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Michael Jackson, Elvis and Professional Hangers On

Don McNay | Posted 07.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Michael Jackson, Msfs, Lottery, Chfc, Lottery Winner, Sudden Wealth, Elvis, West Virginia, Kentucky, Powerball Winner, Don McNay, Fox Business Network, Jack Whitaker, Elvis Presley, Financial Advice, Clu, Structured Settlements, Cnbc, Cnn, Louisville, Sudden Money, Million Dollar Round Table, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, Hangers On, Entourage, Posse, Personal Finance, Lexington, Financial Advisors, Business News

Michael Jackson and Elvis died too young. They had the same handicap that many people with money acquire, the entourage.

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Historic Senate Hearings on Clean Water Protection Act Today: We All Live Downstream

Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Ken Hechler, Maria Gunnoe, Us Sen. Benjamin Carden, Dirty Coal, Clean Water Protection Act, West Virginia, Kentucky, Mountaintop Removal, Senator Robert Byrd, Goldman Prize, Coal, Clean Water Act, Green News

Over 1,300 miles of streams have been sullied and jammed by mountaintop removal operations. Over 500 mountains have been blown to bits.

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Bobby Kennedy, Jr.: "Family Friends" Are "Endorsing Criminal Behavior" (Video)

Alex Pasternack | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Jay Rockefeller, Robert Byrd, Climate Change, Clean Coal, Coal, Bobby Kennedy, West Virginia, Green News

Coal companies would not exist if not for the "corruption" of politicians, Bobby Kennedy, Jr. told me, singling out "family friends of ours forever," like West Virginia Democrats Jay Rockefeller and Robert Byrd.

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The Best Judge $3 Million Can Buy

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Coal, Don Blankenship, Matt Lauer, The Appeal, Judges, West Virginia, John Grisham, Today Show, Scalia, Alito, Roberts, Thomas, Politics News

The US Supreme Court ruling earlier this week gives a scary look at how justice in America is routinely bought and sold.

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West Virginia Supreme Court Chooses Coal Over Children

Josh Nelson | Posted 07.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Massey Energy, Coal, Coal Slurry, West Virginia, Coal Sludge, Massey Energy Company, Clean Energy, Marsh Fork Elementary, Global Warming, Green Energy, Energy, Climate Change, Green News

West Virginia loves coal. That became painfully obvious last week when the state's Democratic governor signed a resolution making the dirtiest rock on the planet the official state rock.

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In Sri Lanka: The Basics for Americans

Jim Luce | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

Read More: Tamil Tigers, Islam, India, Funny Boy, Galle, New York State, Kandy, Jaffna, Jacmel, West Virginia, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Hindu Mythology, Colombo, Hinduism, Rama's Bridge, Indonesia, United Nations Peacekeeping Mission, Serendib, British East India Company, New Hampshire, Yala National Park, Adam's Bridge, Indonesian Shadow Puppets, Commonwealth of Ceylon., Buddhism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Sanskrit, Unawatuna, South Asia, Terrorism, Malaysia, Manado, Galle Fort, Tsunami, Shyam Selvadurai, Tamil, Kotte, Orphans International Worldwide, Sinhalese, Sinhala, Gonaives, Port-Au-Prince, Mount Washington, China, World News

As I travel through Sri Lanka, covering the nation as it seeks reconciliation among its diverse population after decades of conflict, I am receiving e-mails from my friends at home asking me to review the basics.

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Celebrating the Blessings of a Coal-Based Economy: Who Needs Teeth When You've Got Cheap Power?

David Roberts | Posted 07.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Coal Plants, Appalachia, Illiteracy, Poverty, West Virginia, Joe Manchin, Obesity, Pollution, Coal, Green News

Gov. Joe Manchin has declared coal to be the state rock of West Virginia. But why should her stop there? Having a coal-based economy has given his state so many other reasons to celebrate!

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Sara Jane Moore's Interview Fallout

Geri Spieler | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media

If you were standing on that sidewalk next to Moore when she was 45 years old, would you have expected her to pull a gun from her purse, aim and pull the trigger at the head of the U.S. President?

