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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
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Inouye Donors Score $99M in Earmarks with Only $166K in contributions—But He’s not #1 in Pork
By Selected News Articles @ 11:42 PM :: 8458 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...media outlets and opposing politicians in other states have a tendency to start jumping up and down, hollering and pointing fingers when an incumbent’s contributor receives an earmark. Strange, but true....
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
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Government Says Hezbollah Profits From U.S. Cocaine Market Via Link to Mexican Cartel
By Selected News Articles @ 9:24 PM :: 8357 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Federal prosecutors Tuesday charged Ayman Joumaa, an accused Lebanese drug kingpin and Hezbollah financier, of smuggling tons of U.S.-bound cocaine and laundering hundreds of millions of dollars with the Zetas cartel of Mexico....
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
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As rooftop solar surges, states hit brakes
By Selected News Articles @ 4:25 PM :: 10527 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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When it comes to solar power, Hawaiians are in a race. And for a small but growing number, the competition is already over....
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
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$149M: Inouye Makes Hirono #1 Sponsor of Earmarks in US House for 2010
By Selected News Articles @ 1:36 PM :: 8644 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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This proves that Inouye has been grooming Hirono to look like she’s actually doing something by letting her co-sponsor his earmarks for an entire year now.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
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What to Do about Drug Shortages
By NCPA @ 12:42 PM :: 8205 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Attempts to solve drug shortages with more regulations could actually worsen the problem ... the only way to alleviate the drug shortage is to make generic drugs more profitable.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
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Why Would Obama Veto Job Creation?
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:39 PM :: 4274 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Last week, President Obama announced his intention to veto the bill when he warned, "Any effort to try to tie Keystone to the payroll tax cut I will reject."
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Monday, December 12, 2011 |
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Iran Conducting Anti-U.S. Operations in Latin America
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:59 PM :: 4734 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The documentary showed a former Iran senior official accepting a plan to launch from Mexico a cyber war on the United States, one that would cripple U.S. computer systems, including the White House, the FBI, the CIA and several nuclear plants....
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Monday, December 12, 2011 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted December 12, 2011
By Congress.org @ 11:52 PM :: 5883 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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- Senate: Cloture on the Nomination of Richard Cordray to be Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
- Senate: Motion to Proceed; Middle Class Tax Cut Act of 2011
- Senate: Motion to Proceed; Temporary Tax Holiday and Government Reduction Act
- House: Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2011
- House: Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011
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Monday, December 12, 2011 |
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Supreme Court asks for Federal Input on Challenge to Hawaii Admission Act, Hawaiian Homes Commission Act
By Robert Thomas @ 3:13 PM :: 8356 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Today was the day we were to have found out whether the Supreme Court would review Corboy v. Louie....
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Monday, December 12, 2011 |
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Flood of Money Pours into Lingle Campaign
By Selected News Articles @ 3:00 PM :: 7709 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“I’ve been to events that have already raised in excess of six figures for her,” Republican Jewish Coalition President Matt Brooks said. “This is going to be a real priority race for the organization.”
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Monday, December 12, 2011 |
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Poll of Hard-Core Hawaii Democrats gives Hirono 18-pt Lead over Case
By Selected News Articles @ 2:43 PM :: 8402 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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… and yet, oddly, Inouye & the AFL-CIO have been dead set against switching to a closed Democratic Primary ….
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Sunday, December 11, 2011 |
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Saturday, December 10, 2011 |
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Gone with the Wind Subsidies
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:33 AM :: 7991 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The federal renewable energy production tax credit, which allows wind producers to take a 30 percent investment tax credit or receive a 2.2-cents-per-kilowatt-hour production tax credit, has been around since 1992. The tax credit expires at the end of 2012 ....
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Friday, December 9, 2011 |
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Hirono Camp: Case Unworthy of the People of Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:08 PM :: 6960 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“It’s just unfortunate, and unworthy of the people of Hawaii, that Ed Case lets those frustrations with his own candidacy get the better of him,” Nielsen said.
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Friday, December 9, 2011 |
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Osawatomie: Whitewashing History, Obama Style
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:05 PM :: 4231 Views :: National News, Ethics
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If U.S. history is a painting on giant canvas, President Barack Obama's speech this week in Osawatomie, Kansas, is a thick coat of whitewash layered all over it, and the failure of the last three years lies underneath.
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Friday, December 9, 2011 |
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The Root Cause of Market Failure in Higher Education
By NCPA @ 1:58 PM :: 4132 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Any program in which 60 percent of the graduates failed to find work for two consecutive years would face funding reductions ....
