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Lawmakers put pressure on contracts
By Phillip Rawls, The Associated Press, Montgomery Advertiser
The battle over an unbid $13 million computer contract is beginning to have an impact on how other state contracts are awarded.
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Alert system may fill rural gap
By Jason Morton, Tuscaloosa News
EUTAW, Ala. -- On Thursday, the Alabama Emergency Management Agency announced at the Greene County Courthouse the potential hiring of Global Security Systems, a Jackson, Miss.-based company that plans to bring its Alert FM system to nine West Alabama counties.
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Officers praise new computer programs
By Ashley Boyd, Tuscaloosa News
CAPS, the University of Alabama Center for Advanced Public Safety, has changed law enforcement capabilities through new computerized software programs.
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IRS seeks check recipients in area
By Cosby Woodruff, Montgomery Advertiser
The IRS is looking for 257 taxpayers in the River Region in order to give rather than to receive. The IRS is looking to give those people, and more than 1,000 others around Alabama, refund checks that were misdirected or otherwise undeliverable.
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Obama will visit Anchorage next week
By Erika Bolstad, Anchorage Daily News
WASHINGTON - President Obama will make his first-ever visit to Alaska next week, on Veterans Day, as part of a multi-day journey to Japan, China, South Korea and Singapore.
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Professor says most Natives supported statehood in 50s
By Klas Stolpe, The Juneau Empire
From the days before statehood, Native elders passed down stories of "being able to walk across rivers on the backs of salmon," which seafood suppliers for large out-of-state companies devastated by using fish traps.
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State urges caution on ice fishing
By Staff Reports, Anchorage Daily News
PALMER, Alaska -- The Alaska State Parks and the Department of Fish and Game are warning anglers and other winter recreationists to stay off thin ice atop lakes in the Matanuska and Susitna valleys.
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Brewer officially begins her run for governor
By Matthew Benson, The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
Declaring that "tough times call for a tough leader," Gov. Jan Brewer officially launched her gubernatorial campaign Thursday evening from her hometown of Glendale.
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Citizenship question will not be added to 2010 census
By Daniel González, The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
The 2010 census will not include a controversial question about citizenship that critics said could have led to significant undercounts in Arizona and other states with large immigrant populations.
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Geothermal energy raising hopes in AZ
By Tom Beal, Arizona Daily Star (Tucson)
The Arizona Geological Survey will head up a $17.8 million project to gather information about geothermal resources from individual states and incorporate it into a national data system.
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Strike looming for employees at Fry's, Safeway
By Max Jarman, The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
About 20,000 Fry's and Safeway grocery workers in Arizona could walk off the job at 6 p.m. next Friday if the companies and the workers' union fail to reach a contract deal by the deadline.
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Feds' latest move may lift Valley home sales
By J. Craig Anderson, The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
An expanded version of the home-buyer tax-rebate program could jump-start the market for higher-priced homes and help sustain the booming low-end housing market, Phoenix-area real-estate analysts say.
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Poll -- Arkansans positive about future, leery of health care reform
By Rob Moritz, Arkansas News Bureau
Despite the recession, most Arkansans think the state is headed in the right direction, and think they are as good or better off financially from a year ago and will be as good or better off next year as now, results of the 11th annual Arkansas Poll released today showed.
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Supreme Court suspends east Arkansas judge
By Staff Reports, Arkansas News Bureau
The state Supreme Court on Thursday suspended Phillips County Circuit Court Judge L.T. Simes from the bench law through the end of his term next year over judicial misconduct accusations.
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Eyeing a run
By Torey Van Oot, The Sacramento Bee
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to sign into law two of the water bills passed early Wednesday morning. Assembly Speaker Karen Bass is also scheduled to attend the 10 a.m. signing ceremony at the Tujunga Wellfield Groundwater Recovery Project in Los Angeles.
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Grand plans for rail in Denver hit a wall of fiscal realities
By Kirk Johnson, The New York Times
DENVER -- One of the most ambitious one-time mass-transit projects in the nation's history, called FasTracks — $4.7 billion, 122 miles of passenger rail and a hectic construction schedule of only 12 years — was approved by voters here in 2004 along with a regionwide sales tax to pay for it.
