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Over One Hundred and Thirty Million to be spent on Libby Cleanup
2009-09-24 01:08:00 It has been revealed in a recent report that over one hundred and thirty million dollars to be spent on the clean up of Libby in Montana as a result of the asbestos contamination from the former WR Grace vermiculite mine that has allegedly resulted in hundreds of deaths in the area. While the company, WR ... More About: Million , Cleanup
Haleigh Cummings - New Theory From Jailbird In Putnam County
2009-09-23 21:56:00 Jailhouse Letter from Nay Nay Suggests Haleigh OD?d on Roxies News in from TJ Hart of The Sky 97.3. This letter from a jail inmate in Putnam county has been doing the rounds since last night. Is her story real, or is it Memorex? There are several stories swirling around, was it this letter that caused ... More About: Theory , County
Are ?Black?and ?White? Inherently Racist Terms?
2009-09-23 21:33:00 They have always struck me as being such, given their histories and the overtones associated with them - both cultural and inherent. White generally means good and black something bad. For myself I use geographical identity terms — African American, European, Asian American or national identity ones, e.g. Canadian, French Canadian, German, Irish — some of ... More About: Black , Terms , Racist , Black and White
Obama and Reforms?
2009-09-23 20:14:00 Obama has been telling it as it is. Without health care reform Americans in general will be in increasing difficulty with costs rising above their already inflated levels. He will be well placed to continue on with the message whatever our pols do in the near future. Time and tide — and the public in ... More About: Obama
The Young and The Restless : Soap Update for Sept. 23, 2009
2009-09-23 19:22:00 When Lauren gets back from visiting Scott in Toronto, she and Michael have dinner at the club. Michael brags about how while she was gone he managed not to do any lawyering for any of his family. They talk about poor Colleen, poor Victor and poor Traci. They agree that one just can?t take anything ... More About: Reviews , Young , Update , Soaps , Restless
How?s this for Renault?s Corporate Social Responsibility?
2009-09-23 19:18:00 When in 2002 the Benetton Formula One team morphed into Renault it was clear that what the French car giant was seeking to do was to secure brand value from the move, in return, of course, for funding. Constructors’ and Drivers’ championships in 2005 and 2006 will undoubtedly have given the brand a major boost ... More About: Social , Breaking News , Corporate , Social responsibility
Blair Waldorf was Dethroned!
2009-09-23 19:00:00 Oh the joy of the fall season on television. New shows popping up and old ones returning. One that has always grabbed my gut is Gossip Girl. Last season was full of backstabbing, game playing and of course, the glorification of the Queen Bee. Well, The CW has graced us with another season and this ... More About: Entertainment , Blair , Leighton Meester
Asbestos Related Lawsuit Dismissed by Judge
2009-09-23 17:23:00 According to a recent report a lawsuit that was filed against a law firm and a radiologist has been dismissed by a U.S. District Judge . The lawsuit was filed by a transportation company and alleged that a fraudulent diagnosis of asbestosis had been made by the doctor. The transportation firm, which was Florida based CSX Transportation, ... More About: Lawsuit , Related
National Protect Your Identity Week Facilitates Identity Theft Protection a
2009-09-23 16:44:00 Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert A recent National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) survey conducted by Harris Interactive(R) revealed that 45 percent of all U.S. adults, roughly 101 million people, would feel at most risk for identity theft when making a purchase with a credit card that requires the card to be temporarily taken out of ... More About: Week
The Search For Haleigh Cummings
2009-09-23 15:48:00 Hypothetically, Cobra, What If? I received this rather thought provoking piece from TJ Hart, and I have to concur with his thinking - Simon Private investigator William “Cobra” Staubs calls me nearly every day with something or another on the many cases he’s working. The number of cases he’s working has dwindled a bit now that he is ... More About: Search
