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11-30	Attorney general targets online lender
11-30	Amazon deforestation up almost four per cent
11-30	Asian Beetle Spells Death for Maples So Dear
11-30	Mumbai to Obama: End Bush's War on Terror
11-30	Bill Clinton to Name Donors as Part of Obama Deal
11-30	FDA Draws Fire Over Chemicals In Baby Formula
11-30	Big Day, Big Crowds, Big Price Tag
11-30	One Mans Military-Industrial-Media Complex
11-30	AIG Gives "Retention" Pay After Scrapping Bonuses
11-30	Youre Leaving a Digital Trail. What About Privacy?
11-30	Triumph
11-30	An F for Bush's Iran Policy
11-29	Obama Takes Charge -- Will He Bail Out America?
11-29	Dam dirty
11-29	New land-use law's message: build near transit
11-29	PUNISH GROWTH, REWARD BALANCE
11-29	Mr. Bush and the Pardon Power
11-29	The Prop 8 Campaign Money
11-29	Is this the end of the bluefin tuna?
11-28	7th time lucky for bottle bill?
11-28	If Obama Doesn't Prosecute Bush's Torture Team, We'll Pay a Big Price Down the Road
11-28	What's Your Vision in 100 Words for Obama's First 100 Days?
11-28	Obama Says Change Is in His Vision - if Not Appointments
11-28	Obama Names Budget Director, Vows Cuts
11-28	Chomsky: Is There Truth in Obama's Advertising?
11-28	THE (TUNA) TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS
11-28	How far will the U.S. go, wonder Pakistanis
11-28	Franken Camp Calls for Investigation of Missing Ballots
11-28	Decentralization, a Double-Edged Sword for Women
11-28	Bill Moyers: National Food Fight?
11-28	"We killed her ... that will be with me the rest of my life.": Lawrence Wilkerson's Lessons of War and Truth
11-28	Bush's Last Days: The Lamest Duck
11-27	W.Va. plant joins EPA effort to cut emissions
11-27	At Least 100 Dead in India Terror Attacks
11-27	No Thanks to Thanksgiving
11-27	Custodians of Empire
11-27	Candidate for Top Intelligence Post Withdraws Name
11-27	Learning to Lead
11-27	Study: Many Kids in Katrina Trailer Park Anemic
11-27	Too many rich US farmers get subsidies: GAO
11-27	Honey bee crisis threatens English fruit farmers
11-27	Zimbabwe on Brink of Collapse as Outbreak of Cholera Spreads
11-27	As Mortgages Went Bad, New Century Executives Cashed Out
11-27	Will Any Crumbs Remain After Bankers' Feast?
11-27	Recount Wrinkle Surfaces in Minnesota: Missing Ballots
11-27	No Amnesty for Cheney, et al, Say Torture Opponents
11-27	Inquiry Set on Mormon Aid for California Marriage Vote
11-27	Defiant Thai Premier Rejects Army Pressure to Quit
11-26	Economy hits recycling program hard
11-26	New River land sites to be sold at auction
11-26	On the Shoulders of Giants: Senator Obama and the Future of American Politics
11-26	Enough of 'Barbituate' Left Cynicism, Obama Is a Victory over White Supremacy
11-26	Obama Plans to Retain Gates at Defense Department  -  The Pentagon Represents Astounding Excess in Spending and Firepower: Can Obama Take it on?
11-26	Anatomy of a Meltdown: Ben Bernanke and the Financial Crisis
11-26	Fed Commits $800 Billion More to Unfreeze Lending
11-26	Afghanistan demands 'timeline' for end of military intervention
11-26	Nuclear watchdog raps U.S.
11-25	Bush, Obama act as 'split-screen' leaders
11-25	Living the Good Life on $5,000 a Year
11-25	Lawmakers Urged to Stem Wave of Hate Crimes
11-24	Lawmakers look at forest industrys impact on Ky.
11-24	The System Implodes: The 10 Worst Corporations of 2008
11-24	General Motors to Invest $1 Billion in Brazil Operations -- Money to Come from U.S. Rescue Program
11-24	Government unveils bold plan to rescue Citigroup  -  U.S. rescues Citi with $20 bln capital, guarantees
11-24	Obama team touts massive economic recovery plan
11-24	Bush pleased with Iraq war outcome  -  Iraqi protesters burn George Bush effigy
11-24	Richardson tapped for commerce secretary
11-24	Court Voids Shell's Beaufort Sea Drilling Plan
11-24	Can George W. Bush 'Self-Pardon' Himself?
