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Heads Up: 11.30.07
Posted By: Zach Patton | November 30, 2007
Which high schools send the most grads to elite colleges? WSJ Art panel: Plans for statue of former Balto Mayor William Donald Schaeffer too boring ...
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Racism: Not Just For White People Anymore!
Posted By: Zach Patton | November 30, 2007
The city of Denver has shelved an employee diversity training video because of complaints that the video itself is racist -- against white people. The ...
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Extreme Makeover: MA Speaker's Office Edition
Posted By: Zach Patton | November 29, 2007
If you're a public official, how do you renovate your office when you've made hay of someone else doing the same thing? If you're Massachusetts ...
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Heads Up: 11.29.30
Posted By: Zach Patton | November 29, 2007
IL gov sneaks out of special session for a hockey game. Sun-Times MA's "anti-spanking" bill stirs debate but has little chance of passing. ...
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VOTESTRONG?
Posted By: Josh Goodman | November 29, 2007
Arnold Schwarzenegger's story goes like this: -He was a celebrity actor and bodybuilder with no political experience. -He championed a popular ballot measure in California ...
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Heads Up: 11.28.07
Posted By: Zach Patton | November 28, 2007
Wash State risks losing out on Vancouver Olympics $$$. Seattle Times Sucks to be AL State. Rep. Alvin Holmes. Montgomery Advertiser NAACP objects to Chinese artist (...
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Drivers Ignoring Cell-Phone Bans?
Posted By: Zach Patton | November 28, 2007
New stats in Washington, D.C., suggest that drivers are largely ignoring the District's three-year-old ban on using hand-held phones while driving: "Obviously the ...
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Heads Up: 11.27.07
Posted By: Zach Patton | November 27, 2007
Philly Mayor Street presides over same-sex commitment ceremony. NBC10 "FORNO 1" sounds kinda pervy to me. Houston Chronicle Ray Nagin is "disgusted" ...
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How Green Was My Alley?
Posted By: Zach Patton | November 27, 2007
Chicago's out to redefine the way you think about alleys. The city is embarking on a hugely ambitious effort to make its alleyways -- which ...
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Hey, They're Privatizing Everything Else!
Posted By: Zach Patton | November 26, 2007
Should states get out of the marriage business? Stephanie Coontz thinks so. She's a history professor and the author of "Marriage, a History: How ...
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