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Avon Joins Energy Program
The town recently joined the list of Connecticut municipalities that belong to the "20% by 2010" program, which encourages towns to commit to buying at least 20 percent of their electricity from clean, renewable sources by 2010. In addition to the...Tags: Alternative Energy, Energy
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Rush to build schools led to lethal flaws, China says
The New York TimesA Chinese government committee said Thursday that a rush to build schools during the country's recent economic boom might have led to shoddy construction that resulted in the deaths of thousands of students during a devastating earthquake in May. The...Tags: Industrial Accidents, Earthquakes, Disasters
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McCain's maverick side is overstated; he's no longer an independent
All week, Republicans have hailed Sen. John McCain as a maverick and a reformer, an independent thinker who'll shake up Washington with the aid of presumptive vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin. It's a sharp contrast with the way Democrats last week...Tags: George Bush, John McCain, Government, Elections, Global Warming
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China: 'Construction problems' in schools
New York Times News ServiceBEIJING — A Chinese government committee said Thursday that a rush to build schools during the country's recent economic boom might have led to shoddy construction resulting in the deaths of thousands of students during a devastating earthquake in...Tags: Earthquakes, Industrial Accidents, Family, Disasters, Riots
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Hanna may force ships to sea
247-4744As Tropical Storm Hanna bears down on Hampton Roads this weekend, the region's maritime community is awaiting word from the Coast Guard on whether local waterways will be open for business. Maritime businesses are preparing for the possibility that...Tags: Armed Forces, Government, Paul Taylor, National Government, Tropical Storms
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Florida Legislature to re-examine property tax relief again
Tallahassee BureauFlorida's property tax wars now return to the state Legislature, a place where gridlock and battling interest groups make it difficult to achieve the deep relief that politicians promise. In the wake of a state Supreme Court ruling removing a major tax...Tags: Property, Property Tax, Elections, Voting, Public Finance
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Editorials from Wisconsin newspapers
DO NOT LIMIT POLITICAL SPEECHFor advocates of free speech -- and that ought to include all Americans -- the day politicians decided it was a good idea to regulate paid messages around elections should be draped in black on the calendar. The argument is always that these ads can...Tags: Government, National Government, Elections, Technology, Harry S Truman
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New technology can reduce price of home heating
tom.incantalupo@newsday.comIn a suite of offices and a shop in an industrial park in Medford, Bola Kamath, a PhD in chemistry and combustion, is developing an oil burner he said can cut fuel use by 15 percent to 20 percent and use a third of the electricity of most of the burners...Tags: Long Island, Alternative Energy, Water, Technology
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Court frees 2 who testified against supervisor
Federal court records show that two illegal immigrants arrested during a massive Immigration raid at a kosher meatpacking in Postville were freed from jail after testifying against a plant manager. Josue Muj-Ixen and Antonio Vasquez-Arrendondo were both...Tags: Prosecution, Demographics, Extradition, Government, Migration
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Is Palin different than Harriet Miers?
The Swampby James Oliphant She was a woman named to one of the highest positions in the land. The choice was a shock. Immediately, calls went out that she was unqualified, and that the pick had trivialized the institution. That woman,......Tags: George Bush, Government, Heads of State, Elections, National Government
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Amendment smackdown
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsWow. The Florida Supreme Court delivered the judicial equivalent of a beatdown to the once-every-20-year Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission, tossing three proposed amendments from the November ballot. Amendments 5, 7 and 9 -- all gone. They...Tags: Property, Property Tax, Elections, Jeb Bush, Voting
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Arundel schools release $216 million budget plan
Anne Arundel County schools Superintendent Kevin M. Maxwell unveiled a $216 million capital budget yesterday - with nearly a third made up of school construction spending to fix the county's deteriorating public schools. Maxwell's plan for fiscal 2010...Tags: Financing and Stock Offerings, John R Leopold, Budgets and Budgeting, Public Finance, State Budgets
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