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NEWTON FALLS, N.Y. — Eight years ago, a paper mill closed in this remote corner of the western Adirondacks, taking with it more than 100 jobs. Most of the 75 houses in this speck of a hamlet a two-hour drive from Canada soon fell into disrepair, their frames thrashed by weather and hardship. Some families moved wherever they could find work. Others were stuck with homes they could not sell and long commutes over desolate country roads. The nearest gas station closed, the local hospital struggled to fill its 20 beds, and the volume of mail at the one-person post...

REDWOOD, Miss. (AP) - A county sheriff says an explosion at a paper mill has killed two people and left nearly a dozen missing. Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace confirmed the deaths Saturday at the International Paper mill in Redwood. He told WJTV in Jackson that nearly a dozen people are missing and nearly 20 others are injured. The mill employs about 300 people in and around Warren County. The county is west of Jackson.

CAVEAT: I defended them for years. It finally smacked my in the head like a 2x4. Their clients don't win. They win. MIDI - I'LL BE WATCHING YOUReverend Peterson...look what they have done We knew what's in store...they have lost one more They're Judicial Watch They've been doing fine...their pockets have been lined They're a paper mill...they are at it still They're Judicial Watch Where do we begin?...those guys never win They have only one purpose...that's to suck donors in They've been having fun...as the hired gun It's a shame, indeed...it's about their greed They're Judicial Watch This has gone...