Marilyn Mueller

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Archive for the ‘News’ Category

I see a lot of news stories lately about people dying from sudden cardiac arrest. More news coverage is happening about taking care of our hearts, and lots of advice has been given out about making sure to eat properly and get proper exercise. There has been a lot of discussion about risk factors and [...]

I was reading on msnbc.nbc.com this morning that last week, the first day on the job for police officer Tim Pochron in Hobart Indiana did not start well.  Twenty nine minutes into his first day, his new squad car was parked outside his house (I don’t know why it was outside his house when he [...]

According to an article I read on a Reuters website, a study was written by the Clean Edge and environmental nonprofit Co-op America that declared solar power will be cost competitive with fossil fuels like natural gas and coal by 2015.  I think that this is wonderful news; I’d like to see a lot more alternative energy sources developed and expanded [...]

I was reading a Reuters.com article today that the Senate blocked debate on a bill that would have extended tax credits to consumers who buy hybrid cars and install energy producing windmills and solar arrays.  It sounds to me as if the Senate has some kind of ulterior motive to keep us chained and enslaved to foreign oil.  [...]

I was browsing around the Internet today and found a story that broke my heart.  It was a story from last week, on Thursday June 12, 2008, about how a man was putting his little dog into his car and a street sweeping machine came up behind them and swept the dog up inside the [...]