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Friday, December 9, 2011 |
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It Begins: Army to Cut 8,700 Civilian Jobs in 37 States
By News Release @ 1:20 PM :: 6723 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Thirty seven states will be affected by these reductions with the majority of personnel cuts occurring in those states with the largest military and Army civilian populations.
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Friday, December 9, 2011 |
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Pay to Play Fines Unpaid: Hirono for Governor Campaign Closes Owing State Elections Fund Over $98,000
By Andrew Walden @ 11:00 AM :: 19129 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Development, Politicians
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The assessments were levied after the Campaign Spending Commission investigators uncovered thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions, contributed to Hirono as a part of Hawaii's extensive "Pay to Play" scandal....
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Thursday, December 8, 2011 |
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Ed Case: “Mazie's been selling her candidacy to DC insiders”
By Selected News Articles @ 2:49 PM :: 6711 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Case fired back. "While Mazie's been selling her candidacy to the DC insiders, I've taken mine straight to Hawaii's voters, who aren't too interested in Washington telling them how to fix Washington."
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Thursday, December 8, 2011 |
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State Sues to Get Back $39M Looted from Graves by John Waihee
By Selected News Articles @ 2:18 PM :: 15231 Views :: Akaka Bill, Ethics, Politicians
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"Waihee was instrumental in planning, facilitating, and effectuating the misappropriation of funds from the trusts...."
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Thursday, December 8, 2011 |
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Full Text: Holder Letter Basis for New Hawaii Same-Sex Marriage Lawsuit
By Selected News Articles @ 1:45 PM :: 5163 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Two women claim Hawaii unconstitutionally denies them the right to marry, in violation of Attorney General Eric Holder's February letter to Congress stating that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act "is unconstitutional as applied to same-sex couples married under state law".
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Thursday, December 8, 2011 |
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Pearl Harbor, WWII, and a Lesson for Today
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:26 AM :: 7456 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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On this day 70 years ago, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a joint session of Congress and requested a declaration of war against Japan following the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor the day before.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 |
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Another E-W Center Conference: Pearl Harbor Day at the NEH
By Selected News Articles @ 1:03 PM :: 9171 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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We have now filed a Freedom of Information Act request ... and will update this story as appropriate.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 |
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Obama cancels Hawaii trip after Romney hit
By Selected News Articles @ 12:44 PM :: 9178 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...President Obama is not vacationing in Hawaii with his wife and children while the extension of the payroll tax holiday remains in limbo....
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 |
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What Is a Progressive?
By John Goodman @ 12:17 PM :: 5025 Views :: National News, Ethics
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To many people, the term “Progressive Era” evokes fond caricatures of Teddy Roosevelt and such reforms as safe food, the elimination of child labor and the eight-hour work day. Yet real progressivism was far more sinister....
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 |
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The Last Incarnation of Barack Obama
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:05 PM :: 4285 Views :: National News, Ethics
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If there was any doubt where President Barack Obama's ideological heart lies, yesterday he let it be known loud and clear in a wide-ranging speech in Osawatomie, Kansas....
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 |
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Defense Budget Cuts Will Devastate America’s Commitment to the Asia–Pacific
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:57 AM :: 8634 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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These cuts have been put forth with little consideration for their long-term impact....
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 |
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A Primer on the Federal Court Challenge to the Honolulu Rail Project
By Selected News Articles @ 2:32 AM :: 9280 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Mr. Yost expressed the plaintiffs’ concern that an "irrevocable commitment" of resources may occur if construction takes place, with significant impacts and no prudent alternatives, before the case is heard on the merits ....
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 |
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 |
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Pearl Harbor Survivor to Direct ‘Mass Band Performance’ on 70th Anniversary
By News Release @ 12:27 AM :: 13724 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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... the Battleship Missouri Memorial will proudly host a mass band performance featuring more than 650 performers from a dozen high school, college and community bands ....
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011 |
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Will Congress REIN In the Administrative State?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:34 PM :: 3588 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Americans opposed to the growth of the administrative state should embark on a multi-pronged offensive against it, taking discrete steps to reduce its power and restore accountability to elected officials, whether many of those elected officials want it or not.
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011 |
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Illegal Aliens, In-State Tuition and the Law
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:29 PM :: 4502 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...state colleges and universities are prohibited from providing in-state tuition rates to illegal aliens "on the basis of residence within the State" unless the same in-state rates are offered to all citizens of the United States....