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Upper Colorado River, Front Range water resources threatened
By David O. Williams, Colorado Independent
Some water experts warn the upper Colorado River is an endangered species if current residential growth patterns and water consumption patterns continue along the state's Front Range, and they're increasingly concerned proposed energy production on the Western Slope will accelerate its demise.
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Rell makes $34 million in cuts from state budget
By Christopher Keating, The Hartford Courant
The reductions were ordered in hundreds of categories, including $8.5 million from the Department of Children and Families, $7.25 million from the multibillion-dollar Department of Social Services, $3.7 million from the Department of Developmental Services, $1.26 million from the Department of Environmental Protection, $500,000 from the state Department of Agriculture, and $200,000 from the chief state medical examiner's office.
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UConn Trustees approve $992.3 million budget
By Kathleen Megan, The Hartford Courant
Delayed by the lack of a state budget until September, the University of Connecticut Board of Trustees approved this year's $992.3 million budget Monday — a 3.8 percent increase over last year — amid warnings from its chief financial officer that while this year's budget is "fine" he has "serious concerns" about 2011 and "great concerns" about 2012.
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Tom Swan not yet endorsing Ned Lamont for governor
By Christopher Keating, The Hartford Courant
Tom Swan was the high-profile, 24-7 campaign manager for Democrat Ned Lamont's campaign in 2006 that sent shock waves across the country when Lamont upset U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman in the Democratic primary.
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New push for LNG plant near Claymont
By Jeff Montgomery, The News Journal (New Castle-Wilmington)
An Amerada Hess Corp. joint venture plans a new attempt to develop a liquefied natural gas terminal along the Delaware River opposite Claymont, after acquiring a BP property long bogged down by a state boundary dispute.
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Lower digits fetch lower prices
By J.L. Miller, The News Journal (New Castle-Wilmington)
When the nation's financial bubble burst, a uniquely Delaware asset quietly deflated. Prices paid for low-digit Delaware license plates have fallen, in some cases by half, since the glory days of 2006 and 2007.
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Report on casinos pushed to late Dec.
By Jeff Montgomery, The News Journal (New Castle-Wilmington)
A panel examining prospects for more casinos in Delaware now hopes for an independent report on the issue by the end of December, further pushing back its deadline for a recommendation to lawmakers.
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Fla. justices consider mediation for foreclosures
By The Associated Press, The Miami Herald
Mediation would be a good way to expedite a flood of mortgage foreclosures, members of a foreclosure task force said Wednesday, but some disagreed on the details in oral arguments before the state Supreme Court.
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Forum addresses fraud, foreclosures
By Angeline J. Taylor, Tallahassee Democrat
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum made it clear that a high ranking among the country's 50 states is not always something to be celebrated.
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State pension fund annual report released
By Dave Hodges, Tallahassee Democrat
Florida's State Board of Administration, the agency that directs the pension fund investing and management for state workers and retirees, issued its annual report today.
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House inquiry into Sansom to continue
By Bill Cotterell, Tallahassee Democrat
A special House committee voted unanimously this morning to continue with its investigation of former House Speaker Ray Sansom, while proceeding carefully to protect his constitutional rights to a fair trial.
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ACLU suit alleges Fla. neglecting schools
By The Associated Press, Tallahassee Democrat
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that state officials in Florida are failing to ensure that students in Palm Beach County get a high quality education, as evidenced by their poor graduation rates.
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Air Jordans cost UCF future deal with adidas
By Iliana Limón, The Orlando Sentinel
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Marcus Jordan stuck to his guns and wore his father's iconic Nike Air Jordans, a decision that has cost the University of Central Florida its six-year, $3 million exclusive contract with adidas.
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Elections complaint filed against Crist campaign
By Adam C. Smith, St. Petersburg Times
A Republican activist from Tampa has filed a federal complaint against the Charlie Crist for Senate campaign, alleging that it was involved in the creation of an anti-Marco Rubio Web site.
