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...entire coal seams by blowing off a mountain's summit; used mostly in Appalachia, such mining produces 130 millions tons of coal in the region per year. It's less popular in other coal-rich spots such as Texas, where the coal is deeper underground and requires a different kind of mining to unearth. Coal companies say mountaintop mining is also cheaper than traditional mining: rather than burrowing under or digging through the "overburden" (the soil, trees and rock that lie on top of coal seams), which requires lots of manpower and expensive machinery, all you need to hit black...
...favorite time of the year is Christmas time when they put the great big Christmas tree in the corner, and all the lights are up. It’s kind of a magical place around Christmas time, probably just that because it’s probably a 30-foot Christmas tree, and I’ve never seen anything that big so—right in that corner, it goes all the way up to the second picture, up there...
...Cowpens. "Her experiences with Captain Graf definitely helped form her decision to do her time and leave the Navy," her mother says. "I was appalled that this happened, guilty - I think she went into the Navy because of us - and angry, because these kids did not deserve this kind of leadership...
...care to supporting one and from voting for the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 to urging for its repeal. Specter has also reversed himself to support the controversial idea of pushing health care legislation through with "reconciliation," a parliamentary process that would get it past a filibuster. "That kind of cynical political opportunism turns people off. It's what people think is wrong with Washington," says Toomey. "Not everyone is going to agree with every one of my positions and policies. But people know that I believe in what I say and that I will do what...
...question is whether Pennsylvania voters will see those kinds of moments as evidence of principle or opportunism. As I followed the candidates around the Philadelphia area recently, I found both sentiments. "He's an independent voice," insists Charles Johns, an Allentown retiree and lifelong Democrat. Johns says he has voted for Specter ever since watching the Bork hearings on C-SPAN. But for Debbie Goldstein, 54, who changed her registration to Republican to vote for him when she was 18, Specter's party switch was the last straw. "I always thought Specter was good for Pennsylvania. He fought to keep...