More British workers are joining a rolling strike in support of demands that domestic rather than foreign labour be employed at the Lindsey oil refinery in Lincolnshire. " Contractors at two nuclear plants have walked out in support of protests over the use of foreign...
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" The Giants are showing no signs of a letdown following their Super Bowl season. The defending champions improved to 4-and-0 with a 44-6 thrashing of visiting Seattle. It's the team's best start since 1990, when they went 13-and-3 and won the NFL title. Eli Manning threw...
"ABC's Z. Byron Wolf reports: On the same day the second longest sitting senator had brain surgery, the longest sitting senator was hospitalized with a fever.Ninety-year-old Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., was...
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It's hard to read about style, you've got to see the fashion in action to really get the knockout effect. Any of you aspiring paparazzi have glitzy Grammy pics to share? Post them here."In the not-so-distant past,...
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We could only hope that we had a congress full of Julia Carsons. She was a true fighter for the people."Indiana Rep. Carson Dies of Lung Cancer
Associated Press
December 15, 2007 8:23 p.m.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Rep. Julia Carson, who become the first black and first woman to...
"Spanish-Speaking Workers Challenge English-Only Policy at Sheet Metal Factory
Monday, November 26, 2007
By Catherine Donaldson-EvansAfter a sheet metal plant in Connecticut ordered its employees to speak only English on the job because of safety concerns, five...
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It's not easy being green, especially if you're an urban monstrosity in the 21st century. But new studies are showing that urban planning movements from 150 years ago may have possessed more foresight than...
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Some suggestions from the Treehugger online blog/e newsletter.USA focussed."Category: take action
:: ::The Slate Green Challenge: Week 7 - Water
December 8, 2006 9:30 AM - Brittany Jacobs, Seattle
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Struggling with high energy bills? Your home water...
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" BOCA RATON, Fla. - A teen engineering prodigy who gained national attention in 2002 when he and his family received identification chip implants on live television was killed in a motorcycle accident, authorities said. Derek Jacobs, 18, lost control of his motorcycle early...
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Derek pushed his parents to look into the chips as a way to help store
medical information for his father, who suffered a host of health
problems, including cancer.
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