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    Risky Businesses

    MAY 6, 2012 8:17PM

    By Mary Ann Sorrentino


    Topics: sports injuries, firefighters, poilice officers, extreme sports, news

    • 1 Ratings
    • 270 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    What Maggie Murphy Got Wrong About Bloomington

    APRIL 13, 2012 3:33PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: morning hoe, joe scarbourough, parade magazine, what people earn, total cereal, hardest working towns, columbia south carolina, hartford connecticut, norfolk virginia, bloomington indiana, tuscaloosa alabama, factory towns, rca thompson, otis elevator, mexico, general electric, cook company, boston scientific, medical devices, manufacturing, showers furniture factory, college towns, indiana university, bloomington hospital, ivy tech, macri's, university of south carolina, university of connecticut, hartford university, norfolk state university, old dominion, university of alabama, unemployment, poverty, reading pennsylvania, flint michigan, students, workers, economy, firefighters, goldman sachs, bonuses, bailout, mika brzezinski, bobby flay, donny deutch, maggie murphy

    • 0 Ratings
    • 142 Views
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    How to turn a $500 donation into a major “media buy”

    APRIL 12, 2012 11:34AM

    By Richard Rider


    Topics: firefighters, san diego

    • 21 Ratings
    • 440 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    Over the Mountains, Home

    FEBRUARY 17, 2012 4:34PM

    By Firechick


    Topics: funeral procession, grief, honor, death, firefighters

    • 0 Ratings
    • 158 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    News From the Front: Massive Fire Forces Evacuation

    SEPTEMBER 4, 2011 11:47PM

    By dunniteowl


    Topics: texas, fires, homes destroyed, evacuations, out of control, burning, flames, smoke, firefighters, resources stretched thin, no information, homes lost, flames and smoke, home condition unknown

    • 0 Ratings
    • 43 Views
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    Irene from a different perspective

    AUGUST 28, 2011 7:15PM

    By KBro30


    Topics: firefighters, irene, hurricane, hurricane irene

    • 1 Ratings
    • 672 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    General Strike:Wisconsin or Nationwide-Limited or Indefinite

    MARCH 11, 2011 12:49PM

    By Charles Rachlis


    Topics: strike, general strike, wisconsin, public workers, politics, economy, business, governor walker, firefighters, madison, iww

    • 0 Ratings
    • 490 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Guest Post: Will the 9/11 First Responders Law Do the Job?

    MARCH 7, 2011 4:39PM

    By John L. Roberson


    Topics: new york, mesothelioma, police, firefighters, 9/11, barbara o'brien, congress

    • 12 Ratings
    • 619 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Chump Change

    MARCH 7, 2011 2:21PM

    By Kate Flannery


    Topics: budget crises, budget cuts, barack obama, new jersey, public employees, corporate welfare, taxation, tax breaks, wealth inequality, middle-class, working-class, blue-collar, new york times, andrew cuomo, chris christie, firefighters, economic policy, deficits, unions, public workers, state budgets, wisconsin

    • 8 Ratings
    • 809 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Honoring the fallen - A firefighter's funeral

    FEBRUARY 5, 2011 1:09PM

    By Ardee


    Topics: first responders, emt, firefighters, respect

    • 8 Ratings
    • 671 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    One Firefighter's Curiosity May Prevent Countless Illnesses

    NOVEMBER 19, 2010 1:30PM

    By Catherine Forsythe


    Topics: health, safety, mrsa, infection, firefighters, kevin fetter, research, bacterium

    • 3 Ratings
    • 273 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    September 11th: Wishing We Had Gone

    SEPTEMBER 11, 2010 8:28AM

    By RARobertsJr.


    Topics: remembering, trauma, grief, first responders, nurses, emergency workers, firefighters, new york, september 11th

    • 29 Ratings
    • 2882 Views
    • 39 Comments
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    Firefighting Paramedics, Thank You for Saving My Life.

    JUNE 30, 2010 3:18PM

    By maria heng


    Topics: george finn, jim palmatier, fireman gary lewis, paramedic gary lewis, captain bill steenbergh, gratitude, heroes, energency responders, first responders, advanced life support, firemen, firefighters, paramedics, arlington fire district, emt, burns, surviving trauma, calm

    • 25 Ratings
    • 731 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    96 Matches

    JUNE 23, 2010 5:59PM

    By dirndl skirt


    Topics: 9/11, angels, firefighters, summer grilling

    • 38 Ratings
    • 878 Views
    • 65 Comments
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    L's Latest Boneheaded Outburst

    JUNE 10, 2010 9:15PM

    By L in the Southeast


    Topics: firefighters, gas main severed, mindless chatter

    • Editor's Pick
    • 40 Ratings
    • 4656 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    A New York City Child's Daily Walk of Remembrance

    SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 3:39PM

    By Lea Lane


    Topics: news, walking with granddaughter, tilesfor america, remembrance, 9/11, st. vincent's hospital, fdny squad 18, firefighters, heros

    • 17 Ratings
    • 2387 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    The Nature of a Hero

    APRIL 30, 2009 6:04AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: barack obama, obama, george w bush, george bush, bush, sacrifice, slavery, founding fathers, thankless, thanks, thank you, wives, mothers, police, policemen, firemen, firefighters, first responders, heroism, social, society, politics

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