The Rock Station 99X » west virginia http://therockstation99x.com The Rock Station Sat, 18 May 2013 18:49:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Texas A&M Will Join the SEC in 2012 http://therockstation99x.com/texas-am-join-sec-2012/ http://therockstation99x.com/texas-am-join-sec-2012/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:28:26 +0000 Danny Groner http://tsminteractive.com/?p=49223 After weeks of rumors, Texas A&M is set to leave the Big 12 and to join the SEC, the league said on Sunday. The move will go into effect next July.

“We are excited to begin competition in the nation’s premier athletic conference,” Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin said in a statement.

]]> http://therockstation99x.com/texas-am-join-sec-2012/feed/ 0 Bob Leavey, Getty Images Coal Execs Blame Inbreeding for Birth Defects http://therockstation99x.com/coal-execs-blame-inbreeding-for-birth-defects/ http://therockstation99x.com/coal-execs-blame-inbreeding-for-birth-defects/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:03:10 +0000 Kayla Keys http://therockstation99x.com/?p=9662 A study has just been released that links coal mining to birth defects in the West Virginia and the Appalachian region. As if the coal mining industry didn't have enough to worry about with all the "green" initiatives sweeping the nation.

The lawyers for big coal are not taking this study lying down. A letter drafted by the lawyers for the National Mining Association pointed to a nasty stereotype about the people of West Virginia.

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