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Our Laguna: 2012 was a year of change
The top 10 stories of 2011 included limitations on skateboarders; an arrest for alleged rapes and sexual assaults; flood recovery; Marine Life Protection Act implementation delay in Laguna; the Heisler Park renovation; the Resource Center pulling out from...Tags: Elan Corporation Plc, Rituals, Highway Transportation, Animal Crackers, Halliburton Company
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Is anybody sad that Jim DeMint is leaving the Senate?
In a profession like politics and in a town like the nation's capital, the phenomenon of a U.S. senator voluntarily surrendering his seat for a think-tank job would have been unthinkable some years ago. The decision of Republican Jim DeMint of South...Tags: American Enterprise Institute, Joe Biden, Sharron E. Angle, John Boehner, Parties and Movements
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Ending filibuster abuse
The announcement last week that South Carolina's Jim DeMint is leaving his Senate seat to run the Heritage Foundation caused some in Washington to wishfully think that perhaps the move might usher in a more congenial, if not cooperative, outlook in the U....Tags: Parties and Movements, Frank Capra Jr., James Stewart, Democratic Party, Mitch McConnell
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Column: Tea party down but not out
Reports of the death of the tea party are greatly exaggerated. For about two years now, certain observers have been declaring the demise of this insurgent tendency within the Republican Party. However, despite recent headlines, we should expect to hear...Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Karl Rove, Todd Akin, Jim DeMint, Primaries
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End game
Change of SubjectFrom Mitt Romney's closing con-game by Michael Tomasky: The stimulus bill was about 38 percent tax cuts. You’d think Republicans might have gone for that. The individual mandate came from the Heritage Foundation. He cut payroll taxes (Republicans... -
#Fish Report for Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
Lehigh Valley WildThe Coldwater Heritage Partnership (CHP) is taking applications for the 2013 Coldwater Conservation Grants Program, which is offering Planning Grants and Implementation Grants to help protect and conserve the health of Pennsylvania’s coldwater... -
U.S., allies girding for worst-case scenario with Syria's WMD
World NowGlobal Focus: During a week that witnessed deadly artillery exchanges between Syria and Turkey and a tense showdown over a plane purportedly ferrying munitions from Russia, the arrival of 150 U.S. troops in Jordan was likely to be viewed as token... -
Professor makes presentation
Presentation College faculty member Brad Tennant recently presented information at the annual meeting of the South Dakota Association of Bilingual and Bicultural Education in Rapid City. He addressed the role of American Indians in the 1804-1806 Lewis... -
North Korea Raises Fears with Successful Rocket Launch
CNNHONG KONG -- Eight months ago, the international community stifled a snigger when North Korea's hyped rocket launch ended with a fizzle. At the time, Pyongyang surprised just about everyone by actually admitting its failure, a departure from previous...Tags: Beijing (China), China, Xi Jinping, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Bacon Is Getting Its Own TV Series
The Hartford CourantIt's not like there weren't big things going on in politics this past week, what with the fiscal cliff looming and the state deficit seemingly growing by the minute. Oh, and tea party honcho Jim DeMint leaving the Senate. But sometimes a story that falls...Tags: Holidays, Kim Kardashian, Meryl Streep, France, Jim DeMint
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Is the tea party dying?
The sudden departure of South Carolina Republican Jim DeMint from the U.S. Senate has given new life to the idea that the tea party is in decline. DeMint took a job heading the conservative Heritage Foundation but Democrats and others were quick to...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Marco Rubio, Democratic Party, U.S. Senate, Jim DeMint
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DeMint's Pennsylvania political legacy
Call Washington BureauJim DeMint, the Tea Party kingmaker who announced his resignation from the U.S. Senate Thursday to head a Washington-based conservative think tank, left an indelible mark on the world of Pennsylvania politics. It was DeMint, who during the infancy of...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Joe Sestak, Elections, Parties and Movements, Politics
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