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Duke Energy Pension Class Action Overview   -   Settlement Final Approval Occupy Wall Street  -   End Human Rights for Corporations  -   Fahrenheit 911 2012 Shareholders Meeting  -   Welcome to 2012  -  February Open Forum “Politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason.” - Mark Twain Obama Carolina Convention Plans Going Awry "Obama’s campaign is working to connect Jim Rogers...with Obama’s wealthiest supporters" Why We Regulate "demonstration of why Wall Street does...need to be regulated" Boehner and the Debt "Congressional Democrats gave in too easily" Settlement proposal sweet deal for Duke "a massive ratepayer- and taxpayer-subsidized bailout of Duke Energy" Smart-Meter Defiance "devices instead raise their bills, compromise privacy and risk their health" Conservatives, businesses craft legislation in Charlotte "Duke Energy said it has contributed $66,000" U.S. Military Taught Officers: Use ‘Hiroshima’ Tactics for ‘Total War’ on Islam "Dooley had already presented his apocalyptic vision for a global religious war" Walker talks of 'divide and conquer' union strategy "He goes on to talk about curbing liability lawsuits and government regulations" Red Flags Said to Go Unheeded by Bosses at JPMorgan "the losses could eventually double" OSHA orders company to reinstate whistleblower, pay more than $180,000 "OSHA will ensure that these basic worker rights are protected" Advocates vow to fight Duke Energy nuke costs "You shift all construction risks to the consumer" Washington is unable to regulate Wall Street "Wall Street lobbyists have spent two years trying to water down the final rules" At JPMorgan, the Ghost of Dinner Parties Past "WHAT goes around comes around. Sometimes it happens sooner than you’d think" JPMorgan Chase Got What It Asked For "a team of JPMorgan Chase lobbyists descended on Washington" JPMorgan Chase’s $2 Billion Loss "Dimon said that sloppiness, bad judgment and stupidity...had led to the loss" End Polluter Welfare Act "the five largest oil companies have made over $1 trillion in profits in the last decade" Obama: 'Sometimes I Forget' Magnitude of the Recession "President has forgotten that he’s been in office for the last three-and-a-half years" Ex-presidents still sucking down millions in tax dollars "George W. Bush is the most costly former commander-in-chief alive" Mayan art and calendar at Xultun stun archaeologists "pre-dating other Mayan calendars by centuries" Israel facing major West Bank uprising over Palestinian hunger strike "He doesn't have a weapon, but he has a weapon stronger than a weapon" Six arrested at Bank of America protest "500 to 750 protesters marched from three directions on the Bank of America" Crime 101: Places NOT to Rob "allegedly tried to rob the Wilmer police station" Illegal Immigrants Don’t Have a Right to Bear Arms "According to the court, illegal immigrants can be prohibited from owning guns" Joke is on Progress customers "Stop me if you've heard this one" Imagine if Progress Energy were trying to run an actual business "They are charging people every month for nothing" Duke Energy settlement unsettles utility's fiercest foes "a closed world of concealment, cronyism and corruption" N.R.C. Skimps on Financial Oversight "It will be the public who’ll pay the price if nuclear power plant owners come up short" Progress Energy raises price tag, delays start of nuclear plant "could reach as high as $24 billion" Broker Rebates Cost Investors Billions "in other contexts, these payments would be recognized as illegal kickbacks" The e-record era "Commission members should keep the Duke Energy scandal in mind" Lobbyists Know That They are Scum of the Earth! "We’re tainted" Japan to shut down last reactor "Can it be the end of nuclear power? It could be" Duke Energy 2012 Meeting of Shareholders "The usually unflappable Jim Rogers, showed signs of stress" Cancer patient questions Duke CEO about local coal plant "Sara Behnke can see Riverband (sic) from her window" Duke Energy-Progress Energy merger still likely "the days of denial and confusion about who’s responsible are over" Duke Annual Meeting "I go to bed every night scared that I will get cancer from that plant" Activists Block Duke Coal Shipment, link