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Forest Service pumps brakes on coal mine expansion into Colorado roadless area

By | 02.14.12 | 1:24 pm

The U.S. Forest Service overturned a decision Monday to approve the expansion of a coal mine in western Colorado that biologists feared would destroy wildlife habitat.

Bush pardon for eagle-killer doesn’t mean open season on the birds

By | 11.25.08 | 4:00 pm

When President George W. Bush issued 14 pardons on Monday, one stood out in the list of cocaine dealers and bank fraudsters — a Missouri farmer who was convicted more than a decade ago of killing bald eagles.