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011 |
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Confidential Memo: Wind Turbine Model Installed at Kahuku has Structural Problems
By Andrew Walden @ 1:53 AM :: 16252 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...root cause analysis undertaken by Clipper regarding the blade skin crack, an update of the resolution relating to gearbox timing, structural blade remediation, as well as other data regarding Clipper's Liberty turbine....
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Monday, December 5, 2011 |
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Study: Salt Reduction Programs Increase Heart Disease
By NCPA @ 1:47 PM :: 8304 Views :: National News, Ethics
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This is what happens when you let the government tell you how to live every tiny detail of your life.
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Monday, December 5, 2011 |
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States Squirm over Health Exchanges
By NCPA @ 1:35 PM :: 4549 Views :: National News, Ethics
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For state governments, the coming Supreme Court ruling on health reform isn't an abstract argument about the U.S. Constitution. It's a highly practical question about whether, when and how to proceed with one of the health law's most important and complicated pieces: setting up health insurance exchanges....
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Monday, December 5, 2011 |
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UN Agenda 21 Reaches into Your Backyard
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:26 PM :: 7655 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Ready to trade in your car for a bike, or maybe a subway instead? Interested in fewer choices for your home, paying more for housing, and being crammed into a denser neighborhood? You can have all this and more ....
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Sunday, December 4, 2011 |
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Lawsuit targets "Illegal" $117M Federal Loan Guarantee for Kahuku Windfarm
By News Release @ 4:34 PM :: 15058 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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On November 28, 2011, CAlifornians for Renewable Energy (CARE) and Michael Boyd filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to challenge more than two dozen federal loan guarantees illegally issued by the U.S. Department of Energy....
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Saturday, December 3, 2011 |
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Herman Cain Suspends Presidential Campaign
By Selected News Articles @ 3:45 PM :: 3752 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Cain said he would endorse a Republican candidate soon, and announced his own “plan B” for public service, a policy web site called “The Cain Solutions.”
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Friday, December 2, 2011 |
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Thielen: Federal Takeover of Hawaii Shorelines Would Endanger Clean Energy Projects
By News Release @ 11:19 PM :: 9183 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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NOAA's extensive and overly aggressive rulemaking effort will effectively kill ocean-based clean energy initiatives in Hawaii....
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Friday, December 2, 2011 |
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Obama to Vacation in Hawaii Dec 17-Jan 2
By News Release @ 6:31 PM :: 9383 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...no public events are scheduled during the trip.... (But will AG Holder survive to the New Year?)
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Friday, December 2, 2011 |
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Unemployment Drops at More Americans Quit Looking
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:15 PM :: 4438 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...today's jobs report from the Department of Labor. The report suggests the month of November saw 120,000 net new jobs created and the unemployment rate drop to 8.6 percent--driven in part by the 315,000 people who have given up looking for work and were no longer counted as unemployed....
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Thursday, December 1, 2011 |
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Men’s Health Mag ranks Honolulu Happiest Town in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 11:37 PM :: 8862 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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We calculated suicide rates and unemployment rates. Then we tapped SimplyMap for the percentage of households that use antidepressants....
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Thursday, December 1, 2011 |
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Thursday, December 1, 2011 |
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Will the President Protect Religious Rights?
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:15 PM :: 3882 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...the mandate requires religious employers to provide coverage for birth control methods that could result in abortion....
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Thursday, December 1, 2011 |
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Backed by Federal Loan Guarantees, Merrill Lynch Finances $1B in Military Solar Projects
By Selected News Articles @ 12:44 AM :: 8219 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The project, called SolarStrong, aims to install these projects over five years. SolarCity has already begun installations at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii....
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Thursday, December 1, 2011 |
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Quality of Living: Honolulu #29 in World, right behind ... Stuttgart
By News Release @ 12:20 AM :: 10090 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Honolulu (29) and San Francisco (30) are the highest-ranking US cities....
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011 |
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National Journal: Lingle Best Positioned for Victory Next Year
By Selected News Articles @ 2:21 PM :: 7665 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Republicans have landed prominent women candidates too, with former Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle and former New Mexico Rep. Heather Wilson best positioned for victory next year....
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011 |
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Healthcare: Do We Really Spend More and Get Less?
By John Goodman @ 1:17 PM :: 5932 Views :: National News, Ethics
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This judgment is repeated so often and so forcefully that you will almost never see it questioned. And yet it may not be true....
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