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12-31	Opposition mounts to helipad
12-31	2007 deadliest for US troops in Iraq
12-31	US seeks views on sludge plan
12-31	The Story Of Stuff Challenges American Consumerism
12-31	Slow down, you drive too fast - got to make the oil last
12-31	My mother said democracy is best revenge - Bhutto son -  New Questions Arise in Killing of Ex-Premier  -  Bhuttos Son and Husband Named Party Leaders
12-31	Kenyans riot as Kibaki declared poll winner
12-31	The Free Market: A False Idol After All?
12-31	Tapes by CIA Lived and Died to Save Image
12-31	Millions in the Slammer: We Must Reverse America's Zeal to Incarcerate
12-31	Breakthrough on mystery of vanishing bees
12-31	Oligarchical Decay
12-30	Net-based swap group Freecycle flourishes in state
12-30	Waste not
12-30	Bill McKibben--Gandhi: A Man for All Seasons
12-30	Social sites using tools of the Internet to call for action and to unite like-minded individuals
12-30	Pakistan in Turmoil after Benazir Bhuttos Assassination  -  Fury at claims on Bhutto killing  -   They Dont Blame Al-Qaida. They Blame Musharraf  -   Islamic militants deny involvement in killing despite official accusations  -Bhutto's Homeland Smolders With Rage
12-30	Surge in Off-Roading Stirs Dust and Debate in West
12-30	Millions in Earmarks, Little of Use
12-29	Bayer's odor alert called abysmal; Carper chides chemical plant over slim information about widespread stench on Friday
12-29	WVU provost to initiate inquiry into kerfluffle over Breschs MBA degree
12-29	Inequality--Pulling America apart
12-29	In Memory of Benazir Bhutto, Cut US Ties to Musharraf  -  The Battle After Bhutto
12-29	U.S. Fears Greater Turmoil In Region  -  How did Pakistan's Bhutto die?
12-29	Vermont group wants Cheney, Bush charged with war crimes
12-29	Top Ten Myths about Iraq 2007
12-29	Both Sides Cite Science to Address Altered Corn
12-29	Naomi Klein on the Shock Doctrine
12-28	DEP staffer works to rid state of dumps
12-28	Benazir Bhutto: An Age of Hope Is Over  -  Pakistan Is 'Central Front,' Not Iraq - Tentative steps towards democracy may become headlong rush into political chaos  -  Death in Rawalpindi  -  U.S. Brokered Bhutto's Return to Pakistan -    Assassination Poses Dilemma for US   - November 2007 video interview with Bhutto -  The Void Left Behind
12-28	Creeping Fascism: Lessons From the Past
12-28	Official Challenges Cheney's Classification Practice
12-28	The Torture Tape Cover-up: How High Does It Go?
12-28	The Imperial Presidency: The '08 Candidates Weigh In
12-28	Senate Blocks Bush From Appointing Official to DOJ Post
12-28	Chinese town where old presents go to die
12-28	Barcoding An Entire Ecosystem
12-28	Protection for Endangered Whistle-Blowers
12-28	Wars Cost $15 Billion a Month, GOP Senator Says
12-28	Rep. Rush Holt to Push for Paper Ballots and Vote Count Audits for 2008
12-28	Healthcare for all in California?
12-28	EPA, Dow Chemical Negotiate River Cleanups
12-27	City urged to build plan for sustainability
12-27	Suspicion: Gov.'s daughter's MBA disputed
12-27	Byrd tops $400 million in federal appropriations for state projects
12-27	China taints planet
12-27	The FCCs Christmas Gift to Big Media
12-27	Women Are the New Coyotes
12-27	Buy Some Stuff, Enslave Somebody
12-27	Can the world act fast enough to save the disappearing tuna?
