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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Saturday, August 31, 2013 |
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Saturday, August 31, 2013 |
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UH Manoa has New Trick to Justify Lack of Global Warming: Reverse Cause and Effect
By Selected News Articles @ 4:42 AM :: 5844 Views :: Energy, Environment
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"Despite the continued increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, the annual-mean global temperature has not risen in the twenty-first century challenging the prevailing view that anthropogenic forcing causes climate warming."
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Friday, August 30, 2013 |
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Do Lower Contribution Limits Decrease Public Corruption?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:01 AM :: 4533 Views :: Ethics
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limits vary widely, remaining unlimited in twelve states while being set as low as $160 per election to candidates for State House and State Senate in Montana....
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Friday, August 30, 2013 |
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As FBI Nabs Alleged Tulsi Gabbard Stalker, Chris Butler Cult Returns to Media Spotlight
By Selected News Articles @ 1:32 AM :: 13853 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Law Enforcement, Politicians, Religion
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Sherbow claimed he initially approached Gabbard because he was born into the same obscure Western-Hindu tradition as Tulsi....
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Thursday, August 29, 2013 |
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Hawaii GE Tax "Broadest in the US"
By Selected News Articles @ 12:50 PM :: 5453 Views :: Taxes
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Hawaii has the broadest sales tax in the United States, taxing many products multiple times and, by one estimate, ultimately taxing 99.21% of the state's personal income. This base is far wider than the national median, where the sales tax base applies to 34.46%....
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013 |
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Special Ed Victory: Court Finds Act 163 Violates Federal Law
By Selected News Articles @ 9:54 PM :: 4748 Views :: Education K-12
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The federal appeals court in Honolulu found that Act 163, which the Hawaii Legislature passed in 2010, contradicts the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)....
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013 |
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Deedy jury foreman: Deadlocked 8-4 for Acquittal
By Selected News Articles @ 12:17 PM :: 12277 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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He said it would not have necessarily been easier to convict Deedy of the lesser manslaughter charge....
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013 |
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The True Story About Who Destroyed a Genetically Modified Rice Crop
By Selected News Articles @ 1:28 PM :: 5703 Views :: GMOs
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I could see that this was the first time they had stepped in mud or been to a farm. They were city boys, city girls. Two of them were even sporting dyed hair....
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013 |
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Esther Kiaaina Front Runner for High-Level Interior Department Position
By Selected News Articles @ 12:02 AM :: 10274 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, National News, OHA
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Esther Kiaaina may be the next Assistant Secretary of Interior for Insular Affairs....
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Sunday, August 25, 2013 |
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Would you play ethics limbo with Senator Ruderman?
By Selected News Articles @ 6:25 PM :: 6630 Views :: Ethics, GMOs
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...why is Senator Russell Ruderman submitting personal business testimony and signing it as a Senator?....
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Sunday, August 25, 2013 |
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29.4 million in Tax Revenue by Seed Companies in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 6:16 PM :: 6428 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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During the hearing on Bill 2491 on Kauai a council member “Gary Hoosier” said the seed companies paid zero Hawaii taxes....We dug, it took a whole 60 seconds to figure out his statement was a myth ....
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Thursday, August 22, 2013 |
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House Leadership: Only Congress can Create Akaka Tribe
By Selected News Articles @ 9:33 PM :: 6632 Views :: Akaka Bill
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"Congress is deemed by the Supreme Court to have exclusive and plenary power to deal with Indian affairs"
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Monday, August 12, 2013 |
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KOS: Open Primary Forces Democrats to Discipline Lawmakers
By Selected News Articles @ 2:31 PM :: 6549 Views :: Democratic Party, Office of Elections
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Because of Hawaii’s bizarre primary system, in which non-party members are allowed to vote, the possibility of party grass roots disciplining people like Gabbard, through primarying him, is very remote....
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Thursday, August 8, 2013 |
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Hawaii senator Brian Schatz involved in simulated sheep rape rituals
By Selected News Articles @ 8:55 PM :: 10440 Views :: Politicians
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“The Humane Society is currently examining the sheep to see if it has been sexually molested.”