11-24	China's Crops At Risk From Massive Erosion
11-24	Government Warns Of 'Catastrophic' US Quake
11-24	Beware Of Water Wars
11-23	Book showcases industrial history of Coal River
11-23	Time for Him to Go
11-23	Geithner Said to Be Chosen for Treasury Secretary
11-23	The Dirty Secret of the Financial Crisis: Our Banking System's Broken
11-23	Vast Mars glaciers are spotted
11-23	Coalition sues Forest Service over NEPA analysis for oil and gas wells throughout the Allegheny National Forest
11-23	SOA Watch: Protest Could Be Celebration
11-22	Terry Tempest Williams: Finding Beauty in a Broken World
11-22	The Shout Heard Round The World: Obama As Global Leader
11-22	The Former Attorney Generals Legal Bills
11-22	Federal regulators shut 2 California thrifts
11-22	SUPREME COURT OF CANADA: Polluters liable for 'annoyances,'even if they have broken no laws
11-22	Prosecutor who had Cheney indicted yells at judge
11-22	FREE TRADE DEPRESSION
11-21	State Legislators Launch Major Study of Forests
11-21	U.S. influence is on the decline, report says  -  US global dominance 'set to wane'
11-21	PETA video shows turkey abuse on WV farm
11-21	Jobless claims hit 16-year-high
11-21	Cheney's Indictment in South Texas Moves Forward
11-21	Lawmaker Accuses Bush of Secrecy Over Iraq Deal
11-21	A Media Parable for "the Center"
11-21	History Strikes Back
11-21	Closing Guantanamo Is Just the Beginning
11-21	US Right Stymie Sensitive Medical Research
11-21	Obama to Usher In Major Shift in Trade Policy
11-21	Judge Orders Five Detainees Freed From Guantanamo
11-20	Supreme Court denies another Bayer appeal
11-20	Bush's land mines for Obama
11-20	Why We Shouldn't Bail Out GM
11-20	Are Pentagon Nerds Developing Packs of Man-Hunting Killer Robots?
11-20	This is Change? 20 Hawks, Clintonites and Neocons to Watch for in Obama's White House
11-20	Early Test for Obama on Domestic Spying Views
11-20	Experts: SOFA Faces Legal Uncertainty
11-20	Zogby Engages in Apparent Push Polling for Right-Wing Web Site
11-20	Panel: Gulf War Illness Confirmed
11-20	IMF Says More Countries Seek Help, Banks Struggle
11-20	Treasury Denounced Over Bailout
11-20	After the Torture Era
11-20	Suspected US Missiles Strike Deep Inside Pakistan
11-20	Begich Topples Stevens in Alaska Senate Race
11-20	Taxpayers Will Pay for Gonzales's Private Attorney
11-20	After the Imperial Presidency
11-20	What a Long, Strange Trip Its Been
11-20	Oil falls below $53 on fears of deep recession
11-20	IMF finally approves $2.1B loan to Iceland
11-19	Senator Dodd rips auto industry  -  CEOs of Big Three ask for $25 billion
11-19	Cheney, Gonzales indicted in South Texas county
11-19	After Obama's win, white backlash festers in US
11-19	Financial Crisis Tab Already In The Trillions
11-19	Admirals, Generals: Repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
11-19	Army manipulated general's photo
11-19	Company That Bungled Baghdad Embassy Repeats in Gabon
11-19	Stripping Paulson of His Remaining Power and Money
11-19	Obama Advisers Say No Charges Likely Against Those Who Authorized Torture
11-19	Holder Seen as Justice Choice as Obama Forms Team
11-19	Democrats Gain as Stevens Loses His Senate Race
11-19	Landscape designers apply nature's tricks
11-19	How to Stop the Looming Depression Without Lining Fat-Cat CEOs' Pockets
11-18	Pakistan and U.S. Have Tacit Deal On Airstrikes
11-18	Environmentalists Decry Argentina Presidential Veto of Bill That Halted $2.4 Billion Mine with Chile
11-18	Ecuador Introduces Mining Law Amid Protest Threats
11-18	Naomi Klein: The Borderline Illegal Deals Behind the $700 Billion Bailout
11-18	Why Did the Iraqi Cabinet Approve SOFA Now? (Two Hints: Obama and Iran)
11-18	Ex-CIA Officials Tied to Rendition Program and Faulty Iraq Intel Tapped to Head Obamas Intelligence Transition Team
11-18	Major change in store for U.S. policy on Pakistan
11-18	Hillary Clinton to accept Obama's offer of secretary of state job
11-18	Secrets of Talk Radio
11-18	America's Wars of Self-Destruction
11-18	The G-20 Economic Summit Wont Change the "Financial Crime Scene"  -  The G-20 Washout
11-18	Top judge: US and UK acted as 'vigilantes' in Iraq invasion
11-18	Uproar Over Federal Drilling Leases Next To Parks
11-18	Gov't Finds Child Hunger Rose 50% In 2007
11-17	Your vision
11-17	More Californians flee fires
11-17	Amid Brickbats From Chinas Government, Tibetans Will Ponder a New Strategy
11-17	Pact, Approved in Iraq, Sets Time for U.S. Pullout
11-17	New Blackwater Iraq Scandal: Guns, Silencers and Dog Food
11-17	Ditch the Smooth Transition. The People Voted for Change.
