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Another Meijer try for OK for Grand Traverse store
ACME TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Officials are planning four public hearings on Meijer Inc.'s new effort at winning approval to open a store in a Traverse City-area community where the retailer funded a recall campaign in a zoning dispute several years...Tags: Michigan
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Burbank campaign treasurer arrested, clients contacted by feds
Several clients of Kinde Durkee, a prominent campaign treasurer who was arrested Friday on a federal fraud charge, have reported that they were contacted by the FBI or U.S. attorney’s office about the criminal investigation. Durkee was arrested...Tags: Crimes, Justice System, FBI, Fraud, Corporate Crime
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Stage Left mostly succeeds with tales from the campaign trail
Smart, fleet-footed and firing enough enthusiastic F-bombs to feel true-to-life, Beau Willimon's 2008 behind-the-scenes look at wheeling and dealing on a presidential campaign is savvy enough to understand what audiences want to see. The maneuvering and...Tags: The New York Times, Movies, Politics, The Ides of March (movie), Entertainment
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Updated: Roanoke County Supervisors pass wind energy ordinance
Roanoke County has new rules on large scale wind farms.
On Tuesday night, the Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 on the ordinance which has attracted a lot of attention from residents the past few months.
Nearly an hour into the discussion, Supervisor Ed...Tags: Wind Power, Tea Party Movement, Renewable Energy
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Presidents owed more heed
Right wing criticism of the "media" is almost standard, but criticism from the other parts' of the political scene is less common. I have a serious criticism of the media. When President Obama speaks to the nation, whether at a press conference or in a...Tags: Politics, Government, Political Candidates, White House, Heads of State
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Best entertainment value: GOP nomination contest
Las Vegas is one of my favorite places, but there's a tinge of sadness on the Strip these days.
It's not a lack of crowds or dearth of attractions. The streets, shows, restaurants and casinos are packed as always. No, what's made the people of Las...Tags: Newt Gingrich, New York, Jon Huntsman, Jr., Mitt Romney, Mitch Daniels
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Former U.S. Sen. Charles Percy dies
Tribune reporterCharles H. Percy, a brilliant businessman who represented Illinois for nearly 20 years in the U.S. Senate, once headed the chamber’s powerful Foreign Relations Committee, and harbored unrealized ambitions to run for the presidency, died early...Tags: U.S. Senate, Mark Kirk, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government, Lyndon B. Johnson
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Maryland law professor was adviser to Nobel laureate
When University of Maryland law professor Larry Gibson was asked to become involved with the Liberian presidential campaign of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, he initially declined. But she ultimately won him over, and his efforts helped her become Africa's...Tags: Politics, Government, Feminism, Human Rights, Activism
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Protesters are right to rail against Wall Street plutocrats
As time goes on it will become increasingly apparent to the youthful demonstrators in the Occupy Baltimore movement that we are governed by a plutocracy. The financial interest bloc successfully controls government through corrupting contributions to... -
Readers' Solutions: Getting Connecticut Back To Work
BET ON WORKERS
We must focus our efforts on the hundreds of small companies based in our state and especially manufacturing firms.
I propose an incentive for hires in the high-tech and manufacturing sectors to build the work force for the future....Tags: Haddam, Unemployment Benefits, Commuting, Government, Environmental Pollution
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Greenwich Mourns Death Of Former Sen. Bennie Benvenuto; Ran Against Ned Lamont And Bill Nickerson In Three-Way 1990 State Senate Race
Greenwich politicians are still mourning the recent death of former state Sen. Emil "Bennie'' Benvenuto, who was ostracized from the Republican Party after supporting independent Lowell P. Weicker for governor in 1990. Benvenuto was a longtime fixture in...Tags: U.S. Senate, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Stamford, Veterans Affairs
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Rep. Walsh denies child support claim, says ex-wife trying to 'exploit' his position
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON — Rejecting his ex-wife’s claim that he owes more than $100,000 in child support, U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh contends that he and she informally modified their support agreement for five years and that she is now trying to “exploit&...Tags: Lilly Eli & Co, Skeleton, Lawyers, Justice System, Cook County Government
Aug 29, 2011
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