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Wednesday, August 7, 2013 |
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Obama library bid gets lobbyist donors
By Selected News Articles @ 3:56 AM :: 9146 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education, Obama
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Hawaii's bid for it got a $5,000 donation from the global law and lobbying firm Skadden Arps....
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Monday, August 5, 2013 |
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Hawaii Highest Closing Costs in Nation
By Selected News Articles @ 5:36 PM :: 6140 Views :: Small Business, Cost of Living
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Your final charges probably will be higher than shown here because the most highly variable costs are not included: title insurance, title search, taxes, other government fees and escrow fees....
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Monday, August 5, 2013 |
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Hawaii DINOs Meet Idaho RINOs
By Selected News Articles @ 12:27 PM :: 6746 Views :: Democratic Party, Office of Elections
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Just as the GOP activists in Idaho want bad-intentioned Democrats and free-thinking independents out of “their” nominating process, so do Democratic Party leaders in Hawaii....
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Thursday, August 1, 2013 |
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Rail: Will Honolulu be the Next Detroit?
By Selected News Articles @ 9:32 PM :: 6019 Views :: Rail
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered an expedited hearing for the federal rail lawsuit on August 15th....
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013 |
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Honolulu Ranks 62nd in Per-Capita Public Employees
By Selected News Articles @ 2:32 PM :: 5807 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics
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The Examiner used the Census Bureau's 2011 Annual Survey of Public Employment and Payroll to rank every U.S. city with a population of 200,000 or more....
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Sunday, July 28, 2013 |
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Analysis of Hawaii County Bill 79
By Selected News Articles @ 4:01 PM :: 4587 Views :: GMOs
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it may in fact require everyone who wears or eats or sells a GMO food or other product to register with the county and pay a fee....
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Saturday, July 27, 2013 |
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Growing Up With Two Moms: The Untold Children’s View
By Selected News Articles @ 1:36 PM :: 5485 Views :: Family
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The children of same-sex couples have a tough road ahead of them—I know, because I have been there....
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Saturday, July 27, 2013 |
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Lessons from France on Defending Marriage
By Selected News Articles @ 1:09 PM :: 4899 Views :: Family
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Unlikely characters, including gay men, are leading the French people in protest against redefining marriage....
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Saturday, July 27, 2013 |
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Why I’m Going to Hawaii to Defend the Maize Winter Nurseries
By Selected News Articles @ 1:48 AM :: 6633 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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Hawaii currently plays an important role in the global food supply – one far more important than that of its historical sugarcane and pineapple industries....
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Friday, July 26, 2013 |
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‘Sue and Settle’: Secret backroom deals by bureaucrats and enviros hurt economy
By Selected News Articles @ 4:47 PM :: 5850 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Sue and Settle process has left Hawaii burdened with an EPA mandated ‘Regional Haze’ plan which forces human emitters to make up for emissions from Kilauea Volcano....
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Thursday, July 25, 2013 |
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Jonesing for Relief from Port Protectionism
By Selected News Articles @ 4:01 AM :: 5660 Views :: Jones Act
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Jacksonville, Florida, brings in coal from Colombia rather than West Virginia.....
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Thursday, July 25, 2013 |
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CNBC: Slash Fuel Prices, Repeal Jones Act
By Selected News Articles @ 3:00 AM :: 5365 Views :: Jones Act
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The airline industry, whose largest expense is fuel, is also behind the structural change in the legislation that would allow foreign-made vessels to transport on U.S. waters....
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013 |
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How Much of Food Activism Is Nonsense?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:36 PM :: 6671 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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There are plenty of people out there telling us what we should eat—and worse, trying to use public policy to make us live by their opinions....
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013 |
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Organic food – What is an ‘organic’ label really worth?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:12 PM :: 6786 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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fraud has flown under the radar. And as sales have boomed and the stakes have risen, the scale of deception has broadened....
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013 |
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Malpractice: Trial Attorneys Take on Negligent Abortionists
By Selected News Articles @ 10:29 PM :: 7126 Views :: Family, Health Care, Judiciary
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“Botched Abortion” project designed to hold abortionists accountable for medical malpractice....
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013 |
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What do the Supreme Court marriage decisions mean for churches?
