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3-31	Amid concerns, officials say W.Va. water is safe - for now
3-31	Flagrant: Government environmental violations
3-31	W.Va. health outlook grim
3-31	Three West Virginia driving tours featured on National Geographic map
3-31	Tensions Rise As World Faces Short Ration
3-31	Police Arrest Anti-War Protester, 80, At Mall
3-31	Humans creating new 'geological age'
3-31	Facing up to the coming resources crunch
3-31	Who Gains from the Green Economy?
3-31	Those Who Control Oil and Water Will Control The World
3-31	Water use vital to future of humans worldwide
3-30	Study linking health, locale suggests more questions than answers
3-29	How Two Leading Journalists Played the Public to Help Bush Sell His War
3-28	W.Va. Emerges From Drought But Remains on Edge
3-27	One in 6 West Virginians is on food stamps
3-27	Elections and government need less secrecy, not more
3-27	Supreme Court Rules Bush Exceeded His Powers
3-27	Wall Street Journal Finally Asks: Could Resources Become A Limit to Global Growth?
3-27	Is Industrial Civilization a Pyramid Scheme?
3-27	Blue Collar, Bare Cupboards
3-27	Toxic Trailers Redux: When Did FEMA Know?
3-27	We must put the 'eco' back into economics
3-27	'Bush's War' Strong PBS show
3-27	Censors: Silly overkill
3-27	Supplier Under Scrutiny on Aging Arms for Afghans
3-27	US bats fall victim to mystery illness
3-27	Xerox Tool Calculates Environmental Impact of Printers
3-26	60 percent of road fund comes from gasoline tax
3-26	Group sues W.Va. over campaign disclosure rules - State's election reports at issue; Group wants to run ads without saying who paid
3-26	Ohio State to return American Indian remains to West Virginia
3-26	The Gift of Water
3-26	The Truth About Tibet
3-26	Super Delegates Look Down, Look Up for Assistance
3-26	Cigarette Company Paid for Lung Cancer Study
3-26	Pentagon Holds Thousands of Americans "Prisoners of War"
3-26	Much More Than Race: What Makes a Great Speech Great
3-25	Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq "1,191,216"
3-25	The War in Iraq Costs $505,270,526,180
3-25	Bush Says War's Outcome 'Will Merit the Sacrifice' - Romantic? Bush's war talk - Michael Moore: So...? - Sen. Robert C. Byrd: 4000 Souls
3-25	How Lethally Stupid Can One Country Be?
3-25	Global food price spike rare but real
3-25	Robert Jensen: Look Beyond War and Peace to Global Justice
3-25	Tibet Challenges World Conscience, US Speaker Says
3-25	Those little plastic bags carry a huge price
3-25	Bats Perish, and No One Knows Why
3-25	Watchdog Group Names Top Corporate Abusers
3-25	US Air Base Tied to Colombian Raid on FARC Camp
3-25	Sedatives and Sex Hormones in Our Water Supply
3-25	Better Sanitation Has Huge Economic Spin-Offs-UN
3-25	Wal-Mart Move 'Tipping Point' for Driving Monsanto's Bovine Growth Hormone off the Market
3-25	US Jaguars Threatened By Mexico Border Fence
3-24	DOH project cited for water pollution
3-25	Fighting Words: How to Humiliate -- and Convert -- a Right-Winger
3-25	Make Oil a Public Utility
3-24	U.S. deaths in Iraq war at 4,000
3-24	Rockets Hit Baghdad's Green Zone
3-24	Iraq's oil: Stolen for foes
3-24	An 'Astounding Time' for Planetary Discoveries
3-24	Gap in Life Expectancy Widens for the Nation
3-24	India’s Debt-Ridden Farmers Committing Suicide
3-24	Peacekeeping in Darfur Hits More Obstacles
3-24	Toward a New New Deal
3-24	Capitalism's too important to be left to capitalists
3-24	Torture in Our Own Backyards: The Fight Against Supermax Prisons
3-23	Primary election deadlines
3-23	Mountain State likely to see more of Clinton, Obama before primary
3-23	Tax break major factor in BrickStreet profits - Why run ads when you don't compete?
