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<title>Joseph A. Main: Farmington disaster led to landmark safety law</title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Today marks the 41st anniversary of the Farmington No. 9 Mine disaster, which killed 78 miners when an explosion ripped through the underground West Virginia coal mine. Like so many coal mine tragedies that came before, hundreds gather...]]></description>
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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:45:00 -0500
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<title>Brian Noland: College gives all a chance </title>
<description><![CDATA[A college education is a gateway to the future. It enriches minds, inspires dedication and opens doors. It leads to vast opportunities and a stronger economy for West Virginia. Therefore, it is imperative that as many West Virginians as possible take advan...]]></description>
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<title>Robert K. Holliday: Protect our civil liberties</title>
<description><![CDATA[I lived in Logan County for a few years in my youth, where schools were of course segregated and the racial climate was dreadful. At school and out in public, too many African-Americans were called the N-word. Theatres relegated blacks to the infamous uppe...]]></description>
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<title>Wess Harris: Blair Mountain belongs to public</title>
<description><![CDATA[We live in a time when Big Coal sponsors &quot;Labor Day&quot; events. Miners are portrayed in the media as a greedy and shortsighted lot caring only for todays job and ignoring any responsibility for future generations. Our new State Museum proclaims that...]]></description>
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<title>The Rev. Ron English: W.Va. tackling health disparity</title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- &quot;Given the historical marginalization of people of color in our history, the failure of the health-care system is actually the success of the health-care system to sustain correlations between structured inequalities and health st...]]></description>
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<title>Monsignor Edward Sadie: Anglicans moving further away</title>
<description><![CDATA[    CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The response of worldwide Anglicans (and Episcopalians) to Pope Benedicts invitation &quot;to return to the Mother Church&quot; will outweigh anything I say, but I offer my reflections.  Beautiful churches, inspiring Evensongs, dev...]]></description>
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Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:45:00 -0500
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<title>Gerald Beller: Senate violates one man, one vote</title>
<description><![CDATA[    CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Let me ask a question which few West Virginians think about, given the astute leadership and sheer courage shown by Sens. Byrd and Rockefeller on a wide variety of issues: Have we been denied progressive legislation -- and more par...]]></description>
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<title>Foundation helps guide philanthropy</title>
<description><![CDATA[    <em>This statement on the urgent need for philanthropy was issued by the Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation.</em>  CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation has been a friend and neighbor to communities and nonprofit organizations withi...]]></description>
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<title>Health-care debate: Dont use Canadian system as an example</title>
<description><![CDATA[By Salim RatnaniCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Dr. Jamal Khan wrote about the urgent need for health-care reform, which I agree with. But I would like to correct his misconception regarding the Canadian model of care, as I have lived, trained and worked in the Canad...]]></description>
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<title>Health-care debate: We cannot afford to miss this opportunity to reform</title>
<description><![CDATA[By Dan FosterCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Like most in my profession, both now and in the past, I became a physician to provide service. All of us grew to realize that there is nothing more rewarding to the human spirit than a grateful patient and family. Despite ...]]></description>
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<title>Health-care debate: Think youll save money. Think again</title>
<description><![CDATA[By James E. JoyCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- &quot;Good news,&quot; your editorial trumpeted, &quot;Bill improves Medicare.&quot; It seems youve joined the chorus of those imitating Chatty Kathy dolls in Congress spewing out that incessant mantra of &quot;affordabl...]]></description>
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<title>Karen Facemyer: W.Va. plastics industry soaring</title>
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Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:45:00 -0500
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<title>Peter Schaeffer: W.Va., U.S. must switch to alternative energy</title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia should pay attention to two debates: Congress &quot;cap and trade&quot; plan to buy and sell allowances for greenhouse gas emissions and U.N. negotiations over climate change. Both will impact West Virginias energy indust...]]></description>
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Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:45:00 -0500
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<title>Julian Martin: Freedom of speech threatened</title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Our constitution says that Congress shall make no law prohibiting the freedom of speech. George Washington declared that if the freedom of speech is taken away, we can be led like sheep to the slaughter. Ben Franklin knew that there ca...]]></description>
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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:45:00 -0500
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<title>Aaron Glantz: Prevent veteran suicides</title>
<description><![CDATA[This Veterans Day, lets do more to prevent our troops from taking their own lives. Eighteen American war veterans kill themselves every day. One thousand former soldiers receiving care from the Department of Veterans Affairs attempt suicide every month. In...]]></description>
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:45:00 -0500
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<title>Lawrence Beckerle: PATH and the role of nature</title>
<description><![CDATA[Some 30,000 acres would be impacted by the proposed power line called PATH.  The right-of-way will have a width of 200 feet and a length of 224 miles.  PATH will begin at the John Amos plant in Kanawha County and end in New Jersey. As an energy-producing s...]]></description>
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Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:45:00 -0500
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<title>Howard Swint: Lets get serious about Spanish</title>
<description><![CDATA[    CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The classified ad for telemarketing workers said, &quot;Agentes Bilingues Necesarios,&quot; followed by a list of &quot;las exigencias y la habilidad se ponen necesario.&quot;Ads like this one seeking bilingual workers are common t...]]></description>
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Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:25:34 -0500
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<title>Jay Rockefeller: Ill support no bill that threatens coal</title>
<description><![CDATA[    CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- When I first came to West Virginia more than 40 years ago, it was to work with coal miners and their families -- good people who worked hard and risked their lives so that the rest of America could turn the lights on and build a st...]]></description>
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Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:45:00 -0500
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<title>Timothy U. Phillips: W.Va. States ROTC has proud history</title>
<description><![CDATA[    CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- This year, the Reserve Officer Training Corps at West Virginia State University is celebrating 110 years of military excellence serving the nation and state. The schools military science program was established in 1891 when the ins...]]></description>
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Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:45:00 -0500
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<title>Andrew Lane: Future is bright for McJunkin Red Man</title>
<description><![CDATA[    CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- In response to various news reports in the past few days, McJunkin Red Man Corp. would like to set the record straight.  McJunkin Red Man remains firmly committed to our corporate presence in the Charleston area. We have approximat...]]></description>
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<title>Fort Hood tragedy: Nobody expects soldiers to face this kind of thing at home</title>
<description><![CDATA[<em>The following editorial appeared in the Dallas Morning News on Friday, Nov. 6:</em>When soldiers die on the battlefield, its a tragedy, but a normal one, if violent death can ever be thought of as normal. And then there are war-zone outrages, such as t...]]></description>
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<title>Wayne Madsen: AARPs efforts spurred reforms that aid todays seniors</title>
<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - AARP, the gargantuan public interest group that has defended and expanded seniors benefits for 50 years, suddenly finds itself under attack by the vociferous voices of the far right.The critics imply that AARP is somehow cheating its 40 millio...]]></description>
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Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:45:00 -0500
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<title>Kevin Alexander Gray: We need to prevent future Greensboro massacres</title>
<description><![CDATA[This week marks the 30th anniversary of the Greensboro Massacre. We need to recall it so something like it never happens again.On the morning of Nov. 3, 1979, at the corner of Carver and Everitt streets in Greensboro, N.C., 40 Ku Klux Klansmen and American...]]></description>
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<title>David Lee Gainer: Dont keep Dont Ask, Dont Tell</title>
<description><![CDATA[    CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- As a native son of Clarksburg, I read with great interest the Gazettes recent editorial calling for equality in our nations armed forces. From my perspective, as a retired Air Force chief master sergeant, the article was spot-on.  ...]]></description>
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