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• Asbestos abatement school owner sentenced

  By Michael Tremoglie | Tuesday, Sep 20, 2011 @ 3:00am

  Ortiz A woman who was one of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) "most wanted" fugitives was sentenced Sept. 13 to 87 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.

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• When politics kills jobs

  By The SE Texas Record | Monday, Sep 19, 2011 @ 9:27am

  In the Marx Brothers film "Duck Soup," Chico, disguised as Groucho's character, Rufus T. Firefly, responds indignantly to someone who challenges his impersonation: "Who you gonna believe," he demands, "me or your own eyes?"

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• EPA rule forcing Texas energy company to lay-off workers

  By Michael Tremoglie | Tuesday, Sep 13, 2011 @ 5:00am

  Campbell Texas-based energy company Luminant announced Monday that it needs to close facilities and lay-off about 500 people so that it can be in compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency's Cross-State Air Pollution rule.

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