• Heads Up: 10.26.06
  • Alcohol in your bag? No taxi for you! Washington Post In Dodge City, KS, street gangs are replacing Old West gunfights. Topeka Capital-Journal First sprawl ...
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  • Heads Up: 10.25.06
  • Hospitals, stuck with "frequent flyers," give free basic care a whirl. NYT How Europe won the war against hospital infections. Slate Someone on ...
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  • Heads Up: 10.24.06
  • A nationwide bee shortage, and the Beehive State is on the front lines. Salt Lake Tribune Atlanta's getting a civil rights museum. Thanks, Coca-Cola! Atlanta ...
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  • Outcarceration
  • As you've probably read, California just announced that, for the first time, the state will send inmates to be housed in private prisons in other ...
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  • Heads Up: 10.23.06
  • In Chicago, recess may be making a comeback. Tribune Black mayors becoming more common in Mississippi. Memphis Commercial Appeal Urban renewal's final implosion. Washington Post ...
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  • Español --> Spanglish --> English
  • Have you heard?  The English language is under attack!  Immigrants are moving here and bringing their own languages. States are printing voting instructions ...
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  • Heads Up: 10.20.06
  • IL city wants to force residents to put a sticker with a cross on it on their cars. Chicago Tribune NJ bill would ban aluminum ...
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  • How Big a Tide?
  • posted by Alan Greenblatt As everyone knows, things are also looking grim for Republican control of the U.S. House. Even conservative commentators, such as ...
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