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Jon Stewart Rips Landrieu for Hail Mary Attempt to Pass Keystone Pipeline
2014-11-21 15:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: In case you havent heard enough about the Keystone XL pipeline, Jon Stewart chimes in showing the absurdity of the recent debate and vote in the Senate where the measure failed to approve the pipeline by 41-59. Sixty votes are required to pass a bill out of the Senate. Stewart asks, How many jobs would this project create? We can build the Keystone pipeline creating thousands of temporary and millions of permanent jobs, says Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) in a clip via C-Span. The CEO...
Queens judge rips murderer, gives him 45 years in prison
2014-11-07 20:12:02| Apparel - Topix.net
A Queens judge told a triple murderer he deserved the "electric chair or the gas chamber" - before sentencing the deranged dad to 45 years in prison Friday. Queens Supreme Court Justice Kenneth Holder's withering attack on Miguel Mejia, 29, marked a dramatic final chapter in a crime that shocked the city.
Wildfire rips through 150 homes in Northern California
2014-09-16 23:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Fire crews in California battled on Tuesday to halt the advance of a day-old wildfire that has already destroyed about 150 homes, lapped at rural schools and caused power outages that left an evacuation shelter without electricity, authorities said. The blaze, one of about a dozen major fires raging across the drought-parched state, prompted authorities to order the evacuation of about 1,000 households in and around the Northern California town of Weed, which has a population of about 3,000. "Weed...
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Port trucking industry rips off drivers, responsible employers and taxpayers
2014-07-18 13:16:30| Trucking - Topix.net
With leaders of both parties in Congress now talking about the squeeze on the middle class, they could look to the nation's ports.
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German Media Mogul Rips Google in Open Letter
2014-04-18 19:22:22| TechNewsWorld
The head of one of Germany's biggest media companies penned an open letter criticizing Google, saying that his company is afraid of Google and its ever-swelling power. The letter, written by Mathias Dopfner, the chief executive of media giant Axel Springer, opines that Google's technology platforms spread more quickly and more efficiently than anything in the world -- save "biological viruses."
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