3-23	Meant to deride, 'hillbilly' label source of pride
3-23	Iraq toll nearing 4,000
3-23	Obama Speech on Race Fuels Easter Sermons
3-23	For all it's lost, Wall Street likely none the wiser - In Washington, a Split Over Regulation of Wall Street
3-23	Since '01, Guarding Species Is Harder: Endangered Listings Drop Under Bush
3-23	Bush Silent, but Others Speak Out on Tibet Crackdown
3-23	How to Find Out if You Use Too Much Water - Researchers outline obstacles and solutions for providing water in the 21st century
3-23	Krill fishing threatens the Antarctic
3-23	Heads Monsanto Wins, Tails We Lose: There have been few experiments as reckless, overhyped and with as little potential upside as the rapid rollout of genetically modified crops
3-22	Unemployment in nearly all of W.Va.'s 55 counties rises
3-22	Former president of Greenbrier files $50 million lawsuit
3-22	Last of the large profits?
3-22	Renowned photographer visits Beckley with Obama
3-22	Van Jones: Shining a new light
3-22	Witnesses to Tibet violence describe scenes of horror - Dalai Lama: ‘I am prepared to face China. I will go to Beijing’
3-22	The Obama Passport Snooping and the Unchecked Surveillance State - Rice Apologizes For Breach of Passport Data - Passport Files of 3 Candidates Were Pried Into - US probes passport file breaches
3-22	Hundreds Arrested in War Protests
3-22	Dick Cheney tour sparks Iran war rumours
3-22	Central US braced for more floods
3-22	Larry Lessig: Time To Reject Corporate Influence on Washington
3-22	The Only Fitting Tribute
3-22	In Brazil Oil Town, Water Is A Precious Commodity
3-22	Beneficial bugs help control problem insects
3-22	Solving the population problem
3-22	We will face a ruthless period of natural selection...
3-21	Lawmakers Approve $10 Billion State Budget
3-21	State to get $3 million loan for manufacturing project
3-21	High winds, tornado buffet Kanawha
3-21	Preachers: McCain's ignored
3-21	Gaza: Handed to fanatics
3-21	Grain Farmer Claims Moral Victory in Seed Battle Against Monsanto
3-21	Penn’s War: Media Lap Dogs Backed Iraq Mess
3-21	Vaccine Failure Is Setback in AIDS Fight
3-21	Cheney Impeachment Not Off the Table
3-21	Panel Backs GMO Taro Ban
3-20	Welcome To Tent City - America Style
3-20	Patriots for Peace Want Troops Home - MU group speaks out against war in Iraq during Peace Week - Group marks Iraq war’s fifth anniversary with peace rally - Iraq War Protesters Arrested at IRS
3-20	Demonstrators Mark 5 Years of War With Protests Across District - Resistance is Futile - Or Is It?
3-20	Bush defiantly defends high cost of Iraq war
3-20	Five Years of Suicide Bombings in Iraq
3-20	In Tibetan Areas, Parallel Worlds Now Collide
3-19	Remarks of Senator Barack Obama: "A More Perfect Union" - Video of speech
3-19	Obama says US cannot ignore race
3-18	Clinton, Obama to campaign in W.Va.
3-18	An eagle enigma
3-18	The Iraq War Is Killing Our Economy
3-18	US Nears 4,000 Dead in Iraq - Grim Iraq blunder
3-18	China "Holds Tibetan Dissidents"
3-18	Crises of Confidence in the Markets
3-18	Many Voting for Clinton to Boost GOP
3-18	Globalization Bush-Style
3-18	Triple Shock to the Global Economy
3-18	Soft Shoe in Hard Times
3-18	Bush Ignoring Most FOIA Requests
3-17	Legislature OKs budget of $10.4 billion
3-17	Iraq War's Cost: Loss of US Power, Prestige and Influence
3-17	Fed Takes Broad Action to Avert Financial Crisis - Fed Acts to Rescue Financial Markets
3-17	The $200 billion bail-out for predator banks and Spitzer charges are intimately linked
3-17	Afghanistan challenge romantic - Bush
3-17	Wiretapping's True Danger
3-17	Groups Seek to Close Superfund Law Loophole
3-17	Our overpopulated planet
3-17	McCain says al Qaeda might try to tip U.S. election
3-17	China Cracks Down in Tibet and Beyond as Protests Spread
3-17	Great American Meatout : Resolving to explore vegetarian choices
3-17	Bush Diplomacy: Predator Planes Are Conducting Assassinations by Air
3-16	The cost of war: Nearing the end -- or merely midpoint? - Middle East horrors - US/Iraq: Rules of Engagement ‘Thrown out the Window’
3-16	Do Nanoparticles in Food Pose a Health Risk?