Mountaintop Removal to iCloud "We won’t leave until Duke agrees to end its use of mountaintop removal coal" Inside the Duke Energy shareholder meeting "Greenpeace had stopped a coal train north of the city" Activists protest Duke Energy's annual meeting "Environmental activists are blocking a train shipment of coal to a Duke Energy plant" Group of 50 protests Duke Energy "this draconian law is another example of our democracy being sold to the highest bidder" Previewing Duke Energy's Shareholder's Meeting "Progress energy is Godzilla. Duke Power is King Kong. They're getting married." Wall built to hide poor from anti-poverty group "Government officials are trying to conceal the urban squalor from delegates" Cincinnati rejects Duke Energy "Cincinnati had once been the home town of Duke CEO Jim Rogers" Lawyers Spar Over Line Spacing "brief was '1.75' instead of double spaced" Oakland police may face sanctions over handling of Occupy protests "police used 'an overwhelming military-type response' to the demonstrations" The Boss and Everyone Else "excessive pay led to excessive risk-taking" Edwardsport settlement a heist for Duke Energy "settlement amounts to nothing more than a massive bailout for Duke Energy" Deal is reached over Duke "doesn't address the past bad behavior of Duke Energy" ‘Dirty’ Energy Co. Yanks Paper Bragging About Apple’s Power-Guzzling Ways "the type of customer where the meter spins and spins at an exponential pace" ALEC fights coal ash protections on polluters' behalf "They include Duke Energy and Progress Energy" Protesters hit streets for May Day rallies "Protesters across the world hit the streets Tuesday on May Day" Wal-Mart worker wants CEO fired "leaders who don’t have the trust or respect of the rank and file" Cincinnati to provide 100% 'green' electricity from FirstEnergy "FirstEnergy’s 'green' bid will save homeowners about $133 annually, compared to Duke Energy " Gestapo Prepares for Duke Shareholder Meeting " 'reliable information that significant numbers of demonstrators' are planning to attend" Occupy May Day protests could block roads, shut down ferry service "Demonstrations, strikes and acts of civil disobedience are being planned" Cincinnati Dumps Duke Energy "shifting to 100 percent clean energy" Woman with Cerebral Palsy Arrested in Foreclosure Battle "the bank refused to take her payments" VIDEO: Walking While Talking "plunged 20ft into a sinkhole" 20 arrested protesting Wells Fargo meeting in SF "Many of the shareholders outside on the sidewalk were fully supporting the protest" Fukushima air to stay radioactive in 2022 "A decade from now, airborne radiation levels...are still expected to be dangerous" Japan fears nuclear plant sits atop active geological fault "The last reactor will shut down on May 5" NRC SETTLES DISCRIMINATION CASE "We do not tolerate discrimination against employees who raise safety concerns" House, DOJ Probe Walmart Bribery Scandal "The Justice Department criminal probe was launched in December 2011" Do You Know Your Rights? "employees have the right to join together...with or without a union" Progress Energy's proposed nuclear plant 'poster child' for failure "It is, again, the poster child for what can happen if you don't do it right" Employees, Too, Want a Say on the Boss’s Pay "After years of acquiescence, it’s good to see shareholders starting to flex their muscles" But, April Fool’s Day Has Already Passed! "Duke Energy one of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens" Vast Mexico Bribery Case Hushed Up by Wal-Mart "within days they unearthed evidence of widespread bribery" Nuclear Welfare "estimated the risk of default on nuclear loans at above 50%" Woman Is Entitled to Workers’ Comp for Injury During Sex "Workers’ comp for injuries suffered during sex? Yep" Pentagon Sought to Stop Paper From Using Photos " 'They are just awful'...calling the two that were published 'the least gruesome' " GE Throw Energy Industry a Party; You Were Not Invited "Then there’s Jim Rogers, the head everything at Duke Energy" Coal Ash Amendment Would 'Line Industry's Pocketbooks' "yet another industry giveaway" March on ‘Wall Street of the South’ "The coalition represents 45 organizations from across the country" Duke, Leucadia boondoggles cost