Promoting Peace by Saving Smiles
2009-09-23 07:43:00 Dr. Diep Le is fixing teeth in Quang Tri province. Ho hum, another do gooder article, let’s all look away to the good stuff: blood and guts and political mudslinging. But hold it a second. There is a lot more to the story. Not only is Major Le an American born in Viet Nam, but she is working ... More About: Peace , Promoting , Saving , Smiles
World Acceptance Has the Goods, Citron Doesn?t
2009-09-23 03:48:00 When will Andrew Left of Citron Research get it? If he wants to criticize a company, then he should do so legitimately. His latest screed, packed with even more manure than his previous 3-part smear on World Acceptance Corp, has proven to this writer that he is deliberately spreading false information with ... More About: Goods
Abbie Hoffman?s Contrarian Shoes
2009-09-23 03:01:00 Abbie Hoffman , Yippie Emeritus, died 20 years ago. He was master of the culture jam before the term was coined, whacking the establishment with its own wack. Quoting Wikipedia: “Culture jamming sometimes entails transforming mass media to produce ironic or satirical commentary about itself, using the original medium’s communication method.” Hello, ACORN? Can I come ... More About: Shoes
TV Preview: Discovery Channel ? The Colony ? Finale
2009-09-22 23:39:00 The folks at Discovery and I often do not see eye to eye. I loved this series, and for three weeks put up previews, then, in a move that made no sense whatsoever they removed access to the preview screeners. Pissed to the max, I had to watch the show at the same time as ... More About: Reviews , Preview , Discovery Channel , Finale
Thirty Six Defendant Companies Named in Asbestos Lawsuit
2009-09-22 19:51:00 According to a recent report an asbestos related lawsuit has been filed by a man who has contracted the asbestos cancer mesothelioma. The lawsuit has named thirty six companies as defendants in the lawsuit, which was filed by a former pipe fitter and welder. The lawsuit claims that Tommy Harrell was exposed to asbestos in ... More About: Companies , Lawsuit
The Young and The Restless : Soap Update for Sept. 22, 2009
2009-09-22 19:31:00 Gloria is on the pay phone at the coffee shop talking to Jeffery as she reads the newspaper article to him about Victor, Colleen and Mary Jane. She tells him well if she rats them out as the ones that kidnapped her at least they would have a roof over their heads and something to ... More About: Young , Update , Restless , The Young , Soap
Book review: Tom Rob Smith’s “The Secret Speech”
2009-09-22 18:27:00 By Jefferson Flanders On February 26, 1956, Nikita Khrushchev, the then-leader of the Soviet Union, addressed a closed session of the 20th Communist Party Congress and denounced the cult of personality of his predecessor, Josef Stalin. Khrushchev’s “Secret Speech” was a four-hour long condemnation of Stalin’s myriad abuses of power, a shocking and detailed indictment of ... More About: Book Review , Review , Book , The Secret
The Scourge of Medical Identity Theft
2009-09-22 17:11:00 Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert Medical identity theft can make you sick. When I was asked by the reporter on the CBS Early Show, “If medical identity theft happens to you”…and I eloquently responded “You’re screwed”, and amazingly it made the edits to air. Because in sum, it’s true. Medical identity theft occurs when someone uses a ...
White House Directs Artists to Tell Country “What to do & What to be
2009-09-22 16:22:00 “You are the thought leaders,” the artists were told. “You are the ones that, if you create a piece of art or promote a piece of art or create a campaign for a company, and tell our country and our young people sort of what to do and what to be in to; and what’s ... More About: House , Country , White House , Artists , White
Haleigh Cummings – How Many Croslin’s Can You Fit Under A Bus?
2009-09-22 16:07:00 The average School Bus is 40 feet long and about 8 feet wide. That makes for an area about 320 square feet. I have had a bit of a problem establishing the exact ground clearance of these vehicles, but to make it simple lets go with 12 inches. If we go with this approximation we ...
