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		<title>McGuffin lawyer cancels bail reduction hearing</title>
		<link>http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/09/03/mcguffin-lawyer-cancels-bail-reduction-hearing/</link>
		<comments>http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/09/03/mcguffin-lawyer-cancels-bail-reduction-hearing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>magix</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coos County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coquille]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Leah Freeman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicholas McGuffin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The lawyer representing Nicholas McGuffin, Shaun McCrea, canceled a hearing to request a reduction in the $2M bail. Charged with the murder of Leah Freeman in 2000, McGuffin was expected to request to be released on his own recognizance. His lawyer cited she wasn&#8217;t ready for the hearing. So far, it doesn&#8217;t appear a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disgruntled local unions hear history of ORC mining operations</title>
		<link>http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/09/03/disgruntled-local-unions-hear-history-of-orc-mining-operations/</link>
		<comments>http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/09/03/disgruntled-local-unions-hear-history-of-orc-mining-operations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>magix</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mgx.com/blogs/?p=5057</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rural America must be like low hanging fruit to many corporations. Bent on resource extraction, companies riding into areas with high unemployment rates promising jobs find red carpets beneath their feet and local newspapers providing them with glowing accolades. Iluka Resources did just that in Brantley County Georgia. They promised jobs and prosperity and responsible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ORC gets slap on the wrist for steel work without permit</title>
		<link>http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/08/29/orc-gets-slap-on-the-wrist-for-steel-work-without-permit/</link>
		<comments>http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/08/29/orc-gets-slap-on-the-wrist-for-steel-work-without-permit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>magix</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coos County]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chromite mining]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Berri Leslie of the State Building and Codes in Salem confirmed that ORC received a $6,000 fine for starting work without approved plans, third party inspections, etc&#8230; A permit is expected to be issued early this week. No answer yet whether an on site inspection of the work done to date will occur before issuance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Daily Show &#8211; Tennessee no evil</title>
		<link>http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/08/26/the-daily-show-tennessee-no-evil/</link>
		<comments>http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/08/26/the-daily-show-tennessee-no-evil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>magix</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[National]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jon Stewart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Daily Show]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mgx.com/blogs/?p=5049</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://mgx.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Screen-shot-2010-08-26-at-12.33.27-PM-150x150.png" alt="" title="Tennessee Mosque opposition leader" width="150" height="150" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-5050" />"Aasif Mandvi worries that a few good apples at an Islamic center in Murfreesboro, TN could ruin it for the rest of the terrorists."  The Daily Show does a spectacular job of allowing the Murfreesboro TN mosque opponents reveal how unpatriotic they are.]]></description>
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		<title>Will ORC comply with mining, storm water and land use permit conditions?</title>
		<link>http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/08/26/will-orc-comply-with-mining-storm-water-and-land-use-permit-conditions/</link>
		<comments>http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/08/26/will-orc-comply-with-mining-storm-water-and-land-use-permit-conditions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>magix</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coos County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coquille]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chromite mining]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oregon Resources]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On July 2 an incident occurred at the Bunker Hill construction site of a new processing facility for Oregon Resources Corp. Three contractors were involved, West Coast Contractors, CCC Electrical out of San Antonio and a concrete pumping firm from Bandon (sorry don&#8217;t have name) that caused serious electrical shock to a worker. OSHA is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Complaint filed against ORC for constructing without a valid permit</title>
		<link>http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/08/25/complaint-filed-against-orc-for-constructing-without-a-valid-permit/</link>
		<comments>http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/08/25/complaint-filed-against-orc-for-constructing-without-a-valid-permit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>magix</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coos County]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mgx.com/blogs/?p=5038</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://mgx.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN2305.jpg"><img src="http://mgx.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN2305-150x150.jpg" alt="" title="DSCN2305" width="150" height="150" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-5040" /></a>Meanwhile, why is ORC, the champion promising local jobs in exchange for strip mining forest land, hiring people from out of the area?  Local union leaders are asking the same question.]]></description>
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		<title>More details on Leah Freeman case and prosecution</title>
		<link>http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/08/25/more-details-on-leah-freeman-case-and-prosecution/</link>
		<comments>http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/08/25/more-details-on-leah-freeman-case-and-prosecution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>magix</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coos County]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Coquille Police Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cory Courtright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leah Freeman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicholas McGuffin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Frasier]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mgx.com/blogs/?p=5035</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://mgx.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IMG_9438-150x150.jpg" alt="" title="IMG_9438" width="150" height="150" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-5036" />The World has two good pieces up,<a href="http://theworldlink.com/news/local/article_a4259e26-b071-11df-b4aa-001cc4c03286.html"> the first reveals</a> more specifics about the process of bringing charges against Nicholas McGuffin and moving forward.]]></description>
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		<title>More on emotionally charged McGuffin arraignment in Freeman murder UPDATED</title>
		<link>http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/08/25/more-on-emotionally-charged-mcguffin-arraignment-in-freeman-murder/</link>
		<comments>http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/08/25/more-on-emotionally-charged-mcguffin-arraignment-in-freeman-murder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>magix</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coos County]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cory Courtright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leah Freeman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Dannels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicholas McGuffin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Guard has some more reaction from both the Freeman and McGuffin family and mentions the odd verbal &#8216;assault&#8217; issued by Kathleen McGuffin, Nick McGuffin&#8217;s mother. Shackled, McGuffin was already crying as sheriff’s deputies led him into Coos County Circuit Judge Michael Gillespie’s courtroom for arraignment. He asked for help as he sat down and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charges in Leah Freeman murder case stir many emotions</title>
		<link>http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/08/24/charges-in-leah-freeman-murder-case-stir-many-emotions/</link>
		<comments>http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/08/24/charges-in-leah-freeman-murder-case-stir-many-emotions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>magix</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coos County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coquille]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cory Courtright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leah Freeman]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mgx.com/blogs/?p=5023</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://mgx.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IMG_9434-e1282715452855-150x150.jpg" alt="" title="Nicholas McGuffin at arraignment on murder charges" width="150" height="150" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-5024" />Coquille is spinning with the news of the arrest, ten years later, of Nicholas McGuffin for the murder of fifteen year old Leah Freeman.  Emotions ran high today as McGuffin <a href="http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/08/24/nicholas-mcguffin-arraignment-today-tearful-young-man/">plead not guilty</a> and requested a hearing to reduce the $2M bail and possibly be let out on his own recognizance.
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		<title>Oops!  ORC forgets to get building permits for processing facility</title>
		<link>http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/08/24/oops-orc-forgets-to-get-building-permits-for-processing-facility/</link>
		<comments>http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/08/24/oops-orc-forgets-to-get-building-permits-for-processing-facility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>magix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oregon Resources, the strip mining operation promising to bring jobs and prosperity to Coos County, failed to obtain the necessary permits in advance of the start of construction of their new plant near Bunker Hill. State Buildings and Codes confirms today that plans were submitted recently but the company will have to pay an additional [...]]]></description>
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