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EPA in 1987 found fracking fouled well water in W.Va

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - By Don Hopey - Aug. 03 (News Report) - A 1987 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finding, which the agency has ignored for years, concluded that hydraulic fracturing of a deep natural gas well in Jackson County, W.Va., contaminated groundwater and private wells. Although the gas drilling industry has repeatedly claimed that such "fracking" operations in Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale natural gas fields pose no threat to rural underground aquifers, groundwater and drinking water wells, EPA investigators concluded a gas well drilled and fracked by the Kaiser Gas Co. in 1982 did contaminate groundwater.

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10 things Americans should know about World War II

Sun, 24 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - By Rick Atkinson - May. 24 (Review) - The first thing to know about World War II is that it was a big war, a war that lasted 2,174 days and claimed an average of 27,600 lives every day, or 1,150 an hour, or 19 a minute, or one death every three seconds. One, two, three, snap. One, two, three, snap. In an effort to get our arms around this greatest calamity in human history, let's examine 10 things every American ought to know about the role of the U.S. Army in WWII.

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The uselessness of political labels

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - By Jeffrey Hart - Aug. 10 (Opinion) - 1. "Although they will be regularly deployed this campaign season, the terms "liberal" and "conservative" have largely lost analytical usefulness -- if they ever had any." 2. "The people who opposed the Iraq war and still oppose it are called "liberals." Those who advocated it and still support it are called "conservatives."

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Comcastic? Fans smell a political rat in moving MSNBC

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - By No author listed - Jul. 19 (Editorial) - Hours before a televised presidential debate last December in Portland, Ore., Comcast moved the liberal-leaning MSNBC from basic cable to digital premium. Viewer fury was immediate. Comcast was inundated with complaints from thousands of cable subscribers who would not have been able to switch to the higher-priced package to see the debate on time even if they had wanted to.

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Casey backs Obama

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - By James O'Toole - Mar. 29 (News Report) - Sen. Bob Casey's decision to embrace the candidacy of Sen. Barack Obama yesterday was aimed at two very different audiences: the Pennsylvania Democrats who backed him in a landslide victory over former Sen. Rick Santorum two years ago and the party's scores of unpledged superdelegates nationwide, who may be called on to settle the nomination fight....Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., ... in a public radio interview, suggested Mrs. Clinton pull out.

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MBA mystery in Morgantown

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - By Patricia Sabatini, Len Boselovic - Dec. 22 (Special Report) - West Virginia University has awarded an MBA degree to Heather Bresch, a politically well-connected top executive at drug giant Mylan Inc., rewriting university records that originally showed she had completed only about half the credits needed to earn the degree. Top officials took the action nearly a decade after she was a student. The revision was sparked by a routine call from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to confirm the academic credentials of Ms. Bresch, daughter of West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, following her Oct. 2 promotion to chief operating officer at Mylan. The Cecil-based company is chaired by Milan Puskar, WVU's largest benefactor.

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Pa. lacks paper backup to voting electronically

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:26:50 -0800

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - By Jerome L. Sherman - Nov. 27 (News Report) - Pennsylvania is one of a shrinking number of states that doesn't require its electronic voting machines to have some type of visible paper backup, a feature that has frustrated scores of voting rights activists and computer experts.

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