consumers, businesses "Edwardsport...costs are out of control, and the plant is shrouded in scandal" Cesium-137 is 85 times greater than at Chernobyl "the fate of Japan and the whole world depends on NO.4 reactor" Groups seek to enforce action on coal ash regulation "Duke Energy and Progress Energy, have lobbied against strict regulation of coal ash" A Judge’s Crusade against Saggy Pants "You are in contempt of court because you showed your butt in court" N.C. voters want choice on buying clean energy "would encourage the development of more solar and other renewable energy" UC Davis pepper spray report critical of police action "should and could have been prevented" Texting While Walking "suddenly spots the 500- to 600-pound bear" Regulators should allow Duke Energy rate appeal "Duke’s motion seeks an unjust result and should be denied" Court upholds Duke decision "Duke didn’t meet its burden of proof that the commission was wrong" Is nuclear power industry poised to repeat 'managerial disaster'? "the more capital that has to be invested in it, the more money they make" Chernobyl gave Petrov cancer "the population was eating fresh radioactive vegetables" Duke could surpass Bank of America as biggest N.C. political spender "But the bulk of the utilities’ political spending...goes to lobbyists working the halls" Federal Coal Ash Lawsuit "Duke and Progress Energies'...leaching toxic heavy metals into groundwater" Another Fukushima Radioactive Water Leak "The site had plastic pipes to transfer radioactive water" CIA Committed ‘War Crimes,’ Bush Official Says "Zelikow’s warnings about the legal dangers of torture went unheeded" Protesters rail against Duke Energy "Clean coal is a dirty lie" Men in Black "It is run by hacks dressed up in black robes" You Can Find Anything in a Woman’s Purse "There is a place for everything your car" Man whose WMD lies led to 100,000 deaths confesses all "intelligence was being worked to fit around the policy" Still critical: radiation levels at Fukushima can kill in minutes "Only one of Japan's 54 reactors is still online" Witches’ Brew! NY Suit Over Court Victory Dance Continues "He then was handcuffed and arrested for disorderly conduct" Facebook and Job Applicants "they would initiate legal action to protect the privacy and security of its users" Duke and Progress will pay others to take North Carolina power "the companies would be buying back power which they had paid to unload" Progress Energy should pull plug on Levy County nuclear plant "Florida and the nation need a more coherent energy policy" Cost of nuclear plants raises doubts on Progress Energy's plan "Some of the main players in the nuclear industry are already in retreat" Greenhouse Gas Rules Riddled with Loopholes "Duke...Dominion...Southern...fight tooth and nail against basic environmental protections" Duke Energy CEO made $8.8 million in 2011 "Rogers’ employment agreement runs through 2013" A nuclear option that blasts consumers "law that allows electric utilities to bill customers for nuclear plants that may never be built" Refund advance fees if nuclear plants are not built "many senators did not understand what the amendment did" UPDATE: Cops beat our cameraman ZD Roberts "I saw a girl thrown from a bus, in handcuffs, having a seizure being tossed to the ground" Sen. Bernie Sanders on Nuclear Power "When it comes to taxpayer support for nuclear power there is no end in sight" Florida's got lots of energy options, but most of them are pricey "For now, it's happy to collect extra fees from its customers to spend risk-free" Asbestos in Duke Energy Power Plants "plant owners had hidden their knowledge of the toxicity of asbestos" Progress Energy customers on hook for $1.1B for nuclear plant "It's the perfect story of crony capitalism" Asleep at the Controls "Predictably, the nuclear industry hunkered down, filling the airwaves with its own spin" Duke seeks to keep 10 Edwardsport plant documents sealed "Hardy was fired by Gov. Mitch Daniels in October 2010, and Turner resigned" IURC grilled Duke Energy on Edwardsport sealed documents "Duke admitted that much of the material was not confidential" VIDEO: Bernie Sanders on Corporate Bought Elections "Is this really what people fought and died for?" Abolish Corporate Personhood "Voters Back Grassroots Campaign to Abolish Corporate Personhood" Rush Limbaugh loses 42 advertisers "the social media blitz against the popular radio program showed no signs of slowing down" Secrets can strain credibility "the public now knows of a private club of cronyism between Duke and the IURC" Group Protests Energy Company Tax Breaks "people gathered outside of Duke Energy Headquarters" Prying open the Duke Energy scandal "Here are the major stories, in chronological order" Regulators consider unsealing Duke Edwardsport documents "key aspects of the Edwardsport project have been shrouded in secrecy" Mic Check! The People Speak – Part 1 "class war fought by the ruling class, their lobbyists and their governmental puppets" Counterpunch 2010: The Duke Energy Scandal "Duke Energy always rewards it creepy disgraced executives it seems" Counterpunch 2008: Environmental Enron "Without such criteria, claiming that any power plant is 'capture ready' is a scam" A Civil Right to Unionize "a majority of nonunion workers would like to join a union if they could" Nuclear fiasco in Florida vexes Progress Energy "most exorbitant and bewildering mishaps in the history of the nation's nuclear industry" Nuclear safety report cites Duke plant "relied for 28 years on a backup emergency cooling system that didn't work" Buying Regulation to Destroy Competitors "revolving door between...legislative...regulatory agencies...lobbying industry is always spinning" Billions in no-risk money for nuke plants "Florida Sen. Mike Fasano regrets his voting for advanced nuclear cost recovery" Disparities in utility rates may stunt Florida's economic growth "Progress...ranks dead last in both residential and business customer satisfaction" Shaw Power Group, Westinghouse face cost issues at S.C. project "$340 million in disputed cost overruns for construction of two nuclear-power units" Too easy being green "Democratic administration has, in turn, been very good to Duke Energy" Former Ind. energy official's new job questioned "handing out waivers to the cooling-off period like Halloween candy" Duke Energy’s Support for Dems Pays Off in Taxpayer Cash "spent more than $26 million lobbying the federal government...since 2007" Anonymous: Power grid concerns are US Govt spin "With four lines of code, anyone can take over a programmable logic controller" Progress Energy deal for $288 million refund "three cracks in Crystal River's 42-inch-thick concrete reactor containment" Is Energy Secretary Chu even deeper in the Solyndra scandal? "Duke Energy got $230 million and they generated 196 jobs" Duke Energy CEO Rogers named business person of the year "It's the second time the Duke Energy CEO has won the award -- a first" Performance mocks honor to Duke Energy CEO "Kirven portraying Rogers and ‘eating’ a breakfast of coal and pollution" Protesters gather outside Duke Energy Saturday "Saturday's event was peaceful and no one was arrested" U.S. nuclear plants similar to Fukushima spark concerns " 'Band-Aid fix' for the design that failed 'not once, not twice, but three times' " NRC REQUESTS INFORMATION REGARDING FUEL DURING ACCIDENTS "These plants are…McGuire 1 and 2" Employers stealing millions from US workers "In Florida alone, more than $28 million in lost wages have been recovered" Greenpeace Protesters Arrested in Charlotte "Greenpeace is demanding Duke put an end to mountaintop coal removal" Signs Your Pension Plan Is in Trouble By ELLEN E. SCHULTZ "a pension plan can quickly become underwater" Duke Energy Employees Implicated in Massive Copper Theft "stealing roll after roll after roll and there's no way management wouldn't have known" U.S. House bill could finish MOX at SRS "America's nuclear weapons budget is locked into a Cold War time machine" Greenpeace hoists "stop destroying mountains" banner at Progress Energy "Duke is clearly committed to dirty fossil fuels that poison our communities" Duke Energy has poisoned air for profit "200 deaths, 300 heart attacks, and over 3,000 asthma attacks Health Officer Discloses Findings On Smart Meters "critics insisted having the device in your home is harmful to human health" Smart Meters Are Illegal "every non-consensually installed smart meter is in violation of this law" Investors Challenge Electric