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Watershed Victory Against Big Coal Nears! Illinois Town Celebrates Proposed Denial of Strip Mine Permit

Jeff Biggers | Posted 02.06.2013 | Green
Read More: Dirty Coal, Canton, Big Coal, Epa, Clean Water Act, President Obama, Illinois, Clean Energy, Strip Mining, Gov. Quinn, Green News
Jeff Biggers

After waging a tireless six-year campaign in the historic Spoon River region of central Illinois, residents in the small town of Canton are celebrating a state hearing officer's proposed denial of a permit to a rogue coal company for a devastating stripmine.

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Kid With Cerebral Palsy Bullied By Grownup? (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 10.04.2012 | Parents
Read More: Hope Holcomb, East Sparta, Video, Tricia Knight, Dealing With Disability, Hope Holcomb Cerebral Palsy, Canton, Cerebral Palsy, Bullying, Ohio, William Bailey, Handicap, Handicapped, Parents News, Parents News

"Stop, please," a tearful Hope Holcomb says in a TV news segment. "Try to be nice." Holcomb, a 10-year-old from East Sparta, Ohio, who has cerebral...

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WATCH: Reebok Builds $12,000-Shoe For Tallest Man

AP | RODRIQUE NGOWI | Posted 07.04.2012 | Weird News
Read More: Tallest Man, Reeboks, Video, Weird Minnesota, Canton, Rochester, Guinness World Records, Anatomical Wonders, Tallest Man Wants Sneakers, Igor Vovkovinskiy, Weird News News

CANTON, Mass. — Finding shoes for the nation's tallest man takes more than a trip to the mall; more like a trip across the country. Igor Vovkov...

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Debt Collectors Might Be Employed To Recoup City's Unpaid Water Bills

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.30.2012 | Business
Read More: Debt, Debt Collectors, Canton, Debtors, Debt Collection, Debt Collection Industry, Debt Collectors Facebook, Ohio, Recession, Debt Collector Harassment, Video, Business News

The city of Canton, Ohio might be giving the debt-collection industry some rather good business soon. The Canton city council will vote Monday on w...

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The Hidden Pleasures Of Guangdong

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 05.30.2012 | Travel
Read More: Taoism, Tourism, Vegetarian Restaurants, Canton, Vegetarian Cuisine, China Tourism, Vegan, Temple, Guangdong, Guangzhou, Vegetarianism, China, Ecotourism, Travel Blogs, Travel News
Arthur Rosenfeld

Somehow, perhaps alchemically, my Taoist persuasion connected me to a unique subset of Chinese culture, opened secrets of the city and beguiled me with the charms of surrounding Guangdong, a province that most tourists, drawn to the more frequently-visited tourist areas in China's northern throw, never see.

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How to Write the State-of-the-Town Speech

David Murray | Posted 04.23.2012 | Chicago
Read More: State of the City Speech, Witchita, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, State of the Town Speech, Canton, Brookhaven, Byron Brown, Henderson, Biloxi, Gene Hobgood, Buffalo, State of the Village Speech, William Hendrick, AJ Holloway, Richmond, Andy Hafen, Baltimore, Lynbrook, State and Local Government, Chicago News
David Murray

State-of-the-town speeches exploded during the housing boom, when mayors could describe the growth in the tax base and bask in the glow. After everything went to hell in 2008, mayors would probably have preferred to skip the speech.

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Ryan Brunn Arrested In Murder Of 7-Year-Old Jorelys Rivera

Posted 12.07.2011 | Crime
Read More: Jorelys Rivera Body Found, Ryan Brunn Arrest, Canton, Ryan Brunn Suspect, Jorelys Rivera Murder, Georgia, Georgia Crime, Jorelys Rivera @Recommend, Jorelys Rivera Missing, Murder, Video, Canton Crime, Jorelys Rivera, Ryan Brunn, Crime News

Investigators in Georgia have arrested a suspect in the death of 7-year-old Jorelys Rivera. Ryan Brunn, 20, was cuffed and walked into Cherokee Cou...

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Funeral Set For Murdered Georgia Girl

AP | RAY HENRY | Posted 02.06.2012 | Crime
Read More: Jorelys Rivera Missing, Murder, Jorelys Rivera Body Found, Video, Canton Crime, Canton, Jorelys Rivera Funeral @Recommend, Jorelys Rivera Murder, Georgia, Jorelys Rivera, Georgia Crime, Crime News

CANTON, Ga. — A 20-year-old maintenance man with no known criminal past was arrested Wednesday in the beating death of a 7-year-old north Georgi...

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Murder Of 7-Year-Old Girl Was 'Very Calculated,' Ga. Police Say

AP | By ERRIN HAINES | Posted 02.05.2012 | Crime
Read More: Murder, Jorelys Rivera Missing, Jorelys Rivera Body Found, Video, Canton Crime, Canton, Jorelys Rivera Murder, Jorelys Rivera, Georgia, Georgia Crime, Crime News

CANTON, Ga. -- Even residents who didn't know Jorelys Rivera saw the 7-year-old girl smiling and playing in the north Georgia apartment complex where ...

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Canton Lake Debacle: Gov. Quinn, Do You Know Your IEPA Might Permit the State's Most Destructive and Reckless Strip Mine?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 01.18.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Canton Lake, Dirty Coal, Banner Marsh, Illinois River, Canton, Strip Mine, Wind, Jobs, Banner Mine, Coal, Gov. Pat Quinn, Chicago Environment, Strip Mining, Chicago News
Jeff Biggers

In light of the lack of compliance and violations of Clean Water Act laws, is Gov. Quinn's IEPA making a mockery out of the legal responsibility and moral obligation of the state on behalf of its citizens?

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David Lohr

Ohio Cop Suspended After Cursing Out Gun Owner

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 12.10.2012 | Crime
Read More: Video, Canton, Crime, Crime News, Concealed Carry Permit, Ohio, Daniel Harless, William Bartlett, Nra, Crime News

A Canton, Ohio, police officer remains on administrative leave this week as video of the officer yelling, cursing and threatening a citizen during a r...

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"Transplant" Automakers Get Over $3.6 Billion in Subsidies; More Unions, Ralph Nader Comment

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Change to Win, Herbert Hoover, Chrysler, Decherd, Buffalo, Honda, Blue Springs, Mercedes-Benz, Cars, Montgomery, Ford, Volkswagen, Senators, Nissan, Infrastructure, Princeton, Benedict Arnold, General Motors, Hyundai, Greensburg Indiana, Essential Action, Ralph Nader, Uaw, Lafayette, Toyota, Canton, Detroit Three, Ohio, San Antonio, United Steelworkers, Kia, Huntsville, Democrats, Foreign-Owned, Good Jobs First, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Bush Administration, Chattanooga, Detroit Three Loans, Bmw, Subaru, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Transplant, Tax Exempt, Smyrna, Unions, Japanese Transplants, Spartanburg, Republicans, Detroit Bailout, Auto Industry, Business News
Steve Parker

This post has the latest news on the billions in subsidies which off-shore transplant carmakers have received from state and local governments.

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Texas Town Responds After Colbert Calls It An "Incorporated Outhouse"

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Canton, Canton Texas, Canton Texas Colbert, Stephen Colbert, Media News

CANTON, Texas — Stephen Colbert's one-man campaign against towns named Canton has its latest target firing back. A city councilman in Canton, Te...

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