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What Went Wrong? Gallup Shares New Details
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19.5.2013 |
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com |
| BOSTON -- Gallup, the company that has faced intense criticism after its polling consistently understated President Barack Obama's support during the 2012 campaign, shared details... |
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You're not a slacktivist, are you? GiveBig and a social media debate
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19.5.2013 |
Seattle Times: Local |
| Some people will do anything for your support. Even sit in a pool of condoms. “Did you know that condoms are great at preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections?” said Jenn Dean, development officer at Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest. “But they make lousy wa |
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'Monsanto Protection Act' might be repealed in Senate
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19.5.2013 |
Organic Consumers Association News Headlines |
| The so-called Monsanto Protection Act signed into law earlier this year caused such an outrage that people around the world are planning to protest the biotech company later this month. Now a United States senator is expected to try and repeal that law. Click here to read this article |
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Art Review | Westchester: ‘Artists in the Archives,’ at Greenburgh Public Library in Elmsford
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18.5.2013 |
NY Times: NY Region |
| Art Review | Westchester: ‘Artists in the Archives,’ at Greenburgh Public Library in Elmsford |
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The Public Editor: Photo Manipulation on the Fashion Pages
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18.5.2013 |
NY Times: Editorials |
| The Public Editor: Photo Manipulation on the Fashion Pages |
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Climate Change is Happening...So What?
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18.5.2013 |
Organic Consumers Association News Headlines |
| "This is about something much deeper. It's about identity, about values, it's about emotions." Click here to read this article |
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Top 10 most-viewed stories for the week of May 9 to 15
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18.5.2013 |
Steamboat Pilot |
| Check out the most-viewed stories on our desktop site from the past week, and see what you missed. |
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Amesbury woman adjusting to life after amputation
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18.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: Latest |
| Amesbury woman adjusting to life after amputation |
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World Briefs
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18.5.2013 |
Durango Herald |
| Woman describes Berlusconix2019s partiesMILAN x2013 Silvio Berlusconix2019s private disco featured not only aspiring showgirls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but one woman dressed up as President Barack Obama and a prominent Milan prosecutor whom the billionaire media mogul has accused of persecuting him,... |
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600M Powerball prize inspires the office pool
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18.5.2013 |
Durango Herald |
| In workplaces across the nation, Americans are inviting their colleagues to chip in 2 for a Powerball ticket and a shared daydream.The office lottery pool is a way to improve your odds and have a little fun with co-workers. And besides, who wants to be the only person at work the next day when everyone quits?With 600 million... |
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The Blotter
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18.5.2013 |
Durango Herald |
| Durango PoliceThursday1137 a.m. A green Chevy Astro van had slashed tires in a parking lot in the 600 block of East Seventh Avenue.254 p.m. Someone on a bicycle was wearing a gray ski mask and ski goggles in the Durango High School parking lot, 2390 Main Ave.642 p.m. Three men with a black dog were... |
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Marine recruiters hop aboard train, ride Tall Timber ziplines
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18.5.2013 |
Durango Herald |
| Thirty-four U.S. Marine Corps recruiters from New Mexico and Texas, and one from Durango, spent Friday, the second day of a three-day visit to Southwest Colorado, at Tall Timber Resort near Silverton riding ziplines.They had training sessions part of the time.The contingent was billeted in tents on the Sleeping Beauty Ranch of... |
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Journalists group recognizes Heraldx2019s work
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18.5.2013 |
Durango Herald |
| The Society of Professional Journalistsx2019 Region 9 honored the staff of The Durango Herald with 11 awards Friday night at a ceremony in Denver.Region 9 of the professional journalists organization includes members of media organizations in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming. The x201cTop of the Rockiesx201d contest is put... |
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Iron Horse director to step down after race
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18.5.2013 |
Durango Herald |
| After leading the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic through seven years of steady growth, event Director Gaige Sippy will step down after next weekendx2019s 42nd annual event. Sippy began the demanding job in 2007. During his tenure, the number of riders participating over the course of the Memorial Day Weekend event jumped from 2,800 to... |
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In Nucla, guns required
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18.5.2013 |
Durango Herald |
| NUCLA x2013 The tiny Southwest Colorado town of Nucla is one of the first in the state to pass an ordinance making gun ownership mandatory x2013 with certain exceptions.The Nucla Town Board last week passed the ordinance requiring residents to own firearms, but it has exceptions for heads of households who donx2019t want to... |
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Teaching tech?
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18.5.2013 |
Durango Herald |
| In Needham Elementary School on Thursday morning, a class of fifth-graders was preparing presentations about social ills as part of the International Baccalaureate program x2013 immersed in computer screens.One set of girls was investigating animal abuse.Progress stalled when, in Microsoft Word, a girlx2019s cursor became... |
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Sheriffs bond to shoot down state gun laws
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18.5.2013 |
Durango Herald |
| DENVER x2013 La Plata County Sheriff Duke Schirard and 53 other Colorado sheriffs sued Gov. John Hickenlooper on Friday, claiming two gun bills he signed in March are unconstitutional.The sheriffs and other plaintiffs contend that a pair of bills the Legislature passed x2013 requiring background checks for private gun sales and... |
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Mark Redwine knocks search
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18.5.2013 |
Durango Herald |
| Nearly six months after teenager Dylan Redwine was reported missing, his father, Mark Redwine, released a statement Friday criticizing how missing childrenx2019s cases are handled by authorities and inviting Dylanx2019s mom to mediation.x201cI am asking that we stop and evaluate the process as a community, to come up with a more... |
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Ignacio school x2018normalx2019 after gas-leak scare on Monday
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18.5.2013 |
Durango Herald |
| All the Ignacio Junior High School students who were hospitalized Monday by noxious odors coming from a plugged sewer line returned to school and havenx2019t reported any ongoing health effects. x201cI know there were some kids that have stayed home a day or so, but everybody now seems back to normal,x201d Camy Kinney, the... |
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La Plata County unemployment dips to 5.5 percent
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18.5.2013 |
Durango Herald |
| La Plata Countyx2019s unemployment rate in April continued to decrease along with Coloradox2019s, according to data released from the state Friday.The countyx2019s not-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased six-tenths of a percentage point from 6.1 percent in March to 5.5 percent in April. The countyx2019s... |