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Credit problems rising for Georgia banks
By J. Scott Trubey, Atlanta Business Chronicle
Credit problems for banks in metro Atlanta and statewide increased for the sixth straight quarter, as the state's banking crisis shows no signs of letting up.
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Virtual schools chart new course
By D. Aileen Dodd, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Representatives of five would-be virtual charter schools will file into the administrative towers of the Georgia Department of Education today to pitch their brand of public education, which lets students study at home computers in their pajamas.
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Sanford shares S.C. legislative goals in Aiken
By Erin Zureick, The Augusta Chronicle
AIKEN, Ga. --- Gov. Mark Sanford was far from the media blitz and public scrutiny that followed him this summer when he spoke Thursday to a group of 40 people at an Aiken Kiwanis Club meeting.
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Colleges brace for flu wave
By Joan Garrett, Chattanooga Times Free Press
Colleges in Tennessee and North Georgia are bracing for a second wave of "influenzalike illnesses" just as campuses are recovering from a fall surge in the flu.
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Lawmakers still cool to session on schools
By B.J. Reyes, Honolulu Star-Bulletin
House leaders again resisted calls for a special legislative session to deal with public schools, asking instead for a reopening of the state teachers' contract to restore classroom time being lost to furloughs.
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Vaccine push
By Helen Altonn, Honolulu Star-Bulletin
About 75,000 children and at least 10,000 staff and faculty members have been vaccinated in this year's seasonal flu school clinics, and state health officials hope to see the turnout repeated in H1N1 school clinics starting next Friday.
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Fort Hood massacre shocks Hawaii troops
By Suzanne Roig, The Honolulu Advertiser
Hawaii soldiers reacted with a mixture of shock and sadness as news of the shooting spree at Fort Hood unfolded yesterday, and some thought that it could just as easily happen here.
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Idaho man to undergo mental health evaluation
By The Associated Press, The Idaho Statesman (Boise)
A judge has ordered a mental health evaluation for a man accused of intentionally driving his pickup truck into a pair of Idaho State Police motorcycle troopers parked along an interstate median.
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Video gambling no sure bet
By Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune
Almost four months after Gov. Pat Quinn signed the Video Gaming Act into law to help fund a large, long-awaited capital bill, local governments are grappling with whether to ban video gambling and risk jeopardizing the extra funding for crumbling roads, to defer a decision until state rules regulating video gambling are made official, or to allow it.
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Senators outraged over Illinois nursing home safety
By Gary Marx and David Jackson, Chicago Tribune
A top adviser to Gov. Pat Quinn outlined Thursday for the first time some of the steps Illinois must take to end the warehousing of mentally ill adults in nursing homes, including violent felons who have victimized elderly and disabled residents.
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Crime stats down across state
By Ryan Ori, Peoria Journal Star
Recently released statistics from the Illinois Uniform Crime Reporting Program indicate crime was down overall in the state in 2008.
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Candidates for GOP governor nomination hold debate
By Rick Pearson and Monique Garcia, Chicago Tribune
The seven men vying for the Republican nomination for governor sought to burnish their credentials as conservatives Thursday and bashed the state's unfettered one-party Democratic leadership as they tried to regain the trust of scandal-weary voters.
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Other states' policies on police files vary
By Bruce Rushton, The State Journal-Register (Springfield)
According to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in Washington, D.C., internal-affairs files are public in at least a half-dozen states.
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Unsafe school buses still on road
By Ellen Gabler, Chicago Tribune
As many as 2,000 school buses with potentially serious safety problems are still transporting students even though a bus manufacturer and government safety regulators have known about some of the recalled parts for as many as eight years, the Tribune has found.
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Doubts rise on Chicago's mental health clinics
By John Byrne and Hal Dardick, Chicago Tribune
Chicago's mental health budget will shrink next year amid continued billing problems that resulted in a state funding cut, prompting aldermen Thursday to question how much care the city's clinics will be able to provide.
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Illinois Army Guard unit prepares for duty in Afghanistan
By Amanda