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U.S. / NEWS Mon May 28, 2007 @ 1:20pm neoform

CNN -- Tom Wayne amassed thousands of books in a warehouse during the 10 years he has run his used book store, Prospero's Books. His collection ranges from best sellers like Tom Clancy's "The Hunt for Red October" and Tom Wolfe's "Bonfire of the Vanities," to.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat May 12, 2007 @ 12:01am neoform

FOX News -- For nearly four years, a South Carolina man held his wife and two sons captive in a house infested with maggots and human waste, authorities said. The boys slept on a bare mattress as their mother was kept in a drug-induced stupor in a house that was d.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jan 31, 2007 @ 9:30am mrmdc

Yahoo News -- A California lawmaker wants to make his state the first to ban incandescent lightbulbs as part of California's groundbreaking initiatives to reduce energy use and greenhouse gases blamed for global warming... Read More

U.S. / OPINION Fri Jan 5, 2007 @ 10:27pm neoform

New York Magazine -- A couple of weeks back, out in Omaha, I happened to share a ride to the airport with a pair of United pilots. Both were classics of the type—trim, square-jawed, silver-haired, twangy-voiced white men, one wearing a leather jacket. Sam Shepard or Paul Ne.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Nov 1, 2006 @ 8:13am neoform

democrats.senate.gov -- Over the last three years, Senate Democratic Policy Committee (DPC) hearings have uncovered massive waste, fraud, and abuse relating to government contractors operating in Iraq. This report presents twenty of the worst oversight outrages, as documented i.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Oct 30, 2006 @ 8:19am neoform

ABC News -- Hundreds of police officers showed up to keep the peace at what was supposed to be an anti-war rally Saturday afternoon. Police are now calling it a waste of resources after the protesters did not show... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 15, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- The city of San Francisco is poised to spend millions of dollars extra to hire a sewage-hauling company that failed to meet the city's criteria despite offers from a competitor that wants to do the dirty work for less. The Board of Supervisors is expec.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Nov 2, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

MSNBC -- The trash sent to Barnwell includes protective clothing and gloves, tools, cleaning rags, lab equipment, industrial measuring devices and equipment used to treat cancer patients. It does not include spent fuel from nuclear power plants. The waste is store.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Fri Mar 30, 2007 @ 12:44am neoform

Denver Post -- James Stone was disturbed by the things he had seen while working at the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant, including overflowing hazardous waste "lagoons" and a plan to stabilize toxic wastes by mixing them with cement. The engineer took 2,300 pages o.. Read More