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Mitch Daniels Says Public Unions Should Be Abolished

Indiana Gov.

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by James - June 10, 2012 at 5:53 pm

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No Coal, No Hope: Mine Cutbacks Kill Recovery In Appalachia

In the small town of Whitesburg, tucked away in the heart of Kentucky's Appalachia, residents are looking to the future with uncertain eyes. In just a few days' time, a local mine run by Sapphire Coal Co. will close its doors, laying off 163 workers

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by James - June 9, 2012 at 5:40 pm

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Fiscal Cliff: If You Aren’t Worried, Here’s Why You Should Be

Economists are not known for being alarmists or particularly prone to hyperbole -- remember all of those hemming and hawing, obscure and opaque phrases that former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan was famous for? So when they all start using a term like “fiscal cliff” to describe the simultaneous onset of big tax increases and spending cuts in the United States scheduled for Jan

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Cheap Natural Gas Displaces Coal, Hammers Railroad Revenue, Share Prices

U.S. utilities are switching from coal to less-expensive natural gas to generate electricity, a cost-saving move that results in decreased railway shipments of the fossil fuel and lower revenue for railroads.  Coal's share of U.S

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by James - June 8, 2012 at 8:48 pm

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