Politics

January 9, 2009 - The spill of over 1 billion gallons of toxic coal sludge in Eastern Tennessee before Christmas was not only one of the biggest environmental disasters in history -- it also exposed the myth of "clean coal."

January 9, 2009 - Many U.S. troops serving overseas are effectively excluded from voting because they are not given enough time to cast absentee ballots, according to a study released this week by the Pew Center on the States.

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January 8, 2009 - From a January 6 letter to The State newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina (one of those Southern states with a big foreign automaker): Don't blame workers for bosses' mistakes

January 8, 2009 - The St. Petersburg Times blog The Buzz reports that Florida Sen. Bill Nelson (D) is reviving his long-time crusade to abolish the Electoral College, which was fanned to a high flame after Al Gore's loss in 2000: As the Congress was ratifying the results of the Electoral College today, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., was filing legislation to abolish it.

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January 8, 2009 - Movers and shakers in North Carolina's Democratic Party are gearing up for three days of lavish parties in honor of incoming governor Beverly Perdue.