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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/26/us/26montana.html?pagewanted=2&_r=0&hp&pagewanted=all&pagewanted=print In the oilfield, a high school graduate can earn $40k+ while learning a trade and paying taxes. In college, many would spend (borrow) $40k/yr, learn no marketable skills and end up being a drag on the economy. Or join … Continue reading →

Ringed, Bearded Seals Listed Under Endangered Species Act Due Partially To Climate Change Concerns “ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Two types of ice seals joined polar bears Friday on the list of species threatened by the loss of sea ice, which scientists … Continue reading →

http://www.france24.com/en/20121210-gerard-depardieu-tax-shelter-belgium-france-wealth-hollande-nechin France’s most famous leading man, Gérard Depardieu, has joined the flight of France’s wealthy to less tax-heavy destinations, establishing his residency in the Belgian border town of Néchin. … His self-imposed exile will make him one of the highest-profile … Continue reading →

http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?cataId=nk01500&num=10126 NK Puts Out Sun’s Park Funding Call By Kim Kwang Jin The North Korean authorities have requested that people around the country show their sincerity and dedication to the regime by contributing to work on the latest of the … Continue reading →

It happened so fast. I did nothing to stop the kids or help the old man. It haunts me still. It was still light, a typical late summer evening, as the events unfolded. In 1980, I was working in downtown … Continue reading →

http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/12082012/12082012_Congressional.html http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20121208/NEWS01/121208016/Boustany-defeats-Landry-take-3rd-Congressional-District-seat?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE Boustany, R-Lafayette, and Landry, R-New Iberia, were forced in a runoff election after neither incumbent earned more than 50 percent of the vote during the Nov. 6 primary election. With 54 percent of the precincts reporting, Boustany had … Continue reading →

http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?cataId=nk01500&num=10095 The North Korean authorities have begun to tighten up domestic security in the run-up to the 1st anniversary of the death of Kim Jong Il on December 17th, while also stepping up the domestic propaganda onslaught. A source from … Continue reading →

http://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/122509/Lesser_PrairieChicken_May_Join_Threatened_Species_List From the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Once found in abundant numbers across much of the five states of Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, the lesser prairie-chickens’ historical range of native grasslands and prairies has been reduced … Continue reading →

http://www.wwltv.com/news/eyewitness/brendanmccarthy/Ambulance-gets-booted-while-tending-to-emergency-181631351.html About 4 p.m. Friday, New Orleans paramedics rushed inside the [convenience] store for a man with a life-threatening medical issue. They worked on the patient with chest pain, put him inside the vehicle, then started to speed off. The … Continue reading →