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Good Night, Tommy
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | May 14, 2007
Tommy Thompson was one of the great governors of recent years and no doubt possessed the ability to have done great things as a Cabinet ...
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Heads Up: 5.14.07
Posted By: Zach Patton | May 14, 2007
Worst. Idea. Ever. Teachers stage fake gun attack on class. CNN When you're on the train...and you gotta go. Chicago Tribune CT squares off ...
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Library Novelties
Posted By: Anne Jordan | May 14, 2007
This is part of a series of reflections on a conference I attended May 4 & 5 in Cleveland: "The Changing Face of Cities," organized ...
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Heads Up: 5.11.07
Posted By: Zach Patton | May 11, 2007
A "Terminator" without the Governator?? Variety NASA tech inventors help roads and air travel, too. Houston Chronicle States crack down on dangerous highway ...
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Man, They Shore Do Things Weird out in Kalyfornya!
Posted By: Zach Patton | May 11, 2007
It is sooo tempting to make fun of a story that starts of this way: The Los Angeles Housing Department has paid thousands of dollars ...
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Oklahoma's Immigration Transformation
Posted By: Josh Goodman | May 11, 2007
Temperatures have been in the upper 70s in Oklahoma City this week, perfect weather for flip-flops. That might explain why Governor Brad Henry signed a ...
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Heads Up: 5.10.07
Posted By: Zach Patton | May 10, 2007
UT DOT planting oil-producing crops along highways. Deseret News MA hasn't collected a cent from businesses for expanded healthcare. Globe "Like, wow." Vegas ...
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Immigrant Gateways
Posted By: Anne Jordan | May 10, 2007
This is part of a series of reflections on a conference I attended last weekend in Cleveland: "The Changing Face of Cities," organized ...
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It's My Party and I'll Nominate Who I Want to
Posted By: Josh Goodman | May 9, 2007
State Treasurer Jonathan Miller's decision to end his campaign for the Democratic nomination for governor of Kentucky simplified (slightly) a maddeningly complicated election. Democrats still ...
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Heads Up: 5.9.07
Posted By: Zach Patton | May 9, 2007
SLC's Rocky fights a downtown sky bridge, loses. SL Trib Video of Berkeley's bike-parking station. Streetsblog Making it tougher for sex offenders to change their ...
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