12-26	Your Stuff's Backstory: If It Isn't Grown, It Must Be Mined
12-26	Blowback: U.S. aided fanatics
12-26	EPA Inflated Progress of Pollution Cleanup at Chesapeake Bay
12-26	Good and Evil at the Center of the Earth:  A Quechua Christmas Carol
12-26	Cremation a hazard to the living?
12-26	Anarchists in the Aisles? Stores Provide a Stage
12-26	Lakota Sioux - The Bravest Americans
12-25	Cheney Accused of Blocking California's Bid to Cut Car Fumes
12-25	Lawyers Stepping Up
12-25	Alaskans Weigh the Cost of Gold
12-25	Hyperconsumption causes global warming, pollutes our environment and wastes our time
12-25	Judge Keeps White House Logs Secret
12-25	During Recess, Democrats Push Back  -  Senate Stays in Session to Block Bush Appointment
12-24	Workers comp fight brewing
12-24	Youth leadership Big Creek plan vital to McDowell County
12-24	The torture tape fingering Bush as a war criminal  -  CIA chief to drag White House into torture cover-up storm
12-24	Descendants of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse break away from US
12-24	The African Front
12-24	Dollar's Fall Is Felt Around The Globe
12-24	Warnings Unheeded On Guards In Iraq
12-24	U.S. Officials See Waste in Billions Sent to Pakistan
12-23	Speaker quick to find voice
12-23	FBI Prepares Vast Database of Biometrics
12-23	CIA 'kept' tapes from 9/11 probe
12-23	FBI planned mass arrests in 1950
12-23	Truth and Consequence
12-22	Wet December quenches Mountain State's thirst for rain
12-22	WVU denies reported favoritism to Manchins' daughter
12-22	Voting Rights Activists Win Big Cases in Florida and Arizona
12-22	Former CIA Analyst Says Evidence Abounds for Impeachment
12-22	9/11 Panel Study Finds That C.I.A. Withheld Tapes
12-22	FBI Investigates Ex-CIA Officer Over Torture Interviews
12-22	Judge Seems Wary of Opening CIA Inquiry
12-22	Military Evangelism Deeper, Wider Than First Thought
12-22	Dozens Protest Razing of New Orleans Public Housing
12-22	What Happens at a CIA Black Site
12-22	Where Did All the Good Journalism Go?
12-21	Starcher says he won't run again for Supreme Court
12-21	11 state proposals get funding extension
12-21	Trail projects among grants
12-21	White Liberals Have White Privilege Too!
12-21	Groups urge WV to dedicate more $ for land conservation (scroll to 12/20 entry)
12-21	Bush, Maliki Break Iraqi Law
12-21	A Tale of Two Giulianis
12-21	Analysis: CIA Tape Case Evokes Watergate
12-21	Dirt provides dynamic display of biodiversity
12-21	Kansas Threatens to Sue Nebraska Over Use of a River
12-21	Duty-Free US Corn Imports Force Mexico GMO Debate
12-21	Inherent Powers, Ignoble History Make New Idea Anything But Innocuous
12-21	Wal-Mart's Crimes Against Forests
12-21	Arsenic in Rice Threatens Asian Public Health
12-21	Scientists Weigh Stem Cells Role as Cancer Cause
12-20	Hellhole status brings mixed reaction
12-20	Inside a GOP Effort To Rig The 2002 New Hampshire Elections
12-20	Senate Hands Bush Another Blank Check for Iraq
12-20	Destruction of CIA Tapes May Have Violated a Court Order
12-20	Many Americans Aim to Go "Green" in 2008
12-20	It's Time to Legalize Drugs
12-20	France Says to Extend GMO Ban Unless Proven Safe
12-20	Got Fleas? Get the Vacuum
12-20	Ecuador Amazon Plantiffs Fight Chevron Over Dumping
12-20	This Christmas, You Can Buy Her Affection
12-19	Sharpton calls for hate crimes charges during rally for Megan Williams   -  Sharpton speaks at hate-crimes rally for Williams
12-19	$3 trillion: Iraq war cost
12-19	Chertoff Concealed Role in Tape Destruction
12-19	Nowhere road: The Interstate 66 story is both astonishing and outrageous
