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  • Small-town USA rolls with economic punches

    10/18/2011 5:51:25 AM PDT · by Daffynition · 13 replies
    ABCNews ^ | October 18, 2011 | Siobhan Heanue
    As the Occupy Wall Street protests rage on in cities across the United States, there is a different response to the continuing fallout from the dipping economy in other parts of the country. In rural areas suffering just as badly, people are rolling up their sleeves and getting on with rebuilding their small communities. Ely, Minnesota, with a population of 4,000, is one of these communities
  • FOREST HEALTH IS FOCUS OF RALLY: Crowd blames environmental laws for fires

    03/25/2003 2:05:01 PM PST · by madfly · 24 replies · 274+ views
    The Arizona Republic ^ | Mar. 25, 2003 | Mary Jo Pitzl
    <p>A revving chainsaw kicked off a rally Monday outside the state Capitol that blamed environmentalists for Arizona's fire-prone forests.</p> <p>Although groups from the Audubon Society to the Center for Biological Diversity were the main targets, the crowd was also displeased with the U.S. Forest Service and wary of Gov. Janet Napolitano's plans for forest health.</p>