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Tuesday | CBS2

Biden: McCain Short On New Ideas For Economy

Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Tuesday that Republican John McCain is offering no new ideas for a financially distressed nation, only the same negativity toward rival Barack Obama.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, John McCain, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Education Etc.

Sun Oct 12, 2008

The Olympian

Palin talks economic worries in Appalachian Ohio

ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio - Sarah Palin told voters in southeastern Ohio on Sunday that she and running mate John McCain would bring jobs back to this economically depressed piece of Appalachia.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, John McCain, Barack Obama

CNN

Commentary: Candidates, come clean on coal

Biggers: Use Appalachia for clean energy initiatives like wind and solar. Next Article in Technology>> Editor's Note: Jeff Biggers, author of "The United States of Appalachia," is at work on a cultural history ...

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, US Politics, Barack Obama, US News, US Senate, Democrat, 2008 Presidential Election

Fri Oct 10, 2008

KTKZ-AM Sacramento

To Appalachia With... Respect

If you're a Democrat who needs help getting the votes of rural white folks, the go-to guy is David "Mudcat" Saunders, a central-casting political consultant recently made famous by a parade of magazine writers ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Arts, Literature, Barack Obama, Opinion

Thu Oct 09, 2008

Post Politics

Obama Rally In Asheville Sunday

Even in the days leading up to the Belmont Debate, Tennessee gets no love . Comments 4 Increasingly Frustrated writes October 3rd, 2008 1:08 pm And I suppose people really believe this will change if he's ...

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Tue Oct 07, 2008

Roanoke Times

Cherished items add heart to her home - roanoke.com

When visiting Virginia "Ginger" Correll's house this weekend during the SML Charity Home Tour, be sure to look up.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News

Sun Oct 05, 2008

Morning News

Obama backers face struggle in Appalachian town

Appalachia can be a cold country for liberals, so when word came that the Obama campaign was opening an office in town, Dee Crescitelli started driving by, just to see if it was open yet.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, John McCain, Opinion

Sat Oct 04, 2008

Parkersburg News & Parkersburg Sentinel

Sixth annual Appalachian Heritage D.....

A campus cultural celebration will be the focus of the sixth annual Appalachian Heritage Day Monday at West Virginia University at Parkersburg.

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Related Topix: Virginia, West Virginia University at Parkersburg, Education Etc., Agriculture, Science

Fri Oct 03, 2008

WJLA-TV Arlington

Yo-Yo Ma's new album takes spiritual journey

After musical trips to Appalachia, Brazil, Argentina, the Silk Road and baroque and modern Italy, Yo-Yo Ma has embarked on a spiritual journey.

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Related Topix: Offbeat

Cybergrass

The Sunny Side of Appalachia: Bluegrass from the Grassroots

New Product : The Sunny Side of Appalachia: Bluegrass from the Grassroots bluegrassbook wrote: on Oct.

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Related Topix: Bluegrass, Sunny Side

Thu Oct 02, 2008

ABC News

Doctors Face Culture Shock in Appalachia

For 25 years, Dr. David Avery has been practicing medicine "solo" in West Virginia -- the only state entirely situated in Appalachia, the heart of America's rural poor.

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Related Topix: Health Insurance, Health

Wed Oct 01, 2008

Times-News Online

MECC Job Expo scheduled for Oct. 8.

More employers have signed on to participate in the Mountain Empire Community College Job Expo to be held Oct.

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Related Topix: Dickenson County, VA, Norton, VA, Wise, VA, Virginia

Mon Sep 29, 2008

Facing South

As black lung rises among Appalachian coal miners, industry and regulators block action

After years of decline, the number of U.S. coal miners suffering from dreaded black lung disease appears to be rising again -- and the increase seems to be especially dramatic in southern Appalachia, the Times ...

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Sun Sep 28, 2008

WSLS

Nikki Giovanni tells her life story in Roanoke

Renowned poet Nikki Giovanni shares her life story. Giovanni sat down for an interview in the Storycorps mobile booth outside the transportation museum Friday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Roanoke, VA, Roanoke Metro

Fri Sep 26, 2008

Kypost.Com

Grants Help Promote Higher Education In Appalachia

In Appalachian Georgia, generations of young people have received the same life advice: Get married.

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Thu Sep 25, 2008

TriCities

Miner Injured in Wise County, VA

Appalachia, VA - An employee at Fairbanks Coal Company in Wise County was injured late last night when the bulldozer he was driving fell off a 25 foot wall, a state mining spokesman said.

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Related Topix: Wise County, VA

Tue Sep 23, 2008

From On High

Outsiders Protest Job Creation In Wise County

They drive past the abandoned factories and ramshackle homes, homes in which too many children are underfed and poorly educated, where parents are underemployed and over-medicated, to protest conditions at a ...

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Related Topix: Wise, VA

Sun Sep 21, 2008

Gristmill

McCain: 'I do' support an end to mountaintop-removal

From the Wonk Room . In a townhall meeting yesterday in Orlando, Sen. John McCain was asked if he supported an end to the economically and ecologically destructive practice of mountaintop removal coal mining.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McCain, US News, Wise County, VA, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, US Senate, Republican, 2008 Presidential Election

Fri Sep 19, 2008

Coalfield.com - Norton, Clintwood, Bi...

Gate City 44, Appalachia 0

Tihlee Anderson completed 4-of-7 passes for 115 yards and return a punt 49 yards for a touchdown as the Gate City Blue Devils rolled to a shutout win over the Appalachia Bulldogs in the non-district clash at ...

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Related Topix: Gate City, VA

It's Getting Hot In Here

This is Mountain Top Removal. This is How to Stop It.

I spent the past weekend with around 100 young people and community activists at the Weekend In Wise - an incredible weekend in Appalachia, VA where Mountain Top Removal mining has deeply impacted the community ...

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Related Topix: Wise, VA, Wise County, VA, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

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