12-19	Bush Lawyers Discussed Fate of C.I.A. Tapes
12-19	Perils of Computerized Voting Expressed by Ohio Systems
12-19	The truth everyone knows, but no one says
12-19	Removal of Byrd a rumor, he says; Dems want him off top panel, D.C. mag says
12-18	Williams rally organizers want community to show support
12-18	Report undermines mantra of W.Va. as "tort hell''
12-18	The Bush Administration One outrage after another
12-18	U.S. Helps Turkey Hit Rebel Kurds In Iraq
12-18	Interior Secretary Revises Ethics Policy  -  Federici Gets Four Years Probation
12-18	Judge Rules White House Logs Are Public
12-18	A Violent Cartography
12-18	Bush Wants Control Over Military Lawyers
12-18	Obstructionpalooza
12-18	Feds Backpedal From Controversial Report on Pennsylvania Cancer Cluster
12-18	All About: Water and Health
12-18	Fed Shrugged as Subprime Crisis Spread
12-17	Goodwill now recycling computers and electronic equipment
12-17	I-66 critics express fear for environment
12-17	As Iraq "Calms", Focus Turns to Afghanistan
12-17	Synthetic DNA on the Brink of Yielding New Life Forms
12-17	World Powers Gather in Paris to Bankroll Palestinian State
12-17	Return of the 'Udall Ethic'
12-17	Where Anti-Immigrant Zealots Like Lou Dobbs Get Their "Facts"
12-17	The houses that Earth built
12-16	Lawsuits still possible in Monsanto dioxin injury case
12-16	Give us that good old-fashioned conservatism
12-16	Wider Spying Fuels Aid Plan for Telecom Industry
12-16	Is junk media making you sick?
12-16	War ain't good for the planet, says new report (who knew?)
12-16	Renewed Global Promise to Build A World Fit for Children
12-15	Lawyers seek class action in BrickStreet suit
12-15	Congress authorizes war funds and sends bill to Bush
12-15	UN Rights Envoy Suspects CIA of Guantanamo Torture
12-15	Environmental activist sentenced to probation in Abramoff probe
12-15	Justice Dept. Seeks Delay on C.I.A. Inquiry
12-15	Ethiopians Said to Push Civilians Into Rebel War
12-14	Dollars implosion affects nations clout
12-14	Lawmakers Vote to Hold Bolten and Rove in Contempt
12-14	Federal Judge Upholds California Emissions Law
12-14	The Last Empire: China's Pollution Problem Goes Global
12-14	Somalia Descends Into Africa's Worst Crisis
12-14	Hidden U.S. Deaths Of Gulf Wars
12-13	EPA Pushed to Lower Reporting Standards
12-13	Bush vetoes children's health bill a second time
12-13	Central Bankers to Lend Billions in Credit Crisis
12-13	Historic Global Summit Kicks Off
12-13	Secret U.S. Intelligence Court Intends To Keep Wiretap Rulings Under Wraps
12-13	Residents Say Lives Ruined by South Korea Oil Spill
12-13	Caribbean hit by tropical storm
12-12	Insurance switch may have cost life of husband, widow tells lawmakers
12-12	Exxon to Put Floating Gas Plant Off N.J. Coast
12-12	Wounded: U.S. casualties hidden
12-11	Only Few Saw the Key FISA Court Rulings
12-11	Gang Rape Cover-Up by US, Halliburton/KBR
12-11	Libby to Drop Appeal in CIA Leak Case
12-11	Waterboarding Recounted
12-11	Justices Widen Sentencing Power of Federal Judges
12-11	NGO Coalition Slams U.S. Record at Home
12-11	Hell on Earth Life in a Cambodian dump
12-11	French Activist Bove to Go on Anti-GMO Hunger Strike
12-11	War, Depression and Turning-Point Elections
12-10	Another march planned for Williams
12-10	Legal aid costs in W.Va. on the rise
12-10	Medicaid mothers are refused dental care; groups urge changes
12-10	South Korea's Worst Oil Spill Blackens West Coast  -  South Korea Cleans Up Big Oil Spill
12-10	The mysteries of the American empire
12-10	Empire builders: Sometimes, U.S. policy is bad for workers, environment and even democracy
