deregulationary fervor that has gripped Washington in recent years, ...

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Obama Oil Spill Failure: How The President Failed To Crack Down On MMS, BP

Rolling Stone Politics | Tim Dickinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Gulf Coast, Oil Plumes, Moratoruium, Obama, Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Well, Offshore Drilling, Ken Salazar, Alabama, White House, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oil Spill, Florida, Thad Allen, Federal Response, Mms, Wildlife, Green News

On May 27th, more than a month into the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, Barack Obama strode to the podium in the East Room of the White ...

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What The Oil-Rig Cook Saw: Corruption, Mostly

Politics Daily | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mms, Gulf Oil Spill, Bp, BP PLC, Dan Peterson, Deepwater Horizon, Green News

For 15 years, Dan Peterson worked as a cook on oil rigs off the coast of Louisiana. During much of that time Peterson lived on Grand Isle, the barrier...

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Spewing Oil Well Could Still Be Moneymaker For BP

McClatchy | Erika Bolstad | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: BP Oil Spill, Gasoline, Oil Refinery, Oil Spill, Treasury, Oil Prices, Deepwater Horizon, Oil Royalties, Gulf Oil Spill, Offshore Oil Drilling, Mms, Green News

WASHINGTON -- BP's runaway deepwater well could still become a moneymaker for the company, even as it tries to stem the gush of crude oil that's fouli...

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MMS' Failure Will Continue Without Real Reform

Rep. Edolphus Towns | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Interior Department, Bp, Congress, Oil Spill, Edolphus Towns, Congressional Oversight, BP Oil Spill, Ken Salazar, Gulf Oil Spill, Mms, Politics News
Rep. Edolphus Towns

The BP oil spill was just the latest chapter in a long history of regulatory and ethical failures at the Interior Department and the Minerals Management Service.

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Obama Oil Spill Press Conference: Government Was Complacent Ahead Of Spill

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says there was too much complacency in the government before the Gulf Coast oil spill and not enough focus on wha...

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Three Of Every Four Oil And Gas Lobbyists Worked For Federal Government

Washington Post | Dan Eggen and Kimberly Kindy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mineral Management Serv, Revolving Door, Washington Post, Oil Lobby, Congress Revolving Door, Gulf Oil Spill, BP Gulf Oil Spill, Oil and Gas Lobbying, Oil-Lobbyist, Mms, Politics News

Three out of every four lobbyists who represent oil and gas companies previously worked in the federal government, a proportion that far exceeds the u...

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Gulf Oil Spill: A Month In, Outrage Grows

AP | By KEVIN McGILL and VICKI SMITH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Government Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill Outrage, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill Blame, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup, MMS Oil Spill, Mms, Green News

GRAND ISLE, La. -- Thick, sticky oil crept deeper into delicate marshes of the Mississippi Delta, an arrival dreaded for a month since the crude start...

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Bob Graham, William Reilly To Lead Presidential Commission On BP Gulf Oil Spill

AP | ERICA WERNER and KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Gulf Coast, Damage, BP Oil Spill, Lawsuits, Epa, Blame, Blowout Preventer, Obama, Gulf Oil Spill, Senate, Louisiana, White House, William K. Reilly, Bob Graham, Mms, Wildlife, Green News

WASHINGTON — The White House has tapped former Florida Sen. Bob Graham and ex-EPA Administrator William K. Reilly to lead a presidential commiss...

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Low Gulf Oil Spill Size Estimate Could Save BP Millions Of Dollars In Court

McClatchy | Marisa Taylor, Renee Schoof and Erika Bolstad | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Damage, Court, Lawsuits, Court Cases, Estimates, Obama, Animals, Gulf Oil Spill, Barrels, Oil Spill Size, Measurement, White House, Oil, Fisherman, Fishing, Gallons, Exxon Valdez, Wildlife, Mms, Green News

WASHINGTON -- BP's estimate that only 5,000 barrels of oil are leaking daily from a well in the Gulf of Mexico, which the Obama administration hasn't ...

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Baby Sea Turtle Is First Rescued From Gulf Oil Spill Slick

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Baths, Sea Turtles, BP Oil Spill, Louisiana, Kemp's Ridley, Oil Spill, Halliburton, Reptiles, Deepwater Horizon, Treatment, Oil Slick, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Animals, Transocean, Mms, Green News

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Officials say the first sea turtle to be rescued from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is being cared for in New Orleans. Audubon A...

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Environmentalists Sue Regulator To Revoke Permits Of Poorly-Reviewed Oil Rigs

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, BP Oil Spill, Oil Spill, Minerals Management Service, Oil, Southern Environmental Law Center, Deepwater Horizon, Atlantis, Gulf Oil Spill, Mms, Green News

NEW ORLEANS — Environmentalists seeking to curb oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday filed federal lawsuits to shut down a major BP plat...

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Wall Street Reform Includes Big Steps on Oil and Mining Transparency

Karin Lissakers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Transparency, Ben Cardin, Financial Reform, Mining, Barney Frank, Wall Street Reform, Oil, Chris Dodd, BP Oil Spill, Mms, Richard Lugar, Politics News
Karin Lissakers

This week the U.S. Congress showed that following oil money isn't just a way to lay blame; it also is a tool to lay the foundations for a responsible oil, gas and mining industry.

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Weekly Mulch: Politics, Power, and the Environment Beyond BP

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Apa, Kerry, Gibbs, National Marine Fisheries Service, Obama, Clean Energy, Mms, Wind-Farm, Dawn, Greg Pahl, Lieberman, Jesse Jenkins, Climate Change, Chelsea Green, Climate Bill, Senate, Blm, Queen of England, Green News
The Media Consortium

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Washington has a blind spot when it comes to the environment. BP and the oil spill brought the government's ...

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Bush MMS Director: 'When I Was There It Seemed To Work Well'

Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Burton MMS, Johnnie Burton, Minerals Management Service, Bush Minerals Management Service, Green News, Bush MMS, Mms, Minerals Management Service Accountability, Johnnie Burton MMS, Green News

Johnnie Burton, the director of Bush's Minerals Management Service (MMS) from 2002 to 2007, has no regrets about her tenure, saying in an interview th...

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Weekly Mulch: Slick of Oil Industry Cash Gummed up Regulatory Works

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Bp, Louisiana, Kerry, Gulf of Mexico, Landrieu, Regulation, Mms, Marine, Shellfish, Lieberman, Oil Industry, Oil Spill, Shrimp, Oil Pipelines, Graham, Oil, Environment, British Petroleum, Off-Shore Drilling, Deepwater Horizon, Climate Bill, Leaks, Gulf Coast, Campaign Contributions, Green News
The Media Consortium

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is worse than anyone thought, and the crisis will lik...

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