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		<title>Wyoming to Require Public Disclosure of Fracking Chemicals</title>
		<link>http://www.americas-watchdog.com/wyoming-to-require-public-disclosure-of-fracking-chemicals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LVillanueva</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hydraulic Fracturing "Fracking"]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s something interesting: Wyoming,  a state with a reputation for being friendly to gas drillers, has adopted new rules that give the public access to documents detailing chemicals used in oil and gas drilling, including hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, operations.  According to the Billings Gazette, the new rules &#8211; slated to go into effect next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BP will not bid for newly-discovered Greenland oil</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LVillanueva</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BP says it will not pursue potential oil reserves off the coast of Greenland.
According to an AFP report, because BP is reeling from its exploratory drilling disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, it agreed with the Greenland government that it would not be in the company&#8217;s interest to explore the reserves recently discovered there.
BP faces [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wall Street Reform Means Big Rewards for Securities Fraud Whistleblowers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LVillanueva</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have information about securities fraud where you work?  If you report it to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), you could be due a big payoff thanks to the recently enacted Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
The new  law empowers the SEC  and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gift Cards for Chinese Drywall Victims?  Really?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.americas-watchdog.com/gift-cards-for-chinese-drywall-victims-really/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LVillanueva</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chinese Drywall]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.americas-watchdog.com/?p=5271</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How about a gift card for all the damage toxic fumes from Chinese drywall have done to your home?  Well, that&#8217;s apparently what retailer Lowe&#8217;s is offering in a proposed class action lawsuit settlement.  Under the settlement proposal, plaintiffs would receive Lowe’s gift cards in amounts ranging from $50 to $2,000 if it is adopted. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Crowd, Possible Protests Squash Plans for New York Fracking Hearing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LVillanueva</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A crowd of 8,000 was predicted to attend a public hearing on hydraulic fracturing in Syracuse, New York tomorrow.  But the size of the crowd &#8211; and expected protests &#8211; have forced the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to scrap the meeting.
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has been creating controversy in New York for months now.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$114 Million Awarded in Florida Nursing Home Abuse Case</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ksager</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Florida jury has awarded a $114 million settlement to the family of  a 76-year-old woman in a nursing  home abuse case. The verdict is thought to be the biggest awarded by a Polk County jury, reported The Ledger.
A resident at Integrated Health Services at Auburndale, Juanita Jackson died on July 6, 2003, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That Enticing Bottle of Olive Oil Might Not be a Virgin</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ksager</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many costly olive oils gracing U.S. store shelves are not  the top-grade extra virgin olive  oils their labels profess, according to researchers from the University of California, Davis. They analyzed well-known brands such as Bertolli, Carapelli, Mezzetta, Mazola, Pompeian and others,  and discovered that 69 percent of imported oils and 10  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Home Abuse Verdict of $29 Million Upheld</title>
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		<comments>http://www.americas-watchdog.com/nursing-home-abuse-verdict-of-29-million-upheld/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ksager</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Sacramento Superior Court judge has upheld a $29 million verdict in a nursing  home abuse case. The “strongly worded  ruling” was against the company associated with the 2005 death of 79-year-old Frances Tanner, wrote the Sacramento Bee.


On Tuesday, Judge Roland Candee rejected Horizon West Healthcare’s request for a  new trial or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merck Plans to Ax Jobs, Research and Manufacturing Sites</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ksager</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
When pharmaceutical giant Merck merged with Schering-Plough last year to the bankroll of $41 billion, many wondered what would follow. Now we know. As part of the postmerger reorganization, Merck said it will create an international network of 16 major research and development centers but close sixteen others over the next two years. Also, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>911 Call by Baltimore Nursing Home Resident Revealed No AC for Three Days</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ksager</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Difficult to comprehend, but Baltimore&#8217;s Ravenwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center had no air conditioning for three days during sweltering temperatures that reached105 yesterday. It took a 911 call made by a resident Tuesday to alert someone of the residents plight.
No one knows exactly when the cooling system stopped working&#8211;maybe sometime Friday or Saturday. Regardless, authorities [...]]]></description>
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