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Blair Mtn. Thanksgiving: Will Sen. Joe Manchin and Nation Thank Coal Miners or Massey Energy?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

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As we huddle around our Thanksgiving dinner tables on Thursday, reflecting on the bounty of our nation, recently elected US Sen. Joe Manchin will have...

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Robert Byrd's Passions: Poetry, Power And Home-State Pork

AP | CALVIN WOODWARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — How that man loved to speak. Robert C. Byrd once talked in the Senate for 14 hours and 13 minutes straight. In his half century in...

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UPDATE on EPA Sleep-In: Fundamental Misunderstanding: Lisa Jackson Twitters About Protest Today, While Clean Water Violations Grow (PHOTOS)

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: March 18, 11 EST: Over 27 hours later, nonviolent protesters spent the night twenty feet in the air, atop mountain tripods, in a sleep-in at ...

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Dems Plan For Byrd "Contingencies"

West Virginia Gazette | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Robert C. Byrd's state of health has prompted some quiet, behind-the-scenes discussions in the event the senator is unable to return to office. ...

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Dem Senator Byrd: Obama In A Power Grab

The Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senator Robert Byrd, the senior senator from West Virginia and the longest-serving member of the Senate, issued a press release Wednesday warning agai...

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Wikipedia Mistakenly Reports Kennedy, Byrd Dead

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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As if suffering a seizure during President Obama's post-inaugural luncheon wasn't bad enough, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) endured an additional orde...

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Spokesman says Sen. Robert C. Byrd hospitalized

AP | J. Taylor Rushing | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Robert C. Byrd was hospitalized Monday night at his doctor's urging after suffering from lethargy and sluggishness at the Capi...

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