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Pa. residents sue gas driller over polluted wells

Pat Farnelli says there's something in the water at her house. The last time she drank it, she says she vomited four times. It's made her children sick, too.

Pa. officials fine drilling firm for tainted wells

State regulators are fining a Houston-based company because its natural-gas drilling operations polluted residents' water wells in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Arizona's Wells toting football to team meetings

Beanie Wells is toting a football with his name on it from the locker room to meetings at Arizona Cardinals headquarters this week.

Alabama baseball coach Wells retires

Longtime Alabama baseball coach Jim Wells has retired and will be replaced by assistant Mitch Gaspard.

Cardinals rookie RB Wells sprains right ankle

Rookie running back Beanie Wells sprained his right ankle in his first training camp practice with the Arizona Cardinals.

Cardinals' Wells shrugs off durability question

Running back Chris "Beanie" Wells shrugged off concerns about durability that apparently caused him to fall to the No. 31 pick in the NFL draft.

David Wells joins TBS as baseball analyst

Opinionated former pitcher David Wells has signed a multiyear contract to serve as an analyst for TBS.

‘ER’ closes doors, leaves satisfying legacy

George Clooney’s March 12 return to “ER” drove viewers to a recent episode, but for doctors, the high point in that episode was Dr. Benton reading the safe surgery checklist before Dr Carter’s transplant surgery — and saving Carter’s life as a result.

Celizic: Schilling won't join bloody sock in Hall

The bloody sock is in the Hall of Fame and so is the memory of what Curt Schilling did to help the Red Sox win their first World Series in 86 years. But my guess is Schilling is not going to join them.

Nadal wins second Indian Wells title in 3 years

Rafael Nadal won with his powerful groundstrokes — and with an excellent plan.

Defending champion Ivanovic moves into final

Defending champion Ana Ivanovic beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2, 6-3 Friday night to reach the final of the BNP Paribas Open.

Wells near Okla. E. coli outbreak test positive

Seventeen private water wells have tested positive for E. coli bacteria near a northeastern Oklahoma town where an E. coli outbreak last summer killed one man and sickened hundreds, state officials said Wednesday.

Blue Jays CF Wells expects to miss 2 weeks

Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Vernon Wells expects to miss two weeks after an MRI showed he re-injured the left hamstring that kept him on the disabled list for a month late last season.

Blue Jays CF Vernon Wells injures hamstring

Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Vernon Wells injured his left hamstring during drills Monday and could be sidelined for most of spring training.

Ohio State RB Wells to enter NFL draft

Ohio State tailback Chris "Beanie" Wells is giving up his final year of eligibility to enter the NFL draft.

Wells says he's undecided on NFL

Ohio State star Chris "Beanie" Wells isn't ready to say whether the Fiesta Bowl will be his last game for the Buckeyes.

Ohio State RB Beanie Wells probable for Minnesota

Tailback Chris "Beanie" Wells is likely to return for No. 14 Ohio State against Minnesota on Saturday. "It adds to our arsenal," coach Jim Tressel said Tuesday, shortly after announcing that Wells was probable for Saturday's game.

Tressel says Wells doubtful for USC game

Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said Thursday it is doubtful that starting tailback Chris "Beanie" Wells will play Saturday night against No. 1 Southern California.

Tressel: No. 3 Ohio State's Wells out for Ohio

Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said tailback Chris "Beanie" Wells will not play when the third-ranked Buckeyes take on Ohio on Saturday.

Buckeyes waiting on status of hurting Beanie

The Beanie watch is on for the Buckeyes.

Blue Jays activate Wells, place Rolen on 15-day DL

The Toronto Blue Jays got outfielder Vernon Wells back before Sunday's 4-0 loss to Cleveland, only to lose third baseman Scott Rolen after the game.

Iraq reissues tender to drill 2 oil wells

Iraq's Oil Ministry is reissuing an invitation to drill two deep exploration oil wells in a pair of major oilfields in southern Iraq.

Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells out 6-8 weeks with broken wrist

Vernon Wells will go from leading the Toronto Blue Jays in home runs and RBIs to leading the team in cheers.

Blue Jays outfielder Wells leaves with wrist injury

Vernon Wells left the Toronto Blue Jays' game against the Cleveland Indians on Friday night with an injured left wrist and tight right hamstring after making a diving catch in the sixth inning.

'Gilligan's' Mary Ann Caught With Dope

Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann on "Gilligan's Island," is serving six months' unsupervised probation after allegedly being caught with marijuana in her car.

The Vine

Hick in New York City, Part 8-- 'Twas the luck o' the Irish that saved me!

