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Earthquake Preparedness Is Something Folks Should Care About

Tue May 12, 2009 1:02 AM EDT

I've come to realize that there is a great need to keep people in Southern California informed about seismic activity in the region. The U.S.

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los-angeles, southern-california, earthquakes, emergency-preparedness, usgs

Worker Abuses & A New Obama Administration

Mon Jan 26, 2009 1:28 PM EST

Since the Labor Department has been under the power of the Bush administration for the past 8 years, numerous policies designed to protect workers have been reversed, weakened, or erased from the books in order to protect big business from being fined.

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us-news, barack-obama, unions, labor-department, deregulation, osha, employee-free-choice-act, efca, linda-solis, elaine-l-chao

Giant of Greed: Your Local Bank of America

Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:28 PM EST

It's one thing for the Treasury Department to bailout collapsing financial institutions, but another then they hand over billions of your taxpayer dollars to prospering corporations, like Bank of America.

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business, corruption, bailout, financial-crisis, greed, bank-of-america, treasury-department, merrill-lynch, seiu, countrywide-home-loans

Dangerous Ballot Initiatives To Watch Out For: California's Prop 8

Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:15 PM EDT

There are thousands of Californians being persecuted today. They are Americans that pay their taxes, shop at the malls, volunteer for charitable causes, and may live next door to you. They're gay and lesbian people, many single, but also many in committed, long-term relationships.

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us-news, election, constitution, gay-marriage, vote, proposition-8, discriminatory, california-gay-marriage, equality-for-all-campaign

Waiting For Gustav: A Newsviner Reports From New Orleans

Mon Sep 1, 2008 3:23 AM EDT

It's almost 2 a.m. on Monday here in New Orleans. Those people like me who decided to ride out the storm are still waiting for Gustav to hit.

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Riding Out Gustav: A Newsviner Reports From New Orleans

Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:54 PM EDT

It's 7:34 p.m. in New Orleans and the clouds are looking dark and menacing, When I got to New Orleans at around 4 p.m. the sky looked pretty normal, but as the hours go by it's starting to look like we indeed have a monster storm in our hands.

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Just Blame Mexicans...Right?

Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:16 AM EDT

Bob Jones works at an assembly plant in Flint, Michigan. He has three children and his wife, Anne, is a stay at home mom. He owns a nice home and he drives a decent car. He often takes his kids to the 7-Eleven down the street for ice cream.

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us-news, immigration, fiction, stories, illegals, nafta, mexicans, anti-immigrant

Obama's Text Message Stunt Spoiled By Media

Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:55 AM EDT

Millions of Obama supporters expected to learn who he would pick as his VP via text message on Saturday morning. Unfortunately, someone in his campaign was bound to reveal the well-kept secret to the media and did so by 10 p.m. Friday.

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politics, obama, media, press, text, message, vp, announcement, spoiled

Newsvine Poll Closed: Biden Is Obama's VP

Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:53 PM EDT

The polls have closed. A Democratic official has declared Biden as the VP. This was an interesting night, thanks to everyone who casted their vote. I didn't know the poll was going to end so soon, but the news outlets are saying that the secret is out.

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politics, obama, clinton, poll, biden, be, will, who, vp, richardson

Voting Rights Hero Dies. Who Will Fight Diebold Now?

Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:11 AM EDT

The American people suffered a great loss Wednesday with the death of Stephanie Tubbs Jones. The Ohio Congresswoman was one of a handful of politicians in the U.S.

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politics, obama, election, death, hillary-clinton, fraud, barack, diebold, voting-machines, 2004

A Few Things Obama And McCain Should Know About The Latino Vote

Wed Jul 9, 2008 12:08 AM EDT

The Latino vote is a tricky vote that requires candidates to be strategic, sensitive, and informed. How well Barack Obama or John McCain tackle the issue of immigration reform is not going to get all the Latino voters jumping in the bandwagon.

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politics, obama, election, mccain, 2008, john, barack, vote, presidential, hispanics

Big Brother Winks At Fox News

Mon Jul 7, 2008 6:16 PM EDT

Fox News continues to be the number one cable news network today. They're big, they're powerful and very influential. There are striking similarities between the Fox News empire and the notorious "Ministry of Truth" from George Orwell's novel, 1984.

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us-news, news, tv, media, fox, journalism

"Don't Put Karl Rove Under Oath" Plea His Attorneys

Wed Jul 2, 2008 4:24 AM EDT

The clock is ticking for Karl Rove who has until July 10th to answer questions about his involvement in the 2006 firings of eight U.S. attorneys.

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us-news, bush, house, u-s, white, up, john, david, attorneys, cover

Bush Administration Allowing Chopped Body Parts

Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:14 AM EDT

A news segment from Bill Moyers' Journal on PBS this past week exposed how poultry workers in the Carolinas are losing their body parts. And, how Bush's administration had a hand in it.

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us-news, of, house, work, safety, workers, injuries, packers, meat, place

No $$ + No Time = Hamburger

Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:02 PM EDT

For about four weeks I found myself stopping to eat more frequently at fast food chains like Burger King, Wendy's and Taco Bell.

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health, economy, gas-prices, mcdonalds, fast-food, time-management, burger-king, coke, food-prices, wendys-taco-bell

Cooking the Perfect Bar-B-Q Ribs the EASY way

Sun Sep 2, 2007 12:47 AM EDT

Hello my fellow Newsvine readers. I'm about to share with you the secret to falling-of-the-bone delicious bar-b-q ribs for your guests this holiday weekend. It's a recipe that will blow your mind away.

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home-garden, america, tradition, labor-day, ribs, recepies, bar-b-q, cole-slaw, delicious-ribs

Southern California Has Beaten Hell's Heat Record

Sat Sep 1, 2007 5:14 PM EDT

If California could pass a law banning heat waves Mother Nature would be in jail right now. As predicted Southern California is really toasty today and we're all praying that we don't run out of iced tea soon.

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us-news, environment, weather, global-warming, california, u-s, los-angeles, hollywood, southern-california, heat-wave

What I Saw of The Aftermath of Katrina

Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:45 PM EDT

When I heard that a hurricane had hit New Orleans, I wasn't too shocked. I thought, well hurricanes hit Florida all the time; the folks in New Orleans will handle it. It wasn't until two days later that I actually started paying more attention to the news.

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world-news, economics, journalism, new-orleans, louisiana, hurricane-katrina, anniversary, natural-disasters, citizen-journalism, fema

A Good Egg Salad

Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:22 AM EDT

Can it be that all of us always think that our mothers were the best cooks ever? "My mom makes the best pies," "My mom cooks the best broiled chicken," "My mom...blah blah." Ok, fine, well, MY mom makes the best egg salad in the world (among other dishes). When have you ever seen …

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A Washingtonian at heart, Dolores is a journalist who has written hundreds of news articles and has produced numerous radio segments. She has worked c …

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