Dangers of Asbestos Exposure in Automotive Industry Highlighted
2009-09-22 15:17:00 The dangers of possible asbestos exposure in the automotive industry has been highlighted in the UK recently, with legal experts claiming that they are working on a case on behalf of one victim of asbestos diseases in the Birmingham area of the UK but that potentially there could be hundreds more from ... More About: Industry , Automotive , Exposure
ACORN scandal and Catholics: the Unanswered questions
2009-09-22 13:16:00 Ah, the yearly collection for the Catholic campaign for human development is going on, and Catholics are once again asked to put their money into a fund that is essentially run by the left of center ideologues at the Catholic Bishop’s Conference. What’s wrong with this picture? Well, for one thing, few people know where the money ... More About: Questions , Scandal
Obama Gluts On Ten Ounce Burger
2009-09-22 01:22:00 Those who have bent their knee in homage to our nation’s magnanimous liege will no doubt one day denounce me in a People?s Court (not the TV show but rather a Soviet-style show trial) for daring to nitpick the Chosen One to this extent. However, it is their beloved leader, ladies and gentleman, that insists ... More About: Obama , Burger , Op-Ed
Haleigh Cummings Update ? Misty Was Questioned Over The Weekend
2009-09-21 22:55:00 This is a subject that has been mentioned on several news sites, we can now confirm this as fact. Haleigh Cummings step mom was taken in for questioning over the last weekend. I think the quote from Major Gary Bowling of the PCSO sums it up in a nutshell: PCSO did question Misty over the weekend ... More About: Weekend , Update
UK Woman to Sue Local Council over Partner?s Death
2009-09-21 21:45:00 A widow from Leicester in England is to take action against the local council in a bid to get compensation for the death of her late husband, who died from the asbestos cancer known as mesothelioma. Leicester City Council was her late husband’s former employer, and she is suing for three hundred thousand pounds. Roger ... More About: Partner , Local , Death , Woman
Move on, Acorn. Bertha Lewis et al Clearly Corrupt?
2009-09-21 20:21:00 Ms. Lewis not only refused to answer, she refused to even look at him. Instead she immediately jumped into a prepared statement, saying, ?Here's the question that we really should be asking?? Wallace attempted to stop her, saying, ?...no, no. Answer his question...? but she continued avoiding it, seeking instead the collective white guilt that had so been so effective in the past, ?There are poor people in this country..." she started?" Wallace tried to redirect her back to the question seven more times, but she continued to talk over him... More About: Move , Bertha
URGENT Haleigh Cummings Update: Hank Croslin Jr Talks, No One Home at 10pm
2009-09-21 19:38:00 TJ Hart of The Sky 97.3 has just sent this over, it went on air about 20 minutes ago. This is breaking news. This is certainly going to put yet more pressure on teen bride Misty Croslin about what happened the night that Haleigh Cummings went missing. Keep tuned, we will be updating this story ... More About: Home , Update , Urgent
Task Force Surprises Registered Sex Offenders
2009-09-21 19:30:00 Robert Siciliano Personal Security Expert While information security is always top of mind, my first passion has always been personal security. There always has been, is, and always will be predators stalking their prey. Unfortunately this is the natural order of life. Predators are a part of many of life?s species. Growing up my dad sat ... More About: Force
The Young and The Restless : Soap Update for Sept. 21, 2009
2009-09-21 19:19:00 Patty says eeny?meanie?miney ? MO? Who will be the one to go! She says Jack took away her youth, her innocence and her dreams of ever having a child. He says he was young and stupid back then. She tells him back then she wasn?t ready to lose him but she is now. Victor tells ... More About: Reviews , Young , Update , Soaps , Restless
Why Bully Rita Allison?
More articles from this author:2009-09-21 18:11:00 South Carolina is in the news a lot these days. As the story broke earlier in the summer about Governor Mark Sanford and his mistress from Argentina, we seem to have more than our share of national publicity. If the Sanford story is not enough to keep people busy, we now have another story break ... More About: Bully , Allison 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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