Power Companies on Risks "The New York State Comptroller filed a resolution with Duke Energy" Tighten up "At a minimum, training deficiencies are staring Progress Energy officials in the face" Duke Energy Issues Statement After Employee Killed "shot to death inside the house" Duke Energy worker suffers gunshot wound "required treatment at UC Hospital" You’ve Won a Badge "We used to provide incentives to employees by means of compensation and benefits" VIDEO: We Occupy for the Victims of Fukushima "Stone-Webster guilty of racketeering and fraud…$4-billion judgement" VIDEO: We Occupy for Jake Horton "if you are a power company, you are exempt from the racketeering laws" Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers to receive 2012 Vision Award "Rogers was also chosen as the Charlotte Business Journal’s Business Person of the Year" Sen. Sanders Introduces Bill to Reauthorize the Older Americans Act "One in five older Americans today survives on an average income of only $7,500 a year" Unqualified ProgressEnergy workers caused fluke mishap at nuclear plant "Some the bolts were left so loose they could be turned by hand" Nuclear plants pose risks to drinking water for Illinois "There are far cleaner, cheaper and less-risky ways to get our energy" Settlement deal lets Progress Energy avoid Crystal River accountability "It appears Progress' smoke screen is working" Despite Settlement, Questions Linger Over Progress Energy's Crystal River Plans "They're kicking the can down the road...There's no doubt about it" Progress customers, brace yourselves "Progress Energy already plans to stick its customers with a $670 million bill" Rights in the Workplace "federal law has given employees the right to join together...with or without a union" Continuing Assault on Unions "North Carolina...has a private sector unionization rate of 1.8 percent, the lowest in the nation" Labor Board Backs Workers on Joint Arbitration Cases "protects employees’ ability to join together to pursue workplace grievances...litigation" NRC SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON STORAGE OF NUCLEAR FUEL "storing spent nuclear fuel...for as much as 200 years" Progress Energy's $2.5 billion repair bill is unprecedented 2011: A Banner Year for Energy Lobbying Whose wallets will Duke-Progress merger hit? Official Indicted After Improper Duke Energy Interactions 367 Economists (And Counting) Support Occupy Movement The Goal is Not to Occupy it is to End Corporate Rule Calls for Increased Scrutiny of Duke Energy and IURC The Dukes of energy in Indiana Duke spent $1.6 million lobbying in 3Q Ex-IURC chairman indicted in Duke ethics scandal Ex-chief's indictment is latest black eye Duke Energy’s shameless dodge Progress Energy warned itself not to self manage Crystal River nuclear plant project Customers paying for Crystal River nuclear plant repairs should know the details States bad on coal ash oversight also have dirty air The Total Failure of Barack Hussein Obama II How Paul Singer Shortchanged Asbestosis Victims Deputies refuse to evict 103-year-old woman Skilling’s fall was nothing short of epic Angry customers protest Duke Energy price hike Speakers heap scorn on Duke Energy Duke Energy's cold-hearted rate hike request US ranchers live in fear along Mexican border Concrete cracks up costs of restart at two reactors New crack at Crystal River nuclear plant casts doubt on repair plan VIDEO: UC Davis Police Lt. John Pike uses pepper spray on protesters Duke Energy-Progress Energy merger opponents call for sale of power plants Duke Energy and Progress Energy PAC power Oakland mayoral adviser resigns over Occupy raid Nuclear nightmare, on the customers' dime Duke leader met privately with Gov. Mitch Daniels Duke still dodges accountability "A Pair of Testicles Fell Off the President After Election Day" Undercover Cop At Occupy Oakland Condemns Police Brutality< Fukushima: They Knew Indiana regulators overturn Duke ruling by ex-lawyer Subsidizing nuclear plants in Florida runs counter to capitalism Progress Energy Settles Suit Over Payments To CVO Holders Progress was warned about cutting into nuclear plant building Occupy Oakland: second Iraq war veteran injured Here Comes the Sun Second Iraq War Veteran Seriously Injured After Police Clashes