3-16	Exile Group Says 30 Killed in Tibet
3-16	Suddenly, a Dangerous Turn
3-16	One-Third of US Women Soldiers Report Harassment
3-16	What is the grassroots' and environmental establishment's main failure?
3-16	U.S. Fish and Wildlife service says, “Let’s Go Outside!”
3-16	EPA closure of research libraries was a stupid idea, says GAO
3-16	Conserving natural resources: Biological importance
3-16	Ecologists Report Huge Storm Losses in China's Forests
3-16	A Crude Case for War
3-16	Kenya’s Indy Media
3-16	Q&A: Bear Stearns banking crisis
3-16	Ozone Case Shows Bush Meddling in Science: Watchdogs
3-16	Who Is Rev. Moon? 'Returning Lord,' 'Messiah,' Publisher of the Washington Times
3-16	Popular 'green' products test positive for toxicant
3-15	Texas congresswoman seeks Justice review of W.Va. torture case
3-15	Iraq war: Terrible cost
3-15	President Weakens Espionage Oversight
3-15	Alaska Senators Make Another Push For Oil Drilling in ANWR
3-15	Behind Bear Stearns Rescue Plan, a Wall St. Domino Theory
3-15	'Garbage - The Revolution Starts at Home' - interview with the director of the film, Andrew Nisker
3-15	House Passes FISA Bill Without Immunity
3-15	Betting the Bank
3-14	The Democracy of 10,000 Maniacs: Oregonians are exercising democracy through "voter owned elections."
3-14	Legalizing hemp would help environment and economy, says report
3-14	The Monstrous Monsanto Universe
3-14	Dollar's Clout Sinks Worldwide
3-14	EPA Ignores Scientific Advisory Council on Smog Standards
3-14	No Action on Auto Fuel Economy Despite EPA's Urging
3-14	Dolphin Saves Two Whales Stuck On New Zealand Beach
3-13	Spitzer's Shame Is Wall Street's Gain
3-13	Bush to Sidestep Congress on Iraq Pact
3-13	Iraq Violence Sees Spike
3-13	No Torture. No Exceptions.
3-13	Does GDP Really Capture Economy's Health?
3-13	Scientists plan to study fish health in Ohio River
3-13	Fayette added to gypsy moth quarantine
3-12	Torture Dishonors America - We Don’t Do Torture - Especially in Debates - ‘Torture-Tainted Evidence’ Mars US Legal Image: Rights Group
3-12	Warfare and Healthcare
3-12	Indonesia liquidates its forests for a few dollars
3-12	Our three-decade recession - Unlimited growth criticized
3-12	Libby, Montana: W.R. Grace to pay record Superfund fine
3-12	The Truth About Aging Boomers' Effect on Our Economy
3-12	The Fall of the American Consumer
3-12	Industry scrambles to find a 'greener' concrete
3-12	Cassini to make audacious flyby
3-12	US Soybean, Wheat Stockpiles Dwindling-USDA
3-12	51.54 billion trees planted by ordinary Chinese in 27 years
3-12	EPA May Tighten Smog Rules
3-11	'Wild, Wonderful' signs will go up, despite legislators
3-11	Raese pays $74,500 campaign fine
3-11	Anti-consolidation group pleased about bus bill passage
3-11	2008 session sagged
3-11	'I want a country where we don't debate torture'
3-11	W.Va. plaintiffs appeal ruling in DuPont pollution case
3-11	Diesel Fumes Can Affect Your Brain, Scientists Say
3-11	The War and the Recession
3-11	Prison Nation
3-10	Pharmaceuticals found in drinking water; Huntington one of many not screened, AP reports - Drugs found in nation's water supply
3-10	Off-shore: American tax dollars
3-10	Mercury’s Blowback - Autism
3-10	British Government Pulls Plug On Bottled Water
3-10	Railroads Call For Elimination Of Some Toxic Chemicals
3-9	Teachers get $1,600 pay raise
3-9	Bush criticized for veto of bill banning waterboarding - Bush vetoes bill to ban - The Water Cure
3-9	Democrat grabs Hastert’s House seat
3-9	Record Snow Buries Columbus
3-9	International Women’s Day Protests Highlight Violence, Inequality
3-9	Report shows 63,000 U.S. jobs were lost in February
3-9	Defense industry recruiting young minds to replace retirees
3-9	Apology: Good for the soul
3-9	Sewage-based fertilizer safety doubted - Sludge concern spreads in U.S.