12-10	Young girls may hold key to breast cancer
12-10	US Military Conserving Fuel to Save Lives, Money
12-10	PETA Boycotting Mars Candy Co. Over Animal Cruelty
12-10	Fed up with dioxin, residents say they want out
12-10	Lawyers Charge the CIA Tortured Their Client in Secret Prisons
12-10	Norway to Spend Billions on Preserving Rainforests
12-10	A Wealth of Kindness Among Somalia's Poorest
12-10	Western States Agree to Water-Sharing Pact
12-9	C8 Controversy in Parkersburg Area
12-9	Neocons Devastated by Iran Intel Bombshell, But Don't Count Them Out Yet  -  Keith Olbermann: "Neocon Job"
12-9	Hill Briefed on Waterboarding in 2002
12-9	Oil-Rich Nations Use More Energy, Cutting Exports
12-9	Feds hedge on environmental link to Pennsylvania illnesses
12-9	France Suspends Commercial GMO Seed Use, Studies Safety
12-9	Mexico peyote site suffers onslaught of tourists, mining
12-8	Disaster Capitalism and the War on Equality
12-8	Bush Loses Ground With Military Families
12-8	Democrats call for CIA tape probe
12-8	Environmental Toxin Collects in Breast Milk
12-8	Anti-Bush Protesters Prosecuted for Unauthorized Display of Sign
12-8	A clear pattern of risk emerges from city smog
12-8	Trucks Power Chinas Economy, at a Suffocating Cost
12-8	Canadian Retailer Bans Some Plastic Bottles
12-8	Piano Wire Puppeteers: The Constitution, Media & Dennis Kucinich
12-8	Food Summit studies the question: What'll we do when the oil runs out?
12-7	Lobbyists privileges at risk
12-7	McGraw accuses EDA of juicing some businesses
12-7	C.I.A. Destroyed Tapes of Interrogations   -  Limits Proposed on CIA Interrogators  -  Congress, Bush to Clash Over Interrogation Techniques
12-7	Deep Racial Disparities: Justice Department Numbers Show Prison Trends
12-7	Dioxin report details deception; EPA found state failed to stand up to chemical giant
12-7	Rice wins support for Iran sanctions
12-7	Supreme Court Inc.: The Roberts Court unravels a generation of progress
12-7	Bush Goes Private to Spy on You
12-7	No money, not enough food, rampant sickness, night-time raids. Darfur today
12-7	$1 Billion in Military Equipment Missing in Iraq
12-7	New Media and the Election
12-7	On Mortgage Relief, Who Gains the Most?
12-7	Bush Administration Delays Protection of 280 Imperiled Species
12-7	Shoshone Use Film, Courts to Fight Gold Mine on Sacred Land
12-7	Lincoln: Oil Giants Don't Need Tax Cuts
12-6	Manchin to lead Democratic governors' group in 2008
12-6	Diverse work force: W.Va. has nations second-highest ratio of women in government
12-6	Charitable Spirit
12-6	Bush on Iran: Fool Me Twice   -   Details in Military Notes Led to Shift on Iran, U.S. Says   -  White House Reveals Bush Lied: Was Told In August Irans Nuclear Program May Be Suspended
12-6	Freedom for few: Capitalism like cancer
12-6	Take it to Congress, U.S. judge tells farmers seeking to grow industrial hemp   -   Court Rejects North Dakota Farmers' Bid to Grow Industrial Hemp
12-6	Justices Appear Divided on Detainees' Rights  - Evidence Of Innocence Rejected at Guantanamo  -
12-6	Senators Ready to Grill VA Nominee
12-6	National Debt Grows $1 Million a Minute
12-6	Report Refutes "Urgency" of War Funding
12-6	Waxman, Mukasey and Ten Million Missing Emails
12-5	America is going fascist
12-5	Seymour Hersh: White House Suppressed NIE Findings For a Year -  No nukes--Iran flipflop  -A Miracle: Honest Intel on Iran Nukes -  Despite Knowledge That Iran Halted Nuke Program White House Continued To Warn Of False Threat
12-5	Debunking Iran's Nuclear Program: Another 'Intelligence Failure' -- On the Part of the Press?
