Although the Deficit Edges Up More Americans say unemployment is the No. 1 problem facing the United States than anything else at the start of the new year, according to Gallup’s latest poll on the subject. Mentions of “the economy” in general as the leading problem have been trending downward since October, with 29 percent…
Daily Archives: January 13, 2011
EPA Cites Seven Southeast Companies for Dangerous Discharges
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cited seven companies in the Southeast for dangerous discharges that violate the Clean Water Act during the past quarter, according a press release from the agency. Violations for stormwater-related pollution were cited in North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and South Carolina. The companies are YDV, Inc., in Leland, N.C, for violations…
Thou Shalt Not Kill: No Wiggle Room
Daily Show: Battle of the Bans The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The Daily Show on Facebook The tragic events in Arizona lead members of Congress to introduce new gun legislation — and cause handgun sales to jump?
Louisiana Shrimper Gets On His Knees for Check from Feinberg
Elmer Rogers was furious when he walked out of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility office in Gretna, saying he had been instructed to go there, only to be given no news about the emergency oil spill claim he filed months ago, according to WWLTV in New Orleans. He got on his knees to claims administrator…
The Southern Magazine That Won’t Go Away
The Oxford American‘s 12th annual Southern Music edition — with 176 pages and a CD with 26 songs featuring music from Alabama — is now available in bookstores and newsstands nationwide, if anybody visits those kinds of places anymore. This is the second year that The Oxford American‘s Southern Music Issue focuses on the musical…
