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Texas Medicaid Debate Complicated By Politics And Poverty	21.5.2013	NPR News
In Texas, it may be politically unwise to cross the governor, but some politicians and advocates in the poor Rio Grande Valley are starting to speak out in support of expanding Medicaid. Governor Perry opposes all parts of Obamacare.
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Mercury campus construction (Cached)	21.5.2013	Durango Herald

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New reservoir to give farmers a breather	21.5.2013	Durango Herald
REDMESA x2013 In this arid corner of La Plata County, the trite observation that every drop of water counts is more than a clichxe9. Itx2019s gospel.Itx2019s logical then that the dam under construction a mile or two south of here to hold back water against hard times is a popular project.The water collected in Long...
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Get a kick out of Bucket List: Cataract Canyon (hold on tight)	21.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Brett Prettyman \| The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 20, 2013 03:39PM MDT Canyonlands National Park • The Colorado River in southeastern Utah is a tricky creature. It cradles and coddles rafters for lazy, languishing days before throwing them into a cascading crush of chaos and conceivable catastrophe in Cataract Canyon. It was something explorer John Wesley Powell experienced in a dreadful way 144 years ago and an adventure that people today travel from across the world to experience, albeit in much less-dramatic fashion. Selecting places to visit for The Utah Buck... ...
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Immigration Officers' Union Will Oppose Senate Bill	20.5.2013	NPR News
The opposition from the National CIS Council is a boost to the National ICE Council, which until now had been the lone voice of opposition among enforcement unions.
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Cartel towns pose challenge for immigration reform	20.5.2013	Seattle Times: Top stories
Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, stands a dormitory-style shelter filled with people recently deported from the U.S. and other migrants waiting to cross the border.
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Cartel towns pose challenge for immigration reform	20.5.2013	AP National
MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) -- Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, stands a dormitory-style shelter filled with people recently deported from the U.S. and other migrants waiting to cross the border....
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Cartel towns pose challenge for immigration reform	20.5.2013	Seattle Times: Nation & World
Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, stands a dormitory-style shelter filled with people recently deported from the U.S. and other migrants waiting to cross the border.
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Cartel towns pose challenge for immigration reform	20.5.2013	World
MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, stands a dormitory-style shelter filled with people recently deported from the U.S. and other migrants waiting to cross the border.
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Cartel-controlled border towns present big challenge in Congress' quest for immigration reform	20.5.2013	Star Tribune: World

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Get a kick out of Bucket List No. 1: Cataract Canyon (hold on tight)	19.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Brett Prettyman \| The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 19, 2013 12:54AM MDT Canyonlands National Park • The Colorado River in southeastern Utah is a tricky creature. It cradles and coddles rafters for lazy, languishing days before throwing them into a cascading crush of chaos and conceivable catastrophe in Cataract Canyon. It was something explorer John Wesley Powell experienced in a dreadful way 144 years ago and an adventure that people today travel from across the world to experience, albeit in much less-dramatic fashion. Selecting places to visit for The Utah Buck... ...
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Five California Water Districts Lead the Way in Reducing Demands on Imperiled Ecosystems	16.5.2013	Switchboard, from NRDC
Kelly Coplin, Water Program Assistant, San Francisco: This April NRDC released an issue paper highlighting five Southern California urban water agencies’ plans to reduce their reliance on water from the Bay-Delta ecosystem and the Colorado River. If fully implemented, by 2035 these agencies could save 40 billion...
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Animas River Trail gathering set for encore (Cached)	16.5.2013	Durango Herald
Beneath Durangox2019s beautiful surroundings, picturesque railway and humming downtown, ours is a community churning with turmoil and division, riven by plastic bags, green power, marijuana and guns x2013 a place of warring identities city versus county, transplants versus old-timers.Yet come autumn and the likely reprise of...
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1A boys’ golf: Layton Christian defends its title	16.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Kevin Winters Morriss The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 15, 2013 07:40PM MDT Alfred Murillo used last year’s experience as a teaching point entering Wednesday’s final round of the Class 1A boys’ golf state tournament. Murillo’s Layton Christian team enjoyed a 23-shot lead entering the second round, but he didn’t want that going to his players’ heads. “There are some great teams we’re competing against, and any of them could easily come up on us,” he told his team. He didn’t have to draw back too far for an example. Layton Christian trailed by nine strokes after the first... ...
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1A boys’ golf: Layton Christian opens huge lead	15.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
the Salt Lake Tribune Published May 14, 2013 07:18PM MDT The Layton Christian boys’ golf team opened a sizeable cushion after the opening round of the Class 1A state tournament Tuesday. The Eagles boasted a 23-stroke lead over St. Joseph entering Wednesday’s final round at Rose Park Golf Course. Layton Christian placed four golfers in the top 10 to shoot 309 and open the big lead. Jaece Stokes led the way with a 73, while teammate Austin Geddings was third with a 75 and Nick Norton tied for fifth with a 78. Jitpanu Issaravanich was tied for ninth with... ...
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Downed power line at Green River Community College traps woman in vehicle	14.5.2013	Seattle Times: Local
A thunderstorm rolling through the Puget Sound area this afternoon downed trees and power lines, including some that trapped a woman in her vehicle at Green River Community College in Auburn. Classes there have been canceled for the remainder of the day. A tree that landed on five vehicles in the co
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Teenage Diaries Revisited: Mother And Son Listen To The Past	10.5.2013	NPR: All Things Considered
In 1996, after 12 years living in the foster care system, Melissa Rodriguez recorded a diary about getting pregnant and becoming a mother. Now, her son Issaiah is a teenager, and she shares her teenage diary with him and reveals things about her past that she's never mentioned.
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Transit stars in 3 kinetic time-lapse minutes from Zurich	10.5.2013	Switchboard, from NRDC
Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC: I don’t think filmmaker Alessandro Della Bella intended to make a video about transit in Zurich, but trains, trams, streetcars and the people who ride them are the clear stars in this hyper-fun time-lapse video. Frenetic Zurich is one...
Teenage Diaries Revisited: Growing Up With Tourette's	9.5.2013	NPR: All Things Considered
In 1996, Josh Cutler, who has Tourette's syndrome, documented his efforts to live a normal life. Josh overcame Tourette's enough to become a schoolteacher. But it hasn't been easy. His new diary examines his life with a brain that often betrays him.
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Teenage Diaries Revisited: Growing Up With Tourette's	9.5.2013	NPR News
In 1996, Josh Cutler, who has Tourette's syndrome, documented his efforts to live a normal life. Josh overcame Tourette's enough to become a schoolteacher. But it hasn't been easy. His new diary examines his life with a brain that often betrays him.
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