11-17	Post Office $2.8 Billion in the Red
11-17	Argentina Vetoes Glacier Law That Curbed Mining
11-16	Except at top, W.Va. deeply Democrat  -  Kanawha precincts split over presidential race
11-16	Your cell phone really can hurt you
11-16	Whose President Is He Anyway?
11-16	Southern California battles devastating wildfires
11-16	Gay rights rallies nationwide over Calif. ban  -  Across U.S., Big Rallies for Same-Sex Marriage
11-16	Obama could change dynamics in the Arab world
11-16	Coleman vs. Franken: The Rematch
11-16	World Leaders Vow Joint Push to Aid Economy
11-16	First images taken of 'new' planets
11-15	Obama Faces More Personal Threats Than Other Presidents
11-15	Finding the Best, Local Food Near You Just Got Easier
11-14	West Virginia Destinations Earn Top Outdoor Sports Rankings
11-14	The EPA's Head Environmentalist
11-14	Bush, Out of Office, Could Oppose Inquiries
11-14	Saving 7 Billion Environments
11-14	Blackwater likely to be fined millions in Iraq weapons case
11-14	Yes, Virginia, There Is Offshore Drilling
11-14	After the credit crunch, the oil crunch: watchdog warns over falling supplies
11-13	WVSU to celebrate Booker T. Washington
11-13	A Whale of a Decision  -  US Top Court Rules For Navy In Whales-Sonar Case
11-13	Cold War Hawks Nesting With Obama
11-13	Senators Hurry to Keep Health Care in Forefront
11-13	Don't Let Barack Obama Break Your Heart: Why Americans Shouldn't Go Home
11-13	Obama and the Imperial Presidency  -  What "Change" In America Really Means
11-13	One Company's Toxic Agenda or Our Poisonous Way of Life? Marie-Monique Robin's "The World According to Monsanto"
11-12	Impeach Now Action Page
11-12	Action urged over nanomaterials
11-12	$50,000 reward offered in John Amos bomb threats
11-12	Fed Defies Transparency Aim in Refusal to Disclose
11-12	Origins of the Obama Machine
11-12	Most affluent voters key to Obama sweep
11-12	Beyond capitalism and socialism: A caring economy?
11-12	Obama team announces rules on lobbyists
11-12	In Final Days, Bush Pushes for Iraq's Oil
11-12	As I See It
11-12	UN Sounds Alarm Over Democratic Republic of Congo Forces' Looting, Rapes
11-12	White House Suffers Loss in Email Case
11-12	Probe Sought of Bush Handling of Alaska Oil-Spill Case
11-12	Ballot Security Could Be Issue in Minnesota Recount
11-11	Spotlight shines on light pollution
11-11	How Will He Lead?
11-11	US 'in secret overseas strikes'
11-11	A Quiet Windfall For US Banks
11-11	Fannie, AIG Struggling After Federal Takeover
11-11	Hey Barack, Don't Forget: 'You Gotta Dance With Them What Brung Ya'
11-11	Obama Spells New Hope for Human Rights
11-11	Pentagon Board Says Cuts Essential
11-11	Bush Spy Revelations Anticipated When Obama Is Sworn In
11-11	A Radical Confession of Hope Regarding Obama
11-11	Who are the Architects of Economic Collapse?
11-11	AIG, U.S. May Expand Bailout to $150 Billion, Cut Interest Rate
11-11	Fed Defies Transparency Aim in Refusal to Disclose
11-11	The Mini-Depression and the Maximum-Strength Remedy
11-11	Obama plans Guantanamo closure, US terror trials
11-11	The G-20 and Biological Warfare
11-10	W.Va. GOP to regroup after tough election
11-10	Nightmare: Bush's sad legacy
11-10	Obama Weighs Quick Undoing of Bush Policy   -  Obama looks to reverse Bush's drilling efforts in Utah  -  Eight Ways Obama Can Make Change Immediately
11-10	Bush's legal legacy to give Obama tough choices
11-10	Obama likely to tap fresh faces, old hands
11-10	America Is a Center-Left Country No Matter How Much the Corporate Media Say Otherwise
11-10	Obama win triggers run on guns in many stores (a store called the "family" gun store?!)
11-10	Democrats Have G.O.P. to Thank, at Least in Part
11-10	A.I.G. May Get More in Bailout
11-10	The Protein Pyramid
11-10	Secret Order Lets U.S. Raid Al Qaeda in Many Countries
11-10	China Unveils Sweeping Plan for Economy
11-10	Michelle Obama has her own transition to work out
11-10	African Leaders Act to Defuse Conflict in Congo
11-10	A Visit Both Historic and Perhaps Awkward   -  From Bush to Obama, anatomy of White House change
11-10	Sayonara, Sarah Palin
11-10	The Top Ten Power Brokers of the Religious Right
11-9	A Great Day, Nine Years, Three or Four Centuries: The Jubilant Birth of the Obama Era
11-9	Obama Team Weighs What to Take On in First Months  -  Obama Is Seen Inheriting Worst U.S. Recession Since Reagan Era
11-9	Sarah Palin blamed by the US Secret Service over death threats against Barack Obama
11-9	Search for peace doomed by scramble for minerals in Congo
11-9	After the Imperial Presidency
11-9	Can Barack Obama Undo Bush's Tangled Legal Legacy?
11-9	Most Minnesota Senate "Undervotes" Are From Obama Turf
11-9	Bill Ayers:  What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been
11-9	WHY SMALL PLASTIC PARTICLES MAY POSE A BIG PROBLEM IN THE OCEANS
11-8	Is WV becoming permanently red?
11-8	Byrd gives up Appropriations chairmanship
11-8	Bush's Last 100 Days the Ones to Watch
11-8	George Bush plans to push through agenda in last days in office
11-8	Protecting Obama
11-8	Palin in spotlight as Republicans turn on each other
11-8	Senator Bernie Sanders: The Road to Recovery
11-8	U.S. Jobless Rate Hits 14-Year High
11-8	Obama to tackle economy 'head-on'
11-7	After record year, Hatfield-McCoy Trails officials plan major trail construction for 2009
11-7	AP calls North Carolina for Obama
11-7	After Four Decades, Finally, the Beginning of the End
11-7	DuPont finds high C8 in Chinese workers
11-6	Judge issues gag order in dioxin suit
11-6	W.Va.'s turnout down nearly 8 percent in historic election
11-6	What Obama's victory means for US foreign policy  -  Obamas First Decision Has Capital Asking: Politics as Usual, or Fresh Start? - For Obama, No Day to Bask as He Starts to Build His Team for Transition  - For Obama, a Towering Economic To-Do List  -  For Obama, Long-Term Ills and Short-Term Pain
11-6	Russia Warns of Missile Deployment
11-6	Obama Announces Transition Team -- and Web Site
11-6	Election Unleashes a Flood of Hope Worldwide -  Obama victory sparks cheers around the globe  -  World leaders hail Obama triumph  -  In quotes: US election reaction  - World leaders quick to congratulate new US president   -  World reaction to Obama victory: Elation
11-6	Thousands flee more Congo fighting
11-6	Massive Iraqi Death Toll Ignored by Tabloid Culture
11-6	US Kills Dozens of Wedding Guests
11-6	Stocks plunge anew as recession worries resurface
11-6	Internal Battles Divided McCain and Palin Camps
11-6	Extra! Extra! Barack Obama's election win sends newspaper sales soaring
11-6	Morning Again in America
11-6	Spoiler alert: Bushs Third Term
11-6	Obama's Path to Greatness: Health Care as Stimulus
11-6	Bans in 3 States on Gay Marriage
11-6	Democrats Vow to Pursue an Aggressive Agenda
11-6	Now That the Election Is Over, the Fight for Economic Justice Begins!
