ABC News -- Ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship was the kingpin of a massive conspiracy and had a "band of yes men" at the company, a federal prosecutor told jurors Tuesday.



"His method of operation was to violate nearly every law on mine safety in the book," U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin said in closing arguments in Blankenship's…

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 It's a big idea that's sure to warrant attention and discussion in many states coast to coast. Last week Blake Filippi, a State House Representative in Rhode Island, said he intends to propose an amendment to his state's Constitution banning any new highway tolls on passenger vehicles.



In a recent phone interview with GasBuddy he told us that RI,…

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THE MYSTERIOUS MAN FROM MONTENEGRO SMUGGLING WEAPONS TO THE PARIS T... by Jane Burgermeister Continue

President Obama’s plan to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees is under fire after Friday’s terrorist attack in Paris, with one GOP presidential candidate saying the U.S. should halt its plans as long as it’s not able to assure Americans it can weed out potential terrorists.

The Islamic State, which controls significant territory in Syria, has claimed credit for the coordinated attacks, which have left 129 dead and 352 wounded in Paris — and had earlier claimed credit for downing a Russian…

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Plans are in motion to build a Syrian refugee haven around an abandoned Pontiac elementary school.

The project is the brainchild of some Metro Detroit Syrian-American refugee advocates.

Local businessman Ismael Basha is one of the project’s organizers.

Basha says he and a partner have purchased the former Franklin Elementary School, along with about 120 vacant lots surrounding the school.

“Our vision is to remodel the school, and turn it into a community and…

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Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have now fled their homes amid war and disaster. Now, one of those families is in Charlotte.

The family of seven are the first Syrian refugees from this crisis to be resettled in the Queen City.

They've been here for two weeks, and the kids started school Monday.

They don’t speak English yet, but the father said that will soon change.…

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President Barack Obama announced recently that the United States will admit at least 10,000 refugees from Syria in 2016.

Since January, Florida has taken in 104 Syrian refugees. Of those, 26 have been placed in the Miami area, according to the State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration.

Before a refugee arrives in South Florida, or any other location, they must first apply for resettlement with the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugee…

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As Canada prepares to welcome 25,000 new refugees from Syria before the end of the year, the business community in Nova Scotia is eagerly awaiting their arrival.

Some believe an influx of new and ambitious refugees could help stimulate the economy.

In February 2014, Nova Scotia's Ivany Report recommended that the province receive 7,000 new immigrants annually.…

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The first in a series of charter flights bringing Syrian refugees to the UK will arrive on Tuesday as the Government steps up its expanded relocation programme.

Officials confirmed the plane will land in Glasgow - marking a new phase in the scheme to resettle 20,000 people from camps around the war-ravaged country.

Several more special flights will arrive at airports around Britain in the coming months and the refugees will be housed with the help of local…

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“Bringing 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada is the right thing to do for that part of the world in terms of helping to contribute to more stability,” said Scott Brison, President of the Treasury Board and a member of a newly established federal cabinet committee to bring Syrian refugees to the country.

Provincial officials say they are working closely with Canada’s new Immigration Minister to help bring additional refugees to Nova Scotia. The province doesn’t know how many refugees…

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As British Columbia braces for an influx of Syrian refugees, the province's main immigration settlement service has called an emergency meeting to plan for their arrival.



The session, scheduled for next Monday and organized by the Immigration Services Society of B.C., is aimed at bringing together key officials from housing and health and government sectors who will be involved in the initial phase of the refugees' arrival.



Most Syrian refugees headed for B.C. expected to… Continue

The lead settlement agency for government-sponsored refugees in Edmonton could help three times as many refugees in the next six weeks as it normally helps in an entire year.

Catholic Social Services (CSS) staff were expected to meet with federal officials Friday, one day after Immigration Minister John McCallum said that 25,000 Syrians will be resettled in Canada by Dec. 31 — a key part of the Liberals’ election platform.

“If Edmonton were to get the same proportion of…

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More Syrian refugees arrived in New Orleans almost two weeks ago eliciting a warning from House Homeland Security Committee about the lack of current intelligence regarding the refugees who are in the U.S. and those who will arrive in the future.

The Obama administration is looking to increase the number of Syrian refugees who may be admitted into the U.S. as well as speed up the process. The administration plans to do this,…

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VW Reveals It Misstated Emissions of Gas Cars

New York Times -- Volkswagen's pollution problems took a costly new turn on Tuesday when the company said it had understated emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, for about 800,000 of its vehicles sold in…

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