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Union Investigating 'Steelworkers For Bush' Supporters By JOSELYN KING STEUBENVILLE -Local steel union officials are investigating whether the "Steelworkers for Bush" - those supporters dressed in black who stood with President George W. Bush at his rally last week in Wheeling - are all really steelworkers. It was steelworkers wearing blue who turned out Saturday in Steubenville to show support for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry and stood behind him at the podium. While he addressed many of their concerns, he said very little directly about the steel industry. "The men of coal and steel are the men who kept...

Wheeling, W.Va. --- In the nation's coalfield's Saturday afternoon, Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kerry touted his support for a $2-billion dollar clean-coal technology plan as a part of the nation's energy independence from Middle East oil while at the same time noting his support for hunter gun owner rights to an estimated 15,000-plus audience. Kerry said he would be a president who "believes in science," and will pour $2 billion directly into developing clean coal technology as a part of his strategy for energy independence. "I want a nation that depends on its own ingenuity, not the Saudi royal...

BLACK KNIGHT ARRESTS WHITE KNIGHT  By John Birch, President, Concealed Carry, Inc., PO BOX 4597, Oak Brook, IL 60522-4597, Tel: 630 660-3935 Fax: 815 327-1152 Email: john@concealcarry.org   Web: www.concealcarry.org      What will it take to outrage gun owners to the point of action? The arrests of John Horstman, Vanna Haggerty, Roderick Prichett and Hugo Padilla I am sure represent just a fraction of those Illinois gun owners subjected to malicious prosecution. I am proud to say that CC, INC. members are at the forefront of bringing such outrages to light and fighting militaristic cops and prosecutors on their own turf, the courts. We...