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Sara Jane Moore -- Then and Now

Geri Spieler | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Randolph Hearst, Taking Aim at the President, Sara Jane Moore, Remarkable, Charleston Gazette, West Virginia, Geri Spieler, Sally Moore, Charleston-West Virginia, Gerald Ford, Secret Service, Assassination, Fbi, Symbionese Liberation Army, President Gerald Ford, San Francisco, President, Politics News

Sara Jane Moore missed Gerald Ford's head with a bullet by a mere six inches. Someone like her didn't raise any alarms on a street corner in 1975, and wouldn't today.

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West Virginia Chemical Plant Shut Down, Fined $2M Over Emissions

AP | Posted 05.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, West Virginia, Pollution, Environment, Dupont, Lucite, Green News

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State and federal authorities announced Monday that DuPont and Lucite International have agreed to pay $2 million to settle ...

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Beauty and the Vegetable

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Barbie, Beauty, European-Union, Beauty Pageants, West Virginia, Vegetables, European Commission, Living News

West Virginia is concerned with beauty and the European Union is concerned with ugly.

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WV House Committee Gag Order: No Stinkin' Green Jobs or Responsible Mining Debate!

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Dirty Coal, Rick Thompson, Coal, Wind Energy, Green Jobs, West Virginia, Sarah Palin, Renewable Energy, Big Coal, Coal Tattoo, Robert Byrd, Mountaintop Removal, Coal River Wind, Green News

West Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Rick Thompson and a handful of House Rules Committee members have just blocked a resolution for the development of a nationally acclaimed industrial wind farm.

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Letter to Senator Robert Byrd: Save My Home

Dave Cooper | Posted 05.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Sen. Byrd, Mountaintop Removal, Coal-River, Coal, Mountains, West Virginia, Responsible Minig, Coal Mining Employment, Appalachian Mountain Restoration Act, Strip-Mining, Coal River Mountain, Strip Mining, Leevale, Green News

If our grandchildren are going to have any future in West Virginia, we must find a way to bring new jobs and life to our mountain communities.

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Mountaintop Mining Procedures Halted In West Virginia By Court

The Charleston Gazette | More Comments » | Posted 05.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Mountaintop Removal, Green Politics, Coal, Mining, West Virginia, Green News

U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin issued an injunction that blocked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from authorizing new valley fills through its...

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Powerball Jack and the Wall Street Bailout

Don McNay | Posted 04.16.2009 | Business

Read More: John Thain Decorator, John Thain, Wall Street Bailout, West Virginia, Main Street, Powerball Winner, Immediate Annuities, Jack Whitaker, Wv, Gambling, Merrill Lynch, Private Jets, Hurricane West Virginia, Kentucky, Wall Street Bonuses, Lexington KY, Personal Finance, Casinos, Lottery, Toliets, Annuities, Lotteries, Powerball, Lottery Winner, Charleston, Aig, Don McNay, Structured Settlements, Wall Street, Citigroup Bailout, Annuity, Citigroup, Business News

If the people on Wall Street knew that no one would ever be there to bail them out, ever again, they would be less inclined to gamble with instruments they don't really understand.

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Religio-Conservative Red States Secretly Love Their Blue Movies

Theresa Darklady Reed | Posted 04.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Arkansas, West Virginia, xxxchurch.com, Deputy Attorney General, Sami Harb, Movies by Mail, David Ogden, Utah, Utah Child Protection Registry, Benjamin Edelman, Pornography, Mississippi, Michael Harb, Harvard Business School, Oklahoma, Hawaii, Alaska, North Dakota, Media News

The most porn-loving state in the country appears to be Utah -- you know, the state with the anti-porn "child protection registry" law and a burning, bleeding loathing for same-sex marriage.

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Coal CEO: "I've been around West Virginia long enough to know that politicians don't stay bought"

Dave Cooper | Posted 03.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Kentucky, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, Ceo, West Virginia, Massey, Blankenship, Business News

When it comes to cartoonish coal company eco-villians, no one fits the bill better than Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship.

