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When people go to rallies and hearings to speak up for our planet and against frac sand mining, inevitably some smug fool will ask, “How did you get here?”
All eyes were fixed upon the shovels as the shiny blades pierced the ground. The earth lifted upward, and everyone in attendance applauded at this symbolic start of a new dwelling, a new beginning.
Large publishing companies unethically lock up academic journals and articles and then sell them back to the taxpayers who fund the research conducted to write the articles. These publishers are profiteering off tax dollars and student tuition. For example, Murphy…
The following editorial was published in Wednesday’s Wisconsin State Journal:
The La Crosse Common Council will make a lasting decision tonight about Memorial Pool. If the pool is not opened this summer, even for a short time, it will lose its license. Then, all grandfathering of codes will be lost,…
As someone who has several friends who rely on biologics to manage their chronic conditions, I am deeply concerned by a recent proposal from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that would cut payments for Medicare Part B…
The act of self-deception the Republican Party is being forced to perform for its presumptive presidential nominee should be called "Candidate Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the 'Don.'"
By Walter Villa, The Sports Xchange
MIAMI -- Miami Marlins left-hander Wei-Yin Chen was throwing bulls-eyes all night, tying his career high with 12 strikeouts.
Debris discovered in South Africa and Mauritius are almost certainly from the missing MH370 jetliner, Malaysia's transport ministry said.
By Guy Curtright, The Sports Xchange
ATLANTA -- Williams Perez was masterful in his return from the minors and the struggling Atlanta Braves got to celebrate.
A new commander is ready to take charge of a research laboratory at Ohio's largest military base.
Huffington Post | Team Of Sherpas First To Scale Everest In 2 Years |
By MoiseKapenda Bowe, The Sports Xchange
HOUSTON -- In the span of one homestand Houston Astros infielder Marwin Gonzalez went from zero career home runs with men on base to two.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's government said Thursday that two more pieces of debris, discovered in South Africa and Rodrigues Island off Mauritius, were "almost certainly" from Flight 370, bringing the total number of pieces believed to have come from the missing Malaysian jet to five.
The aircraft mysteriously disappeared more than two years ago with 239 people on board, and so far an extensive underwater search of vast area of the Indian Ocean... Читать дальше...
By Ryan Leong, The Sports Xchange
SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Giants are struggling so badly for offense of late, they will take wins any way they can get them.
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New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony has a no-trade clause in his contract, which has three years left on it.
The ANC Youth League has vowed to disrupt rugby games until transformation quotas were met.
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DENVER -- It wasn't easy, but the Colorado Rockies ended their slide at Coors Field with an 8-7 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday.
BRASILIA, Brazil - The latest on the debate and vote in Brazil's Senate on the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff (all times local):
Drie keer stond Eric Arnold bijna op de top van de Mount Everest. Bijna. Slecht weer, een lawine en een aardbeving hielden hem steeds af van dat glorieuze moment. Deze week waagt hij een nieuwe poging.
By Scott Johnson, The Sports Xchange
SEATTLE -- When Steve Cishek finally got his chance, he was right on target.
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron gathered world leaders in London Thursday to crack down on corruption — but critics say his mission has been undermined by Britain's tolerance for tax havens and his own indiscreet description of…