• Heads Up: 8.28.06
  • The controversy is over: AL Dems remove their opposition to lesbian state house nominee Patricia Todd. Birmingham News The housing crisis goes suburban. Washington Post ...
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  • Just Another Pol?
  • The Washington Post yesterday ran a long piece that pretty well sums up the state of play of John McCain's presidential aspirations, the ways in ...
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  • Otherwise, Have a Nice Day
  • Counties - this question's for you. Since returning from the National Association of Counties meeting in Chicago three weeks ago, what steps have you taken ...
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  • Heads Up: 8.25.06
  • America's drunkest (and therefore not angry?) cities. Forbes America's angriest (and therefore not drunk?) cities. Men's Health SLC Mayor Rocky Anderson has an illegal yard. ...
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  • MRE: "Man, really enjoyable!"
  • A couple weeks ago, Ellen wrote about the HeaterMeal® she picked up at the National Association of Counties meeting in Chicago. They're pre-cooked, self-heating meals ...
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  • Heads Up: 8.24.06
  • One year after Katrina, a skyscraper, and other things, grow in Mobile. WSC (subsc req'd) If terror strikes DC, West Virginia disaster planners want to ...
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  • Monitoring Motorists
  • Yesterday, after a brief search for a cheap used car, I shifted gears and bought a cheap, new car. It's a little red hatchback with ...
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  • Adding Insult to Injury
  • There's been a lot of talk about how Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski's third place finish in the Republican primary is a dramatic reversal of fortune ...
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  • Bad Reefers
  • Sinking ships, airplanes or even piles of rocks in the ocean to form aritificial reefs is a good idea. My dad, an avid SCUBA diver ...
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