By Selected News Articles @ 10:21 PM :: 5538 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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Here are some short key points regarding the impact of the decisions....
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013 |
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KOS: Hanabusa ‘Sockpuppet’ Hits Schatz for ‘Homophobic Hubris’
By Selected News Articles @ 3:57 PM :: 7491 Views :: Democratic Party, Family, Politicians
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Apparently the two candidates are fighting over who deserves more love from gays....
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013 |
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SAFE Retirement Bill aims to save state and local pensions
By Selected News Articles @ 12:06 AM :: 6380 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Health Care
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...an alternative to rising costs and reduced benefits....
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Saturday, July 20, 2013 |
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Asian Pacific Voters Republican Initiative
By Selected News Articles @ 12:15 AM :: 5631 Views :: Republican Party
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the RNC is putting its time and money into California AP communities....
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013 |
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US News: No Nationally Ranked Specialties in Hawaii Hospitals
By Selected News Articles @ 2:52 PM :: 5925 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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No hospitals in Hawaii are nationally ranked. Three hospitals met standards for strong performance within the state....
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013 |
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Auditor: DoE Rigged Billion Dollar Solar Contract to Favor Chevron
By Selected News Articles @ 11:47 PM :: 10394 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Ethics
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Hawaii fired an auditor for pointing out that a Chevron Energy project bid would cost the state $284 million more than a competitor....
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013 |
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CNBC: Hawaii Highest Cost of Living in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 6:01 PM :: 6177 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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Businesses don't just look at their own costs when deciding where to set up shop. They also look at the costs for their employees....
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013 |
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Canada 10 Years Later: Few Gay Marriages, Lots of Political Correctness
By Selected News Articles @ 4:56 PM :: 5476 Views :: Family
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The effects of same-sex civil marriage in Canada—restrictions on free speech rights, parental rights in education, and autonomy rights of religious institutions....
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Monday, July 15, 2013 |
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Honolulu: 5th Smartest City in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 7:58 PM :: 8175 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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For this list, we looked at six pieces of criteria....
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Sunday, July 14, 2013 |
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Privatizing Marriage Is Unjust to Children
By Selected News Articles @ 8:33 PM :: 6355 Views :: Family
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I was once a libertarian activist....
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Thursday, July 11, 2013 |
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FULL TEXT: Mollway Letter Blasts Rail for Skipping UH Campus
By Selected News Articles @ 10:06 PM :: 8175 Views :: Rail
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Judge Susan Oki Mollway's letter to HART and federal transit officials....
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Wednesday, July 10, 2013 |
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CNBC: Hawaii Is the Worst State for Business in the Country
By Selected News Articles @ 7:28 PM :: 7419 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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identify changeable policies so that Hawaii can move off the bottom of this list....
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Wednesday, July 10, 2013 |
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Senator Probes 'Corrupt' POW/MIA Program
By Selected News Articles @ 7:17 PM :: 5075 Views :: Military
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Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., sent a letter to JPAC’s commander, demanding information about that internal report and the military’s efforts to suppress it....
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Monday, July 8, 2013 |
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FBI Still Hasn't Contacted IRS-Targeted Hawaii Tea Party Groups About Investigation
By Selected News Articles @ 4:56 AM :: 6070 Views :: TEA Party
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"The Director continues to assert that this is a priority for the Bureau, but at this point, there's little evidence to suggest that this probe is on the fast track."
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Saturday, July 6, 2013 |
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FBI, Police Investigate: Homeless Tent City Operators Shake Down City
By Selected News Articles @ 3:09 AM :: 5677 Views :: Homelessness
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To pressure political decision-makers for more resources, SHARE has hosted mandatory camp-outs on council members’ lawns, at the mayor’s home and at the King County Administration Building....
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Friday, July 5, 2013 |
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UH Manoa: False Harassment Claim Can Lead to Eviction
By Selected News Articles @ 11:10 PM :: 7169 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education, Law Enforcement
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...students falsely accused could see their lives upended and possibly destroyed....
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Wednesday, July 3, 2013 |
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Analysis of Kauai County Anti-GMO Bill #2491
By Selected News Articles @ 5:11 PM :: 8370 Views :: GMOs
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testimony outlining the scientific, legal, and economic issues....
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