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  • Psst... Wanna Buy a Book?
  • Posted By: Alan Greenblatt |   March 26, 2008
  • To the dismay of Hoosier booksellers, Gov. Mitch Daniels has signed into law a bill to fine businesses that sell sexually explicit material. Their concern ...
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  • Hiring From Outside
  • Posted By: Alan Greenblatt |   March 26, 2008
  • This story in the Washington Post is about federal employment, but I'd be surprised if the same dynamics didn't apply in the states, which will ...
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  • Seattle May Flush its Public Toilets
  • Posted By: Zach Patton |   March 26, 2008
  • Seattle's $6.6 million experiment with automated, self-cleaning public toilets may be coming to an end: Citing drug use and prostitution in the silver pods, Seattle Public ...
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  • Heads Up: 3.25.08
  • Posted By: Zach Patton |   March 25, 2008
  • Florida state employees rank last in pay. AP Fed court throws out NY's Airline Passenger Bill of Rights. NYT Got a Heads Up for us? ...
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  • Florida Conflicts of Interest
  • Posted By: Alan Greenblatt |   March 25, 2008
  • Sara Gonzalez, recently appointed by Florida Gov. Charlie Crist to a lucrative state post, withdrew in the face of adverse publicity, the Miami Herald reports. ...
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  • Is It Food or Punishment?
  • Posted By: Zach Patton |   March 25, 2008
  • If you're a prisoner in the Vermont corrections system and you  misbehave, you're likely to find something unappetizing at the next mealtime -- "...
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  • Heads Up: 3.20.08
  • Posted By: Zach Patton |   March 20, 2008
  • The hotel that made "Kristin" famous. NYT Two state senators make the case for national prison reform. WaPo College gossip site targeted by ...
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  • Tent Cities in L.A.
  • Posted By: Zach Patton |   March 20, 2008
  • The BBC has filed this grim report on the tent cities that have sprung up outside Los Angeles, as more and more people have lost ...
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