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...bash these folks too hard. Before unveiling the creation, Moore explained her purpose to a crowd of eager do-gooders: "With this ... I think that we try to plant a seed in hopes of sparking a desire for all of you to give your pledge." Not good enough? There's more. The video, complete with a Michael Jackson-style note - "You are not alone!" - at the beginning, will be presented to Obama during the Inaugural festivities. Much like the call-to-action videos of campaign yesteryear, Moore asks others to post their own videos and add to Eva Longoria Parker...
...Ashtabula is in the northeastern corner of the state, between Cleveland and Erie, Penn., and it is perhaps Ohio’s most economically depressed county. The passing of a couple of months means another plant closing, families losing jobs and healthcare coverage. Homes everywhere are being foreclosed. The mall has almost as many empty storefronts as occupied ones. There is no Starbucks in Ashtabula. The home I lived in the first month I was there didn’t have cell phone reception, and many people in the southern half of the county—everything south...
...Wildlife mitigation is the official term for avoiding accidents like these, and according to the government's latest report on the topic, it's becoming an increasing concern. The report, which was released in June by the Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services Program, found that since 1990, the number of bird strikes has quadrupled, from 1,759 in 1990 to a record 7,666 in 2007. Officials cite a number of possible causes for the increase...
...fourth quarter of 2008 good to Chrysler? Since Thanksgiving it has had to cut more than 5,000 salaried jobs and close an assembly plant; it staggered through December with a 53% drop in sales. But the season was not without good tidings: Chrysler got $4 billion in federal bridge loans and its finance company is awaiting approval of another $1 billion to $2 billion from the U.S. Treasury. "Chrysler Financial is optimistic it will receive the necessary support from the Treasury," says spokeswoman Amber Gowen...
...June 4, 2007, the council passed a statement in support of workers at a plant in North Carolina “in their struggle for dignity, fair wages and safe working conditions...