It was just after 11 pm, and I had been on the job for 13 hours, after two nights fitful sleep with the cockroaches, and had a long way to go. Tired as I was, I had to go take another round of measurements.

The Wall Street Fraud Watchdog Mocks The California AG's Love Fest With Wells Fargo & Warns About the Economy

The Wall Street Fraud Watchdog has been demanding a settlement from Wells Fargo bank for its involvement in auction rate sales to completely innocent consumers, since July. Auction rate securities were sold as just like cash, completely safe, with no risk.

Ex-prosecutor admits he lied about Polanski case
Source: CNN

A retired prosecutor whose comments in a 2008 HBO documentary threatened to derail a 31-year-old sex case against film director Roman Polanski now says he lied.

HG Wells: The UFO Google logo mystery is solved | csmonitor.com
Source: Christian Science Monitor

Is Google going to take over the world?

Witch required for Wookey Hole Caves - must be able to cackle
Source: Telegraph

A witch is being hunted to live in Wookey Hole Caves on a salary of £50,000 a year.

Meeting between NOC chairman & CEO of NOEX

Dr. Shukri Ghanem, chairman of Libya's NOC, met on Monday 20th April 2009 with Mr. Makoto Koseki President and CEO of NOEX, the meeting was also attended by Mr. Ali Saleh NOC's General Manager, Mr. Azzam Ali Elmesallati Members of the Management Committee and Mr.

Vera Wins Indian Wells

Vera Zvonareva holds her seeding with a victory over Ana Ivanovic, and her second title of the season. I still feel that it was an upset, as Ivanovic has the "Grand Slam experience" which makes her more of a prime time player, regardless; Vera is on the rise in 2009

Defeating the Multinationals Is Just the Start of the Problem for Anti-Globalization Movements
Source: AlterNet.org

The long and twisting saga of the Bolivian water company -- from throwing out Bechtel when they raised prices far above people's ability to pay, to years of corruption, to competent management.

The Year in ID – 2008 Edition [Stranger Fruit]
Source: ScienceBlogs

Looking back on this year's coverage of ID, I don't see much that needs to be recounted. The "high point" for the IDists has to have been Expelled though this appears to have badly back-fired on them (see here for my coverage).

Man sentenced in bizarre collar-bomb robbery plot
Source: CNN

Excerpt: A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison in a deadly bank robbery plot -- described by the judge in the case as "incredibly bizarre" -- in which a pizza deliveryman died when a bomb affixed to his neck exploded.

Zee News - HG Wells profile
Source: zeenews.com

About the works of HG Wells

Citigroup says N.Y. judge halts Wachovia-Wells Fargo deal
Source: CNN

New York State Supreme Court Justice Charles Ramos issued the order late Saturday, saying that Citigroup and Wachovia must appear before him on Friday, Citigroup said, adding that the order was granted over the objection of Wachovia.

Victory for the Little Guy!
Source: consumerwarningnetwork.com

Homeowner strikes back and wins in sub-prime mortgage litigation.

Did Technical Difficulties and Bureaucratic Red Tape Contribute to a Fatality?
Source: Times Union

MONTPELIER, Vt. -- A 911 dispatcher trying to find a Vermont woman being beaten to death was slowed by technical problems and a bureaucratic roadblock at Verizon Wireless, delaying emergency responders' ability to reach the victim, a county official in New York said Friday.

Hunt for water takes 'Lost Boy' back to Sudan
Source: Christian Science Monitor

Every day, Manut Ngor Koot leads his family's cow for miles across the southern Sudan plains to a murky swamp that serves as his village's chief source of water. The cow is balky and has a limp. Looking after her is time-consuming, often frustrating.

A bright side to the economy?
Source: Finance and Commerce

Wells Fargo's Jim Paulsen believes fear is overshadowing a productive economy flush with cash.

Tapped Out, but Hopeful: A Break in Texas's Oil Decline
Source: The New York Times

As oil approaches $100 a barrel, there is plenty of incentive to find more American oil, but even with new investment, the nation's oil fields are mostly tapped out.

Intelligent Design Video: 'Unlocking the Mystery of Life'
Source: Evolution News

'Unlocking the Mystery of Life' - The scientific case for Intelligent Design - is produced by Illustra Media:"Time, chance, and natural selection. Since Darwin, biologists have relied on such processes to account for the origin of living things.

Errors In Our Science Textbooks
Source: mattfarina.com

Our science textbooks are full of errors. This is something growing up and being a lover of science I never imagined. When there were things that didn't make sense to me or seemed a bit 'out there' I chalked it up to unproven theories.

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