• Heads Up: 9.24.07
  • CA Mega Millions players get shortchanged. San Mateo County Times Mayor in WY plays criminal. Casper Star-Tribune NYC experiments with a new kind of bike ...
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  • Heads Up: 9.21.07
  • NYC's subways are getting cell service. NYT 10-yr-old girl to city council: I WANT A PONY! Minneapolis Star-Tribune Survey: Giving to the homeless can really ...
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  • Torched
  • Chicago this week unveiled the new logo for its bid to host the 2016 Olympic games. The city had been required to drop its old logo, ...
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  • A Step in the Right Direction?
  • I know two things: 1) I've never spoken with anyone who, in a casual conversation, follows "way" with "forward." 2) Politicians, marketers and ...
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  • Heads Up: 9.20.07
  • New report: La. didn't get its fair share of fed Katrina $$. Times-Picayune IL abortion clinic held up by local permitting process. AP KY airport workers ...
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  • The Cuba Caucus
  • Nebraska media reported this week that Governor Dave Heineman is planning his fourth trade mission to Cuba, with nothing more than a hint that the ...
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  • Heads Up: 9.19.07
  • Mike Bloomberg creates a "street fair tsar." NY Sun The world's languages are disappearing. NYT Colorado turns poison into profit. Denver Post Blowing ...
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  • Annals of Academic Freedom
  • In Governing's September issue, I wrote about how the University of California is establishing a law school at its Irvine campus, over the objections of of some state policy makers. So far, the institution is off to a rough start.
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  • Heads Up: 9.18.07
  • Protesting frivolous lawsuits, Nebraska senator sues God. USA Today Chi Town's got the cleanest hands in all the land. Sun-Times Louisville tries a welcoming approach ...
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  • City of the Future from the Past
  • posted by Zach Patton The New York Times has a really interesting story about Arcosanti, an experimental Arizona "town" that was begun in 1970 ...
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