Duke could see more pain from Ind. plant Big companies with big profits pay little in taxes Experts Say N.Y. Police Dept. Isn’t Policing Itself FERC Says Merger Would Further Entrench Duke Energy Monopoly Navy Sailor Stands Tall In the Middle of Oakland Tear Gas Attack Duke Energy CEO made $8.8M in '10 Testy utility hearings on Duke Energy plant Iraq war vet critically injured during 'Occupy Oakland' Oakland Police Attack an Unconscious Marine Vet! - Occupy Oakland 10/26 Scott Olsen Occupy Oakland Vet injured Duke executives testify about plant's out-of-hand costs Duke To Sue Vendors Over $1B Plant Overrun Duke Energy to eat $700 million+ for ‘clean coal’ Police Use Rubber Bullets, Flash Grenades, And Smoke Bombs To Evict Occupy Oakland Ethics scandal costs Duke Energy in two rulings Ethics Scandal Zaps Former Duke Energy Attorney Documents on Edwardsport plant remain hidden from public Duke says Edwardsport project cost increases more than $200M 1 Marine vs. 30 Cops Protests go global Duke Energy protesters rail against the "Master" Customers speak out as Duke Energy requests to raise rates Elizabeth Warren on Fair Taxation Protesters hit with pepper spray by NYPD officer Duke Energy helps McCrory's and Perdue's causes Earthquake caused massive nuclear storage casks to move Employers Irate About New Union Rule Former Goldman Sachs VP Supervised Scheduling of Elizabeth Warren Incident The earths is still shaking along the east coast CFO of the Year winner: Lynn Good, Duke Energy Corp. It's time to move past cozy business as usual IURC official lobbied Duke on personnel decision Bigger Role Seen for CEO James Rogers in Duke Energy Scandal Sticking ratepayers with the bill for risky energy projects Duke's alleged misdeeds mounting America Held Hostage to Two-Party Failure Worker receives severe electrical shock Duke Dealing With Coal Gasification Cost Overrun The Travails of Ms. Warren Duke’s Edwardsport Cost Overruns Could Cost Shareholders Duke Energy settles lawsuit by Cincinnati Public Schools Carolinas Rank 10th, 11th for Power Plant Pollution Duke faces new charges Daniels: Duke Energy Should Underwrite Edwardsport Plant Customers want Duke Energy to cover plant costs At last, a break for ratepayers Progress outranks Duke in customer survey Reversal of Fortune for Duke Energy Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, In Bobblehead Doll Form Consumer advocates slam Duke's Indiana costs Duke Energy must pay cost overruns OUCC reverses stance on Edwardsport Overworked America: The Great Speedup Duke Energy spent $1.5 million on lobbying in 1Q Nuclear Regulatory Commission Colluded with Industry to Weaken Safety Standards Landfill Will Not Accept Duke Energy Coal Ash Clarence Thomas Decided 3 Cases After AEI Gave Him a $15,000 Gift Judge Approves $3.4 Billion Settlement of Native American Suit Regulations for nuclear reactors watered down Justices Have Been Forced to Resign for Doing What Clarence Thomas Has Done Wal-Mart loses $187.6M worker break case Blocking Elizabeth Warren The Basic Economics of National Health Insurance Power outages knocked out most radiation monitoring systems Patrick McHenry spars with bank critic Reactor May Have Leaked Radiation Before Tsunami Struck Indiana Scandal Means More Heat for Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers Duke settles retiree plan lawsuit for $30 million 2011 Employee Opinion Survey When Benefits Bite Back by Ellen E. Schultz $30 Million Settlement Ends Duke Energy Class-Action Suit Duke Energy Cash Balance Retirement Plan Class Action Lawsuit Settlement Duke Needs To Fight Dirty Image From Progress Pick-Up State panel fines Storms, citing ethics violations Dirty Energy Money Behind Move to Dismantle the EPA Commission: Former IURC judge violated ethics rules Emails show debate over Duke hire Banner Unfurled Inside Duke Energy Shareholders Meeting Emails shed additional light on Duke-IURC scandal Nuclear Regulatory Commission Criticized for Industry Ties Jury Awards $322 Million Asbestos Verdict VIDEO: Duke Energy protesters voice concerns over environment, price hikes Critics from left and right raise voices at Duke meet Environment, tea party protests target Duke Energy Some Duke Energy shareholders displeased Culture of Complicity