12-5	UN Spotlights "Massive and Systematic" Abuse of Women
12-5	Bangladesh Cyclone Damage Much Worse Than Thought - UN
12-5	FCC Chairman Target of House Panels Investigation
12-5	Manual Details Abuses of Guantanamo Detainee
12-5	Who is your e-machine voting for? UnCounted offers disturbing anwers
12-5	Peace Group Barred From Florida Schools
12-5	New report ranks U.S. teens 29th in science worldwide
12-4	The Truth--A Blow to Bush's Tehran Policy  -  US Democrats want rethink on Iran  -  U.S. Says Iran Ended Atomic Arms Work
12-4	Operation Iraqi Freedom Exposed: Bush Negotiates Permanent Presence in Iraq
12-4	Dave Saville: Keep W.Va. wilderness wild and wonderful
12-4	Mansion vote broke law, ethics chief says
12-4	Wage Peace: Where To Begin
12-4	New Orleans Residents Vow to Fight Federal Bulldozers
12-4	San Francisco Bay's oil spill flap and a long-term approach
12-4	Bush and Democrats Renew Clashes
12-4	Stay Married -- Divorce Is Bad For Environment
12-4	Canadian crude may fuel S.D. boom
12-4	Tension at the Edge of Alaska
12-4	Ash borer could affect availability of firewood
12-3	Lawmakers, Manchin clash over struggle to privatize workers comp
12-3	Will the 2008 Elections Be Free and Fair?
12-3	Energy Plan Pushes Automakers
12-3	Darfur Mission "Behind Schedule"
12-3	BP Pleads Guilty To Violation From Alaska Oil Spill
12-3	Use of free technology--an Indian tribe shows us the way
12-3	US Sues Ship And Pilot For San Francisco Spill
12-3	Venezuelans Deny Chvez Additional Authority  -  Venezuela Hands Narrow Defeat to Chvez Plan  -  Chavez for Life?
12-3	Nonstop Theft and Bribery Are Staggering Iraq
12-2	McGraw wants to take over Williams case; Logan prosecutor not willing to cede jurisdiction to state
12-2	Its Time to Stop the War Ourselves
12-2	Public Sentiment for Bush / Cheney Impeachment Expands
12-2	Bush Handed Blueprint to Seize Pakistan's Nuclear Arsenal
12-2	Venezuela: Not What You Think  -  Chavez's Speech  -  Reflections on Venezuela: A People Under Fire
12-2	Bush's Twenty-Billion Dollar Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia
12-2	Jordan's Spy Agency: Holding Cell for the CIA
12-1	DuPont to reimburse for bottled water
12-1	McGraw avoids issuing hate-crime opinion in Megan Williams case
12-1	WORLD AIDS DAY: Ideology Trumping Health, U.S. Activists Say  - HIV/AIDS: Racism, Govt Apathy Fuel US Epidemic
12-1	Man Hitting Road to Lobby on Impeachment
12-1	Iran Didn't Spark a Middle East Nuclear Arms Race...
12-1	Lula promises change for Brazil's slums
12-1	Does Our Energy Future Hinge on Iran?