3-9	OPEC blames 'mismanaged' U.S. economy for soaring oil prices
3-9	Greed In the Name Of Green
3-8	Wildflower rescue groups often operate one step ahead of bulldozer
3-8	Government Concedes Vaccine-Autism Case in Federal Court - Now What?
3-8	Sharp Drop in Jobs Adds to Grim Picture of U.S. Economy
3-8	End to the Good Times (Such as They Were)
3-8	Federal Fisheries Agency Blames Ocean Conditions for Central Valley Salmon Decline
3-8	Oil Exec Gets Prison for UN Scheme
3-7	What benefits West Virginia?: Instead of tax cuts, let's invest in kids and health care
3-7	The Election That Might Not Happen
3-7	Surge: Escalated violence
3-7	Top Iraq Contractor Skirts US Taxes Offshore
3-7	EPA Reconsidering Cement-Plant Mercury Emission Rules
3-7	Swim Against the Current: Ordinary Americans Can Make Change Happen
3-7	Outlook for Oceans Bleak as Sea 'Deserts' Grow
3-7	Why Torture Made Me Leave the APA
3-7	UN Sees More Hunger, Unrest Over Food Inflation
3-7	Crimes by Homeland Security agents stir alert
3-7	FBI chief: Lack of legal shield won't halt telecom spy partnerships
3-7	West Bank Barriers Keep Rising Despite Promises of Relief
3-6	Two Vermont Towns OK Bush & Cheney Indictments - Code Pink Seeks Fast Exit For Bush
3-6	Mideast peace undermined
3-6	National Dragnet Is a Click Away
3-6	DHS Strains As Goals, Mandates Go Unmet
3-6	'Frankenfoods' Giant Monsanto Plays Bully Over Consumer Labeling
3-6	Is 'Bitch' the New Black?
3-6	Study: Ocean 'Deserts' Expanding
3-6	FBI Chief Confirms Misuse of Subpoenas
3-5	Higher cancer, stroke risk found in C8 workers
3-5	Business tax cuts will cost, report says
3-5	In Marlboro, Bush-Cheney indictment passes in non-binding floor vote
3-5	Alarming debt
3-5	The $2 Trillion Nightmare
3-5	Foreclosure Plans Benefit Banks
3-5	Agent Orange: A Chapter from History That Just Won’t End
3-5	FCC Official Wants Probe of "60 Minutes" Blackout
3-5	US Plotted To Overthrow Hamas After Election Victory
3-5	America Behind Bars: Why Attempts at Prison Reform Keep Failing
3-4	Landfill bill called 'garbage' during House public hearing - Don't Dump That Trash Here
3-4	It's Time for the UN to Make Water a Human Right
3-4	Union-Busting, the Latest Ugly US Export
3-4	US economy a '$3 trillion' casualty of war in Iraq
3-4	U.S. Multinationals Have Been Decoupling from the U.S. Economy
3-4	NGOs Wary of Doomsday Seed Vault
3-4	China's Killer "Yellow Dust" Hits Korea, Japan
3-4	To save the world, have fewer children
3-3	The Corporate Threat to Water and the Water Justice Movement's Fight to Protect it
3-3	Outspoken scientist dismissed from panel on chemical safety
3-3	Future ”˜Battlegrounds’ for Habitat Conservation Very Different to Those in Past
3-3	Yemen sleepwalks into water nightmare
3-2	‘Bottle bill’ put back on shelf for now
3-2	Prison milestone
3-2	Iraq Violence Surges in February
3-2	Israeli strike kills 55 in Gaza, including numerous civilians