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Activists Tout Wind Potential Of Mountain Over "17 Years Of Coal"

The Charleston Gazette | Ken Ward, Jr. | Posted 03.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Clean Coal, Wind Energy, Coal Protest, Activism, West Virginia, Coal River Wind Project, Coal River Mountain, Green Politics, Coal, Green News

"The governor and county legislators have failed to act, so we're acting for them," said one of the activists, Rory McIlmoil, who has led the Coal Riv...

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Senate Version Of Stimulus Would Include Additional $2B For Coal

The Charleston Gazette | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Senate, Economic Stimulus Package, Clean Coal, Senate Stimulus Package, West Virginia, Robert Byrd, Coal, Green Politics, Green News

Coal supporters have managed to tuck more than $4.6 billion in money for the industry into a Senate version of the economic stimulus package. The S...

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Coal Waste in Rep. Nick Joe Rahall's Water

Dave Cooper | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Prenter, Coal Ash, Mountaintop Removal, Tva, Slurry, Rawl, Coal Waste, Rahall, TVA Spill, Poverty, US Poverty, Big Coal, West Virginia, Coal, TVA Coal, Unsafe Drinking Water, Video, Tennessee, Water, Environment, Kentucky, TVA Disaster, Green News

The coal industry doesn't want any regulation on coal waste, because it would hurt their corporate profits.

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Coal In West Virginia: "Slowly But Surely They're Killing Us -- Legally"

VBS.tv | Posted 01.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Video, Coal Industry, Water Pollutants, West Virginia, Coal and Health, Mining and Health, Coal, Green News

A toxic coal ash sludge spill in Tennessee ruined land, homes and lives recently, bringing to the fore an inconvenient truth about coal: it's not clea...

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Fighting Climate Change: Not an Obligation, an Opportunity

Michael Brune | Posted 01.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Wind Power, Solar Energy, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, Solar Power, Appalachia, Alternative Energy, West Virginia, Massey Energy Company, Coal River Wind Project, Coal River Mountain, Coal River Mountain Watch, Sustainable Energy, Moutain Top Removal, MTR, Green News

The availability and affordability of renewable energy solutions show that further investments in dirty energy projects such as mountaintop removal are just outdated and unnecessary.

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Dear Al Gore: Speak Against the Rape of Coal River Mountain

Jeff Biggers | Posted 12.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Epa, Al Gore, Appalachia, Dirty Coal, Wind Energy, Big Coal, West Virginia, Clean Energy, Mountaintop Removal, Coal Mining, Coal, Barack Obama, Green News

Dismissing an overwhelming majority of West Virginian support for clean energy, Governor Manchin granted a mining permit revision for proposed mountaintop removal of Coal River Mt.

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The Technical Term: Human Error

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Video the Vote, West Virginia Voting Machines, 2008 Election, Voting Problems, ES&S, West Virginia, Voting Machines, Politics News

What these tech experts and election officials are too close to see is that human fallibility is just one of the reasons that electronic voting machines are a disastrous idea.

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Obama Could Lose Election Due To Voter Suppression

Judah Freed | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home

Read More: 2008 Elections, Law, Democrat, Youth Vote, Swift Boat, Obama, Democratic Party, Voter Suppression, Voting Problems, Voter Su, Colorado, Acorn Voter Fraud, Hava, Voter Registration, Voters, Election 2008, Voter Fraud, Republican Party, Voting, Denver, Republican Presidential Candidate, Acorn Voter Registration, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, John McCain, Acorn, Women Voters, Indiana, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Democracy, Democrats, Acorn Scandal, 2008 Election, Election, Barack Obama, Swiftboating, Early Voting, Republican, New York Times, Breaking Politics News, Voter ID Laws, Republicans, West Virginia, Paper Ballots, Kansas, Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Tennessee, Home News

Republicans are seeking to suppress the voter turnout among youth, minorities and poor people. If Republicans can prevent enough Democrats from casting ballots, McCain could win the election.

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