Tied to Stricken Nuclear Plant One Hundred and Fifty Years After General Strike Court upholds $480K legal fee against Duke Energy Man killed in Oconee County crash worked at Duke Energy Ethics panel delves into regulator's job jump to Duke Energy Progress Energy is one of most troubled nuclear plant operators in U.S. Duke: Money drives its coal use New Doubts About MOX Fuel Workers' Compensation for Nuclear Workers with Cancer in Japan Tea party group wants Duke Energy chief fired over DNC offer Lobbyists Writing Laws/center> Wife got in parting shot before killing Fifty workers are treated for radiation contamination Duke Energy and critics spar on nuclear cost Amid nuclear crisis, Duke Energy wants consumers to prepay nuke costs Japan Nuclear Disaster Caps Decades of Faked Reports, Accidents US nuke plants ranked by quake risk Group asks IURC to force Duke Energy's CEO to testify Florida lawmaker warns NC against controversial power plant financing plan Ethics issues mount at Duke Energy Indiana plant More Duke e-mails raise questions Duke CEO: Indiana e-mails may suggest improper contact Many big questions surround Duke Energy’s plan Duke Energy's southern Indiana plant hearing stirs strong feelings Pros and cons presented on Edwardsport coal gasification plant Indiana regulators plan no probe in Duke Energy scandal Public hearings concerning Duke Energy scandal IURC: No inquiry in ethics scandal Customers will pay for Duke's missteps Was there undue influence between Duke execs and IURC? Ohio regulators reject Duke Energy’s electricity market rate proposal Duke Energy, others organize lobbying blitz for corporate tax holiday New dam safety protocols NC 8th in the country for mercury emissions Documents Show FBI Warned Of Murrah Bombing Progress and Duke's Fast-track financing challenged Nuclear power bill at Indiana Statehouse conjures up ghosts Consumer groups balk at bills to speed utility cost recovery Justice Thomas's Wife Sets Up a Conservative Lobbying Shop We Are All Egyptians Beware the bill for nuclear plants Indiana watchdogs seek probe of Duke Energy plant Contractor says Duke took risks at plant Timetable for IURC invites scrutiny Progress CEO in line for nearly $8 million in pay Slap to a Man's Pride Set Off Tumult in Tunisia New IURC allegations come to light The old guard must welcome new blood More Duke Energy executives could receive severance Lawyers seek to sue Progress Duke Energy Ohio Customers to Pay $14 Million Born Fighting: An interview with Judy Bonds Progress Energy Lobbyist Found Dead in Burning Car A Plant's Power Over a Man's Life Convicted of a Felony, But Not a Convicted Felon Chula Vista may do demo on plant Don't Cry For Duke's Departing Jim Turner Duke Energy President Violates Ethics, Deposits an Extra $10 Million in the Bank Duke scandal reflects poorly on Indiana, its governor and Duke Energy Fourth 2010 Duke Energy Fatality Duke Demands Documents Deletion Scandal in Indiana Questions for Duke executive on hiring ethics Duke Ratepayers Won't Bear Cost Of Turner's Severance PUCO: Duke customers wrongly charged PUCO rules against Duke Energy Duke Energy's Bad Bet Counsel: Duke should pass tax breaks on Independent probe for IURC case E-mails spin a sad tale of corporate America Duke scandal is business as usual in Indiana Duke exec's farewell package will exceed $10 million More Fallout For Duke Energy In Indiana Not a comforting decision Duke-Related Decisions In Indiana Will Stand, Despite Ethics Scandal Duke Energy exec Turner resigns over ethics flap Reporting broke open Duke scandal Panel whittles list of IURC candidates down to 10 Indiana and Duke Energy Officials Bantered While Ratepayers Picked Up the Tab Compromised by business as usual IURC and the news that isn't Duke Energy exec, Indiana regulator discussed hirings Rush to Judgment Groups press regulators on Duke's Edwardsport debacle IURC confirms that FBI agents visited office this month Taking heat for utility oversight Senate Approves $4.6 Billion for Claims by Black Farmers, American Indians Mitch Daniels's Presidential Prospects Could Be Dimmed by Power Plant Scandal CAC speaker discusses Duke Energy's Edwardsport scandal Labor costs being watched at Duke Energy plant A Small Fraction of a Man Questions mount