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Midwest Innocence Project launches investigation of '88 explosion

kansascity.com     10 hrs ago          

The Kansas City-based Midwest Innocence Project announced Friday that it was launching an investigation into the case of five people convicted in the 1988 explosion that killed six Kansas City firefighters. Swearingen...                    

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Unlikely allies sue EPA over failure to approve air rules

chron.com     10 hrs ago          

EPA sued over failure to approve air rules Unlikely allies want to pressure agency to act Environmental and industry groups agree on at least one thing: The federal government has failed to provide proper oversight of...                    

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Land Prices In Minnesota Soar With Crop Prices

wcco.com     59 mins ago          

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) ― After buying 42 acres of Nicollet County farmland, Bryce Peterson is looking toward the sky even more this year. Â Â Record-high corn and soybean prices are the first place any discussion about land...                    

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sudaneseonline.com: Shown here is the SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amum who is heading a delegation of SPLM to the US sudaneseonline.com

Sudan's SPLM delegation in the US thanks outgoing Bush administration

sudaneseonline.com     1 hr ago          

Mading Ngor, The New Sudan Vision, www.newsudanvision.com August 30, 2008 (Edmonton, AB, Canada NSV) - With the Bush administration’s days in the White House waning, the SPLM delegation in the United States gives thumb up...                    

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DNC ‘08 - Barack Obama Speech - Video and Text

jmbell.org     2 hrs ago   4 related          

Read the speech below the fold To Chairman Dean and my great friend Dick Durbin; and to all my fellow citizens of this great nation; With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for the presidency...                    

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Number of uninsured drops; poverty holds steady

edgeboston.com     4 hrs ago   4 related          

The number of people without health insurance fell by more than 1 million in 2007, the first annual decline since the Bush administration took office, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. Incomes edged up for the middle...                    

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edgeboston.com: In this still image from video provided by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a scene from a TV commercial created by the Cancer Project called ’Protect Our Kids’ is seen. edgeboston.com

New attack ad on TV, but this one targets hot dogs

edgeboston.com     4 hrs ago   1 related          

by Lindsey Tanner Associated Press Wednesday Aug 27, 2008 CHICAGO - "My concern about this campaign is it’s giving the indication that the occasional hot dog in the school lunch is going to increase cancer risk," said...                    

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Fighting HIV-AIDS One Syringe at a Time

almendron.com     9 hrs ago          

By José E. Serrano, a Democrat from New York and chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee on financial services and general government (THE WASHINGTON POST, 29/08/08): HIV infections among Latinos and African...                    

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The RPV’s changing veepstakes logic.

jaquith.org     11 hrs ago          

The RPV on the McCain naming Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate today: “John McCain hit it out of the park with his selection of Governor Palin,” said Delegate Jeffrey M. Frederick, Chairman of the Republican...                    

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Poland Publishes Draft Law for GM Cultivation

isaaa.org     8 hrs ago          

According to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) report, Poland’s Environment Ministry has published for public comment a draft law on the cultivation of agricultural biotechnology...                    

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