11-6	Big Election Winner: Indy Media
11-5	Attorney general: McGraw clings to small lead
11-5	Obama Elected President as Racial Barrier Falls  -  Obama elected first black president in U.S. history  -  Obama makes history; turns to sobering challenges
11-5	For Obama, No Time for Laurels; Now the Hard Part  -  Obama to inherit feeble economy awash in red ink
11-5	Full text of Barack Obama's speech
11-5	Dreams and Votes
11-5	Democrats Widen Senate Edge to Solid Majority
11-5	For Many Abroad, an Ideal Renewed  - Obama victory sparks cheers worldwide
11-5	McCain takes Mountain State  -  Manchin re-elected; Tennant wins, Douglass leads
11-5	A Time to Reap for Foot Soldiers of Civil Rights
11-5	Realtors Spend Big Money to Support Capito
11-5	Near-Flawless Run Is Credited in Victory
11-5	F.C.C. to Open Radio Spectrum
11-4	Vote, vote, vote, vote  -  Suspect election fraud? Here is numbers to call  - Voting Lines Stretch To Eight Hours
11-4	Chamber's 'smear ads' under fire
11-4	Ken Hechler: Whatever happened to 'Politics of Niceness'?
11-4	Authorities ready for possible voting fraud
11-4	Bush: So Little Time, So Much Damage   -  George Bush Apparently Still President, Still Destroying the World
11-4	Is the Election About to Be Stolen in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Elsewhere?
11-4	Paid GOP workers say they misled Wis. voters
11-4	The 08 Race: A Sea Change for Politics as We Know It
11-4	Election Night (Popcorn Included)
11-4	On a Mission From God: Examining Sarah Palin's ties to the Christian Right
11-4	Dreaming Green
11-4	Court: Ruling stands on challenged ballots
11-3	Carper calls for re-evaluation of voting system
11-3	Dems likely to increase legislative majority
11-3	Paulson's Swindle Revealed  -  Shocked Disbelief  -  Goldman Sachs ready to hand out 7bn salary and bonus package... after its 6bn bail-out  -  The Five Most Wanted Rip-off Artists from Wall Street and Washington
11-3	Republicans Scrambling to Save Seats in Congress
11-3	For Blacks, a Quiet Question: What if Obama Loses?
11-3	Race matters in this election
11-3	Why Obama-McCain race deserves 'historic' label  -  A campaign for the ages, tilting toward Democrats  -  The Year of Living on the Edge of Our Seats  -  Are You on the Edge of Your Seat?
11-3	The Keating Five: Should McCain Have Been Expelled From Congress?
11-3	Call to investigate leaked call between Rudd and Bush  -  Fallout on leaked call
11-3	Fake Flyer Tells VA Dems To Vote On Nov. 5th
11-2	No more excuses; it's time to go to the polls and vote
11-2	Bogus 'citizens groups' are political fronts for the fat cats  -  Business Groups Launch Last-Minute Ad Blitz Against McGraw  -  Knowledge is the best defense against negative political advertising
11-2	Swift Boat ad makers target McGraw in AG race
11-2	Clinton asks crowd to pick Obama; 'It's not too late for us to carry West Virginia'
11-2	Poor didn't make this bed; they'll sleep in it
11-2	Who Watches While the US Invades - Again
11-2	Palin takes prank call from fake French president  -  Palin Punk'd By Prank Call
11-2	The American Firm
11-2	Floating to Save the LA River
11-2	Morales: Government will take over for DEA in Bolivia
11-2	Ecuador says CIA infiltrated its military
11-1	Chamber of Commerce funding ad campaign against Attorney General   -  Knowledge is the best defense against negative political advertising
11-1	The Bailout: Bush's Final Pillage
11-1	Reversal of Fortune
11-1	Early voting closes today
11-1	Exxon Mobil: Biggest profit in history
11-1	Auditors: Private security in Iraq cost over $6B
11-1	W.Va. prepares to set early voting record
11-1	Many Voters Caught Unawares by Florida's 'No-Match' ID Law -    Undervotes: The Scary Canary  -  Vote Watchdogs Warn of Troubles on Election Day  -  Everybody's Voting for the Weekend -Princeton Report Rips New Jersey E-Voting Machines as Easily Hackable
11-1	Suffering Without End  -  "Human Catastrophe" Grips Congo
11-1	Specter of Deflation Lurks as Global Demand Drops
11-1	Fears on Animal Feed Widen Chinas Food Inquiry
11-1	Unrepentant Stevens Finds a Welcome at Home
11-1	World faces growing risk of war: US intelligence chief