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Voter registration systems in need of reform
Voter registration systems in the United States are in need of serious reform. According to a new report from the Pew Center on the States, the voter registration process in states across the country ...
15 Feb, 2012
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Ron Paul shows independent streak, declines CPAC invitation
As most of the GOP presidential candidates will be rallying the party base at next week’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Texas Congressman Ron Paul won’t be present at what’s billed ...
03 Feb, 2012
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Kazakhstan poised to join first-world status
Has Kazakhstan, the oil- and uranium-rich former Soviet bloc nation that borders both the Caspian and Aral Seas, emerged from the shadows of satiric infamy to become one of the great growth engines of ...
23 Jan, 2012
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Happy New Year: 40,000 new laws to take effect in 2012
Despite the influence of small government advocates like those in the Tea Party movement, the size, role, and influence of government on a federal, state, and local level is set to grow significantly ...
03 Jan, 2012
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Arizona legislators push bill to allow guns on college campuses
In a move sure to be controversial and which has already received national attention, Arizona legislators have redrafted legislation to allow guns to be carried at public colleges and universities. Go ...
03 Jan, 2012
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USDA wants to cull the statistician herd
While they don't always appear to be related, statistics and modern agriculture go hand-in-hand. Industrial farmers rely on a myriad of statistical information from acreage usage numbers to data regar ...
08 Dec, 2011
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Google trends: higher online interest in Occupy Wall Street Movement
As Occupy Wall Street demonstrations have continued across the nation for yet another week, a Google Trends analysis of online search patterns indicates that interest is higher in this more recent mov ...
28 Oct, 2011
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Wall Street protest enters second week, spreads to West Coast
Protesters demonstrating against the excesses of crony capitalism and its corrupting influence on our nation’s politics have occupied a park in Manhattan’s financial district for over a week.   ...
26 Sep, 2011
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Ag Secretary announces California-based renewable energy project
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has announced several biofuel projects for Pacific states that he says will eventually create thousands of jobs and break the nation's dependence on foreign o ...
03 Aug, 2011
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It's the Hubris, Stupid
What seems like a disastrous round of intransigent political behavior may well be the most efficient possible way for checks and balances to right our ship of state. The formula is almost fullpr ...
21 Jul, 2011
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