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Loose Lips Sink Public Employees
Posted By: Zach Patton | June 8, 2007
So I'm at the dentist's office this morning, waiting for my name to be called. And I'm kind of mindlessly flipping through the latest ...
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Heads Up: 6.8.07
Posted By: Zach Patton | June 8, 2007
How Paris Hilton's new ankel jewelry works. LA Times Phoenix lobbyist rescues Mexican fisherman. AZ Republic Giuliani would use a version of Compstat if he's ...
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Kids Love Curvilinear Deconstructionist Post-Modernism!
Posted By: Zach Patton | June 8, 2007
Frank Gehry, the architect known for his swooping, organic forms of shiny metal, is going to design his first playground. The one-acre playspace will be ...
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Heads Up: 6.7.07
Posted By: Zach Patton | June 7, 2007
Homeowner insurance crisis puts huge risks on states' shoulders. WSJ Last putt for GA's Golf Hall of Fame. AJC Does blogging improve high schoolers' writing ...
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That Ain't Jesus -- That's My Mayor!
Posted By: Zach Patton | June 7, 2007
Some residents of Rosemont, Il., are claiming that a tree in the middle of town has revealed the Second Coming. No, not that Second Coming. ...
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What's So Great About Government?
Posted By: Zach Patton | June 7, 2007
So I'm working on a story for an upcoming issue of Governing. I'm looking at what Gen X and Gen Y want out of a ...
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"Get a Life"?
Posted By: Zach Patton | June 6, 2007
New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg is getting a lot of attention over comments he made to WCBS-TV this week, in regards to the (barely nascent) ...
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The New Yorker's View of Los Angeles
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | June 6, 2007
My copy of the May 21 New Yorker got delivered to a neighbor's house, so I've only just gotten around to reading Connie Bruck's profile of ...
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Heads Up: 6.6.07
Posted By: Zach Patton | June 6, 2007
In MN, using turkey waste to generate electricity. NYT AK's leg. session: Meeting in Anchorage costs way more than Juneau. ADN CA regs may halt ...
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The Less and Less Friendly Skies
Posted By: Zach Patton | June 6, 2007
Sure, the U.S. as a whole emits more harmful gases that any other country. But when you look at the latest data on a ...
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