Fear of violence grows in mountaintop mining fight

It was the slap heard 'round the coalfields: Cordelia Ruth Tucker, wearing the fluorescent-striped shirt of a miner, strode past West Virginia state troopers and into a stream of marchers protesting mountaintop removal mining to deliver an audible smack.

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Homelessness~sleeping rough & Street Swags

In Australia there are more than 100,000 homeless people on the streets in any one night! This is incredible considering that we are meant to be a wealthy country with a reasonable social safety net.

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Sotomayor takes her place on high court bench

Justice Sonia Sotomayor has taken her seat at the Supreme Court in front of a packed courtroom that included President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.

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Health care is a right.

Why health care should be considered just as much a right as the right to free speech and the right to possess firearms. The current debate over universal health-care is now a red hot political issue for the United States President Barrack Obama and those that live on Capital Hi …

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Pfizer to pay record $2.3B penalty for drug promos

Federal prosecutors hit Pfizer Inc. with a record-breaking $2.3 billion in fines Wednesday and called the world's largest drugmaker a repeating corporate cheat for illegal drug promotions that plied doctors with free golf, massages, and resort junkets.

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Kennedy laid to rest at Arlington, beside brothers

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was laid to rest Saturday night alongside slain brothers John and Robert on hallowed ground at Arlington National Cemetery, celebrated for "the dream he kept alive" across the decades since their deaths.

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Ted Kennedy dead...

Brother to history. Last of a set. Dead at 77.

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Republicans join Democrats in mourning Kennedy

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was a Democrat's Democrat, so much so that he became a rallying point for those in his party and an object of derision for Republican opponents.

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Top insurance lobbyist: August key in health drive

August will be a make-or-break month for the drive to revamp the health care system, as members of Congress use the recess to either sell the need for an overhaul to voters or continue attacks on the insurance industry, the chief of the insurers' main lobbying arm said Monday.

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Good News: I Know A Trick For Typing Faster

Somehow i forget to mention the biggest downside to typing faster - the possibility of making more typos. Share your favorite typo stories here.

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If Marijuana was legalised would Addiction Rise ?

A topic which gets raised constantly here at Newsvine and other blogger sites as well as media in general is the subject of relaxing or decriminalised completely the growing and personal use of Marijuana.

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Contador wins time trial; Armstrong moves to 3rd

Alberto Contador all but assured his second Tour de France victory Thursday, winning the race's final time trial while Lance Armstrong struggled with fatigue but moved up one spot to third place.

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The Eagle has Landed~ Where were you on this day 20/7/1969 ?

It is now forty years since man fulfilled the dream of Robert Kennedy and landed a man on the moon in the Apollo series of missions. It was Apollo 11 that made the dream come true.

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Counterpoint ~ the pro's & cons of nuclear power to the mix*Updated add 4th generation nuclear power*

Recently I was listening to a documentary type radio programme on Australia's radio national which put forward the pro side of the idea to develop nuclear power plants into Australia and elsewhere to meet the future power needs of the community. Advocates such as the former Chie …

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Tom Watson summons the "spirits" at Open Championship

Defying age, an artificial hip installed only last October, and the elements 59 year old Tom Watson fired an even par 70 in high winds and rain at Turnberry on Friday to join Fairfax, Virginia's Steve Marino in the final game for today's play at the Open Championship.

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The Penalty is Death

Journal from Kerobakan Prison Bali. Much can be said about the beautiful island of Bali. It is visited by many tourists each year looking for peace in this semi-tropical surfing paradise.

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Climate skeptics~take another look at the Stern Report

There have been a number of columns in the media including here at Newsvine which attempt to challenge the Report produced by Sir Nicholas Stern some two years ago now. For instance this article by JQP1958 title reads as follows:

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Do you leave your Cell-phone on 24/7 ?

Don't you just hate it your travelling home on the bus its say around 7.30 pm at night someone gets on whilst yakking on their cell-phone. Instead of interrupting their conversation whilst they tender the fare to the driver they continue the conversation.

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History of the death penalty in America

Background The Death Penalty in America Britain influenced America's use of the death penalty more than any other country did. When European settlers came to the new world, they brought the practice of capital punishment.

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The Statute of Liberty

Australian unlike its closest ally the United States of America does not have a 'Bill of Rights'. Even though Australia has signed all five international treaties that make up the the International Bill of Human Rights, none of these treaties are legally binding in Australia.

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The Abolition of the Death Penalty in Australia

Man is but a reed, the feeblest in nature, but he is a thinking reed. There is no need for the whole universe to take up arms to crush him. A vapour or a drop of water is enough to kill him.

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A defining moment: Serendipity perhaps ? to make me press on !

Unbeknown to most of you but this year has been as the Queen would say a 'annus horribilis' year so far ! Justice is Blind Late last year I suffered a tear to the bowel. Don't ask me how!(I just don't known) Anyway I got a bad infection was on anti-biotics for sometime.

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Do You Support The Death Penalty?

Obama and the death penalty For the first time in his career, President Barack Obama may soon confront one of the most weighty and unsavory decisions that a chief executive must make, whether to put a murder convict to death.

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AP Exclusive: Insomniac Jackson begged for drug

Michael Jackson was so distraught over persistent insomnia in recent months that he pleaded for a powerful sedative despite warnings it could be harmful, says a nutritionist who was working with the singer as he prepared his comeback bid.

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My main concern right now is we get an international agreement in Copenhagen to cut greenhouse gases..

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