in Duke Energy ethics scandal Duke scandal sends wake-up call Duke Energy In The Indiana Hot Seat Bill Moyers: "Welcome to the Plutocracy!" Scandal fallout plagues Duke Energy's Edwardsport project Porn fetish Supreme Court judge Clarence Thomas was 'raving alcoholic' Public hearings sought on Duke Energy plant Federal Judge Rules Against Nosy North Carolina Duke Should Come Clean on Edwardsport Cost Indiana Opens Duke Energy Probe Duke Hiring Probe Puts New Indiana Power Plant In Question Duke, IURC Email Published by The Indianapolis Star Duke Energy launches internal Indiana probe Duke Energy braces for legal fallout from Indiana ethics flap Duke Energy CEO Weighs In On Indiana Ethics Flap Editorials on IURC firing Citizens respond to Edwardsport settlement Push To Throw Out Duke Deal Amid Ethics Flap Man Bites Police Dog Regulators postpone Duke hearing amid scandal Duke Energy puts local CEO on leave amid state probe Duke Energy fighting new coal ash rules Progress Energy, Duke spend more on lobbying Drug Paraphernalia Found at Duke Energy You Are Being Lied to About Dams Zero Tolerance for Unkempt Clothes Duke Energy accident still under investigation Steel worker injured at Duke Energy Working overtime may harm the heart '9/11 panel was warned not to probe too deeply' Richard Burr Out of Touch with NC Citizens Alan Grayson's Filibluster Preserving Access to Justice for All Restoring Access to the Courts Video: Bernie Sanders Smacks Down Orrin Hatch NC Coal Ash Groundwater Contamination Re-Creating the Middle Class Video: Rep. Alan Grayson on Health Care Gridlock Glenn Beck's Secret for Crying on Cue Another 40 Years of Coal Dependence Janet goes to Washington The IBM Cash Balance Disaster Who Ran Away With Your 401(k)? General Taguba Says Bush Officials Committed War Crimes 44 arrested during a protest against Duke Energy Mountaintop Removal Protest Targets Duke Energy Jon Stewart Slams Lieberman The South Is About Exploiting Workers Retirees Working to Protect Earned Health Benefits Dark Secrets of the First Gulf War Retiree benefit cutbacks roil courts Duke Energy Lawyers Misled Jurors Jim Rogers as Energy Secretary Would Be "Change We Can Grieve In" Thousands of inmates admit they're in the U.S. illegally Pension Games Press Conference on Illegal Workers at Duke Energy (Updated 8/26/08) Duke Energy Settles Retaliation Lawsuit Workers Can Sue Firms Over Retaliation Autism Risk Linked To Distance From Power Plants Relentless Effort to Legalize Cash Balance Plans Duke Energy Retirees Take an Insurance Hit EEOC Pension Assistance Appreciated IBEW International Organizer Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr Against Pensions The Empty Promise of Deregulation ‘Whooshing’ Judge Thompson Wins Delay Whistleblower Awarded $1.5 Million Mr. Smith Goes to Raleigh Duke Energy's $1.6 Billion for Asbestos Claims Woman Freezes to Death After Power Cut All Hands - 2003 Cash Balance Can be Beaten Duke Energy Shooting, Brawl Update Harvey Padewer at Secret Energy Meetings Power Plants and Lung Cancer Rats On a Sinking Ship Rick Priory´s ´Fun Ride´ Mad As Hell Duke Energy Will Not Retaliate Downsizing Unhealthy for Remaining Employees I Am Not a Crook The $3,880 Megawatt-Hour Yahoo Posters Can Stay Anonymous Three Overtime Lawsuits Against Duke Energy No cap put on harassment pay Duke Energy Confirms Price Gouging Company Owned ´Shrinks´ Letter From Duke Energy´s MOX Fuel Project Manager Power Lines, Soot, and Cancer GAO Writes Harkin on ´Misleading´ Sentence in Cash Balance Plan Ergs Ease fears of those who are left (Duke) Election Hearing Too Hot To Handle? Court Considers if Employer Can Force Pledge Not to Sue New cancer link to power lines The American Bar Association and Cash Balance Plans Good Riddance! - September "Directions" Wal-Mart Fires Employee For Helping Blind Customers Pension Revolt Catches Fire Lottery Benefits - Holidays - Team Nuclear Pension War of 1999 Setting the Rest of the World Straight Paying the Price for Greed and Arrogance Management vs. Shareholders Now You Can Pay To Suck Up! Companies Find Host Of Subtle Ways to Pare Retirement Payouts "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" Eating Their Words! "We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." E-mail: