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‘You can still sense the love’: Baby boomers revel at Woodstock 50 years on

August 18, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Celebrities, General News, Living / Lifestyle, Music, Picture available, Pictures, REUNION, United States, US, Video, WOODSTOCK

BETHEL, N.Y. (Reuters) – Baby boomers dressed in tie-dye, rolling wheelchairs and chasing a memory of peace and love flocked

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Environment environmentNews 

Republican Iowa senator says Trump EPA ‘screwed us’ with biofuel waivers

August 17, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Agricultural Markets, Bioethanol, BIOFUELS, Cellulosic Biofuels, Commodities News (3rd Party), Corn, Crude Oil, Energy (TRBC), Environment, ETHANOL, Fishing and Farming (TRBC), Gasoline, Government / Politics, GRASSLEY, Iowa, Lawmaking, North America (Energy), Oil and Gas (TRBC), Oil and Gas Refining and Marketing (TRBC), Oil Refineries, Pollution, Regulation, Soybean, United States, US, US Government News, US Senate, USA

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iowa’s Republican Senator Chuck Grassley said the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency has “screwed” the U.S. ethanol

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‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ hit with $395,000 fine over emergency tones in skit

August 16, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments ALERT, Broadcasting (TRBC), Company News, FCC, Hotels and Entertainment Services (TRBC), Leisure and Recreation (TRBC), Media / Publishing (Legacy), Media and Publishing (TRBC), Picture available, Pictures, United States, US, USA

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Simulated wireless alert tones used in a “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” skit making fun of a presidential alert

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Environment environmentNews 

Cash for trash: Indonesia village banks on waste recycling

August 16, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments ASEAN Countries, ASIA, Asia / Pacific, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, FARMERS, General News, INDONESIA, Living / Lifestyle, Picture available, Pictures, United States, US, WASTE

BANGUN, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesia’s crackdown on imported foreign waste has upset the village of Bangun, where residents say they

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Heavy metal band Metallica donates 250,000 euros for Romanian pediatric hospital

August 15, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Central / Eastern Europe, Children / Youth Issues, DONATION, East European Countries, Eastern Europe, Emerging Market Countries, Europe, General News, Health / Medicine, Healthcare (TRBC), Music, Romania, South, United States, US, Western Europe

James Hetfield of Metallica performs during the I Am The Highway: A Tribute to Chris Cornell concert at The Forum

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Remembering Woodstock: Naked men, bounced checks and LSD

August 14, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Celebrities, General News, Living / Lifestyle, MEMORIES, Music, Picture available, United States, US, Video, WOODSTOCK

(Reuters) – Jason Stone played hooky from summer camp and tripped on LSD-spiked watermelon, Graham Nash was so high his

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Environment environmentNews 

Twenty-two states sue Trump administration over carbon rule replacement

August 14, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Carbon / Emissions Markets, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Coal, Coal (TRBC), Colombia, Energy (TRBC), Environment, fired Power Stations, Government / Politics, Judicial Process / Court Cases / Court Decisions, Pollution, Power Markets, Renewable Energy, South America / Central America, TRUMP, United States, US, USA, Utilities (TRBC)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twenty-two states, including New York and California, and seven cities on Tuesday sued to challenge the Environmental

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In three shaken U.S. cities, Lady Gaga tries to channel ‘fury into hope’

August 12, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Crime, Education, Gun Control, Health / Medicine, Murder / Suspected Murder, Science, SHOOTING, United States, US, USA

(Reuters) – In El Paso, Texas, there are books for third-grade students, many of whom have none at home. Disabled

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Hollywood studio cancels ‘The Hunt’ movie release after criticism

August 11, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Broadcasting (TRBC), Celebrities, Company News, Entertainment Production (TRBC), Film, General News, HUNT, THE, United States, US

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Universal Pictures on Saturday canceled the release of “The Hunt,” a satirical thriller about a group

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Woodstock producer ‘pretty bummed’ at missed bid to recreate 1969 activism

August 10, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Celebrities, EXHIBIT, Financials (Legacy), Financials (TRBC), General News, Living / Lifestyle, Media / Publishing (Legacy), Media and Publishing (TRBC), Music, Picture available, United States, US, Video, Western Europe, WOODSTOCK

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The man behind the failed Woodstock 50 anniversary festival said on Friday he was “pretty bummed”

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