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| AlaskaDispatch.com - 06/28/2010 01:40 PM |
| Oh my. You had to figure this might happen when Sarah Palin, one-time best governor of Alaska, started pallin' around with those journalist types there at Fox News. Or any of those journalist types there in the lamestream media, you know. The makin' things up and gettin' things confused is dangerous... |
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| Chicago Sun-Times - 06/28/2010 01:36 PM |
| Chicago's public school elementary class sizes are expected to be restored to normal levels and high school classes will increase to only 33 instead of 35, thanks to a bump of new state money, Chicago Schools CEO Ron Huberman said today.... |
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| John Brown - 06/28/2010 01:38 PM |
| "I won't belong to any organization that would have me as a member." --Groucho Marx I guess these days we all try to make sense of the corporate-provided US "news," given the bombardment of "information" that assaults us every second via the media, new and old, both social or -- I guess that's wha... |
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| Refinery29.com - 06/28/2010 01:29 PM |
| For a bag that really packs a punch, check out these woven, printed cross-body bags handmade by the indigenous Wayuú women and distributed by Wayuú Taya Foundation. The Wayuú—a Latin American group that live in the Guajira region between Venezuela and Colombia—have... |
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| Brad Balfour - 06/28/2010 01:10 PM |
| Of the many events I have attended at the Javits Center, the one that really stirs the juices is the Fancy Food Show. A phantasmagoria of every style of condiment, sauce, chocolate bars and various packaged smoked salmons among the many foods sampled there, the Summer Fancy Food Show provides an i... |
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| Ashley B. Carson - 06/28/2010 12:44 PM |
| The Older Women's League (OWL) rallied this weekend. They organized rallies with members of MoveOn.org outside of "town hall" meetings in 6 cities nationwide, because they were worried. This was all part of a campaign called, "Strengthen Social Security," an effort lead by a group called Social Se... |
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| E. Jean Carroll - 06/28/2010 01:34 PM |
| DEAR E. JEAN: Does my being overweight really cut down on my chances of advancing at work? Today I overheard one of my managers saying about me "she's so fat, I don't think she'll get promoted. Ever." I'm angry! I've been at this firm three years as an assistant and have yet to be promoted! I've t... |
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| Caroline Eisenmann - 06/28/2010 12:24 PM |
| Did you miss the weekend's big book reviews? Catch up with some of the highlights below! "Denial: A Memoir of Terror," Jessica Stern The New York Times "Denial" is a hard book to read, in part because of its subject matter, in part because Ms. Stern's id floats very near the surface. Her ang... |
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| James Clark - 06/28/2010 12:02 PM |
| California's governor has proposed closing the state's $20 billion budget gap with a drastic cuts-only approach; slashing funding for vital human services without working to increase revenue. Yet one state program seems to be immune from these cuts: the death penalty. We think the time has come ... |
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