Little house(s) and the veepstakes: Part one

By Aaron Mehta and Andrew Green

Two stories have dominated the political news cycle of late: vice presidential picks and the number of houses the presidential candidates ow

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"… n 1999. (Nexis) Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware owns: -A house in Wilmington, Delaware, worth $525,700. (Nexis) Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia own …"

Use of toxic acid puts millions at risk

By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby

A 2009 explosion in Corpus Christ sheds light on danger of toxic acid cloud

Excerpts from this story referencing "Chicago":

"… fineries with HF also are located in or near cities including Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia, as well as in rural parts of Oklahoma, Wyoming, Kentucky …"

Authorities question criteria for access to flight simulators

By Josey Ballenger

WASHINGTON, September 25, 2001 — Congress and the executive branch are reviewing the largely unregulated access to the nations 527 licensed

Excerpts from this story referencing "Wilmington":

"… Toronto in Canada to Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Miami, Wichita, Kan., and Wilmington, Del., in the United States.The flight schools and airlines overseas with …"

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Energy's risky $1 billion bet on two politically-connected electric car builders

By Ronnie Greene, Matthew Mosk and Brian Ross

Two politically connected firms get $1 billion in federal loans to build electric cars

Excerpts from this story referencing "Wilmington":

"… ote. He has since resigned. …"

"… arketing, design and engineering teams in the U.S., the auto plant jobs in Wilmington right now number about 100. Meanwhile, Finland has gotten 500 jobs to buil …"

An epidemic of expulsions

By Susan Ferriss

Kern County, California at ground zero in debate over school discipline

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"… artment was reviewing possible disproportionate discipline in districts in Wilmington, Del., Salamanca, N.Y., Winston-Salem, N.C., San Juan, Utah, and Rochester …"

Illegal ocean dumping persists despite DOJ crackdown

By Ronnie Greene

Federal prosecutors target dumping on the high seas, which taints global waterways with oil and other contaminants.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Wilmington":

"… rongdoing, contacted the Coast Guard with help from a hotel night clerk in Wilmington, N.C., and provided evidence, prosecutors said. Yet another engineer conta …"

"… lty for violations in Boston; Portland, Maine; Los Angeles; San Francisco; Wilmington, N.C.; and Beaumont, Texas, and was also sentenced to three years of proba …"

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FACT CHECK: TV ad makes slippery claims about Romney's oil connection

By FactCheck.Org

Collaborative pro-Obama TV ad calls out Romney for his $200M 'oil connection', but the claim is a stretch.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Wilmington":

"… favor raising taxes on oil companies. At a town hall meeting in Wilmington, Del., on April 10, Romney said that “I don’t want to raise taxes on o …"

From homemaker to hell-raiser in Love Canal

By Ronnie Greene

In 1978, Lois Gibbs was a mom with sick kids. Her fight prompted a president to free 900 families -- and paved the way for U.S. buyouts.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Wilmington":

"… apolis fighting hydraulic fracturing. In February 2012, Gibbs traveled to Wilmington, N.C., at the request of activists fighting to block construction of a cem …"

"… oordinator of the Stop Titan Action Network, who had invited Gibbs to Wilmington. “It was really just a giant light bulb going off for me.” When she&n …"

"… They’ve got lots of money and you don’t,” she told the residents in Wilmington. Gilliam had studied Love Canal’s story while an environmental policy s …"

"… ory while an environmental policy student in the Master’s program at UNC-Wilmington. Now, with the community’s struggle hitting dead-ends, she turned from t …"