• TMI or Not Enough?
  • Our parent company, the St. Petersburg Times, commissioned a survey of residents in Largo, Florida, and the surrounding county to find out what people thought ...
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  • Everyone has a cell phone.
  • Well, not quite everyone. A recent report from the Federal Communications Commission shows that as of July 2006 there were 215.1 million cell phone subscribers in the 50 ...
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  • Revolving Door
  • There's no end to revolving door stories. This Houston Chronicle piece offers a good look at how prevalent the practice has become in Texas -- 70 ...
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  • Heads Up: 3.5.07
  • CA highway patrol's suicide rate is 7.5 times the U.S. average. Sac Bee Using MySpace to fight gang violence. San Diego Union-Tribune Will NH bingo ...
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  • Winning Water
  • This weekend, I went up to our cabin just outside Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, in part to make sure the water pipes hadn't burst during ...
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  • Heads Up: 3.2.07
  • Sex scandal cover-up in Missouri? KC Star Great idea! Postal service fixes long waits by removing clocks. AP Toll transponder inaccuracy is widespread. theNewspaper States ...
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  • Pre-Cambrian Legislator
  • Fred Risser, president of the Wisconsin Senate, has served for 50 years -- longer than any other state legislator in the country. You can learn about ...
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  • Annals of Bigotry
  • A columnist with AsianWeek in San Francisco was fired after publishing a column entitled "Why I Hate Blacks." Naturally, the paper has taken ...
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  • Heads Up: 3.1.07
  • National Law Enforcement Museum to be built in DC. DCist TN bill would require drug tests for welfare recipients. AP Drunk-driving that kills: Is it &...
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