Wrong student hauled out of class, arrested | Dallas – Fort Worth News | wfaa.com DALLAS – A Dallas mother said she is furious after her daughter was dragged out of class and hauled away to truancy court. The problem, Rebecca Gomez said, is that it...
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Overdue Library Books: Borrowers Arrested for Failing to Return Overdue Books, DVDs Handcuffed and in the back of a police cruiser, Aaron Henson wracked his brain trying to figure out how a simple speeding violation had led to his arrest. The answer from the Colorado State...
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Sealing in the Palestinians: The Story of the Most Controversial Border Wall in the World | World An excerpt from Rene Backman's book, “A Wall in Palestine,” which lays bare an international human rights controversy. March 13, 2010 | The following is an excerpt from A...
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Kucinich: Insurance industry gets $70 billion dollars a year, forces people to buy private insurance, locks in five consecutive years of double-digit premium increases. March 9, 2010 | Facing razor-thin margins in the House, Democratic leaders are hoping to convert the sole liberal who opposes...
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In defense of Dennis Kucinich - I have to admit: I adore Dennis Kucinich. In the 2008 primaries, my heart belonged to Hillary, but my philosophy was pure Dennis. He was the anti-Barack, the anti-Hillary, way the anti-Edwards… the guy who wouldn’t...
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Too Many Vets Still Leave Service Unaware of Benefits Despite billions of additional dollars pumped into veterans' benefits in recent years, many military personnel still leave service unaware of their VA benefits or of programs set up to help them transition to civilian life, a...
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Verizon Bills Dead Man Bill Young, Says 'Death Certificate' Not Enough To Cancel Service Don't die without sharing your PIN numbers. That seems to be the lesson learned from Verizon's recent botched handling of a deceased man's account. Bill Young of Calvin, W.Va died in June 2009,...
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Coffee Party? Tea Party? Join the Brewvement! Tea Partiers, make room. The Coffee Party is about to steal some of your media thunder. Around for only a few weeks, it officially launches March 13th, having already attracted 109,000 Facebook fans, slightly more than the Tea...
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Why the Left Should Ignore the Right As Barack Obama continues to reach out to the Republican party only to be rejected time after time, it may be a good moment to reconsider the whole notion of bipartisanship. If Obama and other Democrats simply stuck...
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Mississippi School Cancels Prom Rather than Allow Same-Sex Couple to Attend « HRC Back Story March 11, 2010 12:00PM Michael Cole This post is from HRC Youth and Campus Outreach Associate Director Candace Gingrich-Jones: A high school in Mississippi has decided that they will cancel the prom entirely...
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Lead in IBM's water: Investigation cuts to chase | poughkeepsiejournal.com WICCOPEE — While the cause of lead contamination in drinking water at four IBM Corp. buildings is still not certain, officials are narrowing the possibilities through a continuing investigation. So far, it appears that the lead...
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Dover Knolls Complete Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) received on March 8, 2010 This document is the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the proposed Knolls of Dover project. It has been posted pursuant to Dover Town Law 61-4 and the State Environmental Quality Review...
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