SAN FRANCISCO — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says the federal government will bar industry groups from funding safety studies of onshore pipelines, following an investigation by Hearst Newspapers that revealed the practice. The investigation, published Sunday, found that that two-thirds of the 174 safety studies of onshore pipelines initiated by the federal Pipeline and Hazardous [...]
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June 22, 2011
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Cowboy Outlaw’s Gun Upstages Capone’s at Auction
Call it the shootout at the gun auction corral: One of 20th-century Al Capone’s guns is expected to sell for up to $115,000 next month. But a sidearm of a marauder from the previous century is expected to shoot down the price for the Chicago mobster’s Colt .38, according to news reports about a private [...]
May 19, 2011
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China has excelled us (America) in all aspects…
The Chinese have already pulled off a miracle. It has only been 32 years since Deng Tsaioping opened up China to making money. In that time, the nation has gone from a third world dump to the world’s 2nd largest economy…whose growth rate continues to be shocking. What’s their secret? China is a zombie-free zone. [...]