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New Orleans-Based Trial Assesses 2010 Gulf Spill Blame

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.02.2013 | Green
Read More: Cost Cutting, Tony Hayward, Judge Carl Barbier, Fatalities, Lamar McKay, Bp, M-I Swaco, Alan Huffman, Robert Bea, Safety, Halliburton, Alabama, Blowout Preventer, Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell, United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, Clean Water Act, Offshore Drilling, Transocean, James Roy, Minerals Management Service, Mark Bly, Deepwater Horizon, Oil Pollution Act, Cameron, U.S. Dept. Of Justice, Coastal Restoration, Macondo Well, Wildlife, Green News
Susan Buchanan

(This article is published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the March 4, 2013 edition.) A landmark environmental trial kicked off last week at United Sta...

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Children On Farms: A Conceit Over Fatalities

Paul Schwennesen | Posted 01.23.2012 | Politics
Read More: Farming, Fatalities, Regulations, Youth, Agrarian, Freedom, Agriculture, Organic Food, Food, Politics News
Paul Schwennesen

By making it virtually impossible to be a young employee in agriculture, we drive the further exodus of youth from an agrarian way of life.

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Contratistas Desaparecidos

David Isenberg | Posted 12.10.2011 | Business
Read More: Morality, Fatalities, Private Military Security Contractors, Casualties, Business News
David Isenberg

You will never see the PBS NewsHour listing any contractor among the periodic listings of those killed in Iraq or Afghanistan. Regardless of what you think of the utility of using PMSC such an attitude is just plain morally wrong.

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The Texting-Crash Epidemic -- That Isn't?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Fatalities, Automobiles, Cdc, Car Crash, Texting While Driving, Texting, Teenagers, Traffic Accidents, Healthy Living News
Philip N. Cohen

A new CDC report on fatal crashes among teenage drivers shows just what you would never expect with all the news and legislation concentrating on the ...

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Grand Theft Auto 3: Rail City

Greg Selkoe | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Mass Transit, Fatalities, Green Jobs, St. Louis, Urban Planning, Hong Kong, Green, Mbta, Green Energy, Enviornment, Urban, Iphone, San Fransico, Anaheim-California, Railroads, Trains, Anaheim, Los Angeles Times, Salt Lake City, Obama Transition, Las Vegas-Nevada, Google Maps, Dallas, Boston, I-Phone, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Co, California, New York-New York, Los Angeles-California, Chicago High Speed Rail, Disneyland, President Barack Obama, Green Living, Portland, Los Angeles, New York City, New York, Barack Obama, Las Vegas, Transportation, Mayor Menino, Boston Globe, Oil, New York Times, New York City-New York, High Speed Rail, Japan, Europe, Disney, China, Light Rail, Green News
Greg Selkoe

This is the last of my 3 part installment of posts entitled Grand Theft Auto. In this post I will discuss inner city public rail transportation and automobile use in urban settings.

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Grand Theft Auto 2: San Autodreas-Highspeed Fail

Greg Selkoe | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Fatalities, Mass Transit, Green Jobs, Hong Kong, Boston, Green, Green Energy, Enviornment, Troop Fatalities, Iphone, Railroads, Anaheim-California, Trains, Anaheim, Los Angeles Times, Obama Transition, Las Vegas-Nevada, I-Phone, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Co, Google Maps, California, Chicago High Speed Rail, Los Angeles-California, New York-New York, Disneyland, President Barack Obama, Walt Disney Company, Green Living, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Japan, New York, New York City, Barack Obama, Transportation, Boston Globe, High Speed Rail, Walt Disney Co., New York Times, New York City-New York, Europe, Disney, China, Light Rail, Technology News
Greg Selkoe

America, it is time to get serious about rail and stop getting our a** kicked by the rest of the world.

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New SIGIR Detail on Private Contractors in Iraq

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Corruption, Iraq, Private Contractors, Dyncorp, Sigir, Fraud, Fatalities, Bribery, Home News
David Isenberg

Today the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGI) has released its latest (24th) Quarterly Report to Congress. For those intereste...

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Swine Flu Death Toll Continues To Rise, Especially Among Children

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Fatalities, Vaccine Shortage, Deaths, Children, Virus, Teens, Swine Flu, H1n1, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Vaccine Supply, Flu Strain, Teenagers, Healthy Living News

With no signs of the H1N1 virus slowing down, the flu strain continues to hit children and teens in larger numbers than any other age group, and rese...

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Battle Fatalities in the Fight Over Health Care Reform

Steven Waldman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Health Care Reform, Fatalities, Health Care, Politics News
Steven Waldman

More Americans died from Congressional inaction on health care than as a result of the first Gulf War, the Iraq War, the Afghanistan war, the 9/11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina and all of the nation's homicides -- combined.

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Mia Farrow's Brother, a Suicide, Had Slammed Iraq War After Nephew Died

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Fatalities, Iraq, Patrick Farrow, Mia Farrow, Patrick-Farrow-Death, Suicide, Mia Farrow's Brother Death, Patrick-Farrow, Mia Farrow's Brother, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

Patrick Farrow's connection to his famous sister drew headlines, but his name rang a bell for me for another reason: his nephew died in Iraq.

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FBI Revisits 1982 Tylenol Death Case

Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Medical Fatalities, Fatalities, Tylenol, Medicine, Fbi, Medical Deaths, Business News

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- FBI agents searched the home of a one-time leading suspect in the 1982 murders of seven people who swallowed tainted Tylenol as pa...

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One Year Later: Heath Ledger's Tragic Overdose Death Reminds Us More Must Be Done

Isaac Skelton and Meghan Ralston | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Overdose Deaths, Boston, Heath Ledger Dies, Fatalities, Mental Health, Personal Health, 911, Heath LEdger Overdose, Drugs, Los Angeles, New York, Bill Richardson, Death, Heath Ledger Pills, Drug Use, Health Crisis, Heath Ledger Suicide, Health, Chicago, Prescription Drugs, Heath Ledger Died, Heath LEdger Dead, Drug Abuse, Philadelphia, Heath Ledger, Anxiety, Heath Ledger Death, Drug Overdose, Healthy Living News
Isaac Skelton and Meghan Ralston

Drug overdose now ranks as a leading cause of preventable death, second only to motor-vehicle accidents. Accidental overdoses killed more Americans last year than did firearms.

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Food Crisis: A Regulatory Meltdown No Bailout Can Save

Andrew Kimbrell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: George Bush, Gmos, Fatalities, Budget Cuts, Food Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, Salmonella, Producers, Food-Borne Diseases, Bush Administration, Infectious Diseases, Fda, Laissez-Faire, Food Safety, Food, Food and Drug Administration, Gmo, Politics News
Andrew Kimbrell

The problems we face in food safety are familiar when viewing the unfolding financial crisis. We see cuts in agency budgets, weakening of regulations, and the fox being put in charge of the henhouse.

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