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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- West Virginia University's Mountaineer Mantrip made its debut Sunday.
Mountaineer players and coaching staff walked from the corner of Don Nehlen and Medical Center drives to the field along the pathway that divides the Blue Lot and the Light Blue Lot.
The walk took 10 to 15 minutes, and WVU students and fans lined the path to create a tunnel of enthusiasm.
About 35 members of the 350-piece Pride of West Virginia marching band played the fight song as they walked along with the team and cheerleaders.
Coach Dana Holgorsen, who brought the idea with him to WVU, and most of his staff made the walk, as well.
Read more: Fans, players participate in first Mountaineer Mantrip
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By Rich Lowry
We have seen the future, and it went bankrupt.
If the praises of high-ranking Obama-administration officials were a viable business plan, the solar-panel maker Solyndra would be an industrial juggernaut. Vice President Biden insisted that the jobs created by the California-based firm would “allow America to compete and to lead like we did in the 20th century.”
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This weekend, America takes a moment to recognize the men and women by the work of whose hands our nation was built. Americans are no stranger to hard work. We didn't become the nation we are by waiting for someone else to do something. We didn't create an economy that is the envy of the world by asking for handouts. Our nation was built by the hard work, sweat and determination of generations of Americans who wanted a better life for themselves and their families. They came early ... stayed late ... They weren't content with second best. They made the label "Made In America" the very symbol of excellence.
All the while, West Virginia coal miners provided the fuel that powered our nation. Our coal fueled our steel mills, electrical generators, ships and trains. With West Virginia coal, America helped win two world wars. We overcome challenges when we're allowed to pull together for one another.
As we celebrate Labor Day, let's revive our commitment to once again make America the envy of the world.
A message from The Friends of Coal.
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Lawrence Solomon: Science getting settled
The science is now all-but-settled on global warming, convincing new evidence demonstrates, but Al Gore, the IPCC and other global warming doomsayers won’t be celebrating. The new findings point to cosmic rays and the sun — not human activities — as the dominant controller of climate on Earth.
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Bowing to the demands of House Republicans and some business leaders, President Obama is backing off a controversial proposed regulation tightening government smog standards. In a statement Friday, Obama said he had ordered Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson to withdraw the proposal, in part because of the importance of reducing regulatory burdens and uncertainty for businesses at a time of rampant uncertainty about an unsteady economy. The announcement came shortly after a new government report on private sector employment report showed that businesses essentially added no new jobs last month -- and that the jobless rate remained stuck at a historically high 9.1 percent. The withdrawal of the proposed EPA rule comes two days after the White House, at the request of House Speaker John Boehner, identified seven such regulations that it said would cost private business at least $1 billion each. The proposed smog standard was estimated to cost anywhere between $19 billion and $90 billion, depending on how strict it would be.
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Since everyone has a suggestion or three about what President Obama can do to get the economy cooking again, here's one of ours: Immediately suspend the Environmental Protection Agency's bid to reorganize the U.S. electricity industry, and impose a moratorium on EPA rules at least until hiring and investment rebound for an extended period.
The EPA is currently pushing an unprecedented rewrite of air-pollution rules in an attempt to shut down a large portion of the coal-fired power fleet. Though these regulations are among the most expensive in the agency's history, none were demanded by the late Pelosi Congress. They're all the result of purely bureaucratic discretion under the Clean Air Act, last revised in 1990.
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West Virginia University revealed details of a new team walk which will take place before each home football game this season. It will make its debut before the Friends of Coal Bowl Sunday, Sept. 4.
MORGANTOWN -- The inaugural West Virginia football Mountaineer Mantrip, a team walk set to rally WVU fans before each home game this season, will make its debut Sunday, Sept. 4, according to a news release from WVU officials. The Friends of Coal Bowl will pit the Mountaineers against Marshall at 3:30 p.m. at Milan Puskar Stadium.
The walk is a tribute to West Virginia's coal industry. A mantrip is the shuttle that typically transports miners down into an underground mine at the start of their shift.
The Mountaineer Mantrip will begin when the football team is dropped off approximately two hours and 20 minutes before kickoff at the corner of the WVU Medical Center and Don Nehlen Drive.
Fans are encouraged to create a path, which will take the team and coaching staff, led by head coach Dana Holgorsen, through the blue and light blue lots and to the entrance of the Northeast gate at Milan Puskar Stadium.
http://www.wowktv.com/story.