• Merck's Miracle Cure
  • If you've followed the march of states lining up to require middle school girls to receive vaccinations for HPV, a sexually-transmitted disease that often leads ...
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  • Hi, Ohio! Welcome to 1999.
  • posted by Zach Patton The Ohio General Assembly has taken a bold step into the late-20th century, and has now begun listing lawmakers' votes ...
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  • Cabs in the City by the Bay
  • San Francisco's taxi system is somewhat famously clunky. The city keeps tight control on the number of cabs through a strict medallion-issuing system. So cabs ...
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  • Heads Up: 2.20.07
  • MN might tax plastic surgery. Star-Tribune Librarians in an uproar over "scrotum." NYT Chicago's idea to lease out airports is catching on. Philly ...
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  • Heads Up: 2.16.07
  • FL Gov. Crist got set up on a date with a "hottest mom." Palm Beach Post   TN might scrap its 4-month-old Ethics ...
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  • Revenues up in Smoke
  • A drop in smoking is good for states, right? Healthier residents, lower strain on health care systems, etc. But there's at least one way it ...
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  • Heads Up: 2.15.07
  • Looming elections in Chicago = speedy snow plows. Tribune Pittsburgh mayor launches major downtown housing push. Business Times Here's where all the automakers' plant closings are ...
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  • Capitol Corral
  • If you think the office you work in is bad, check out this except from Dig, Boston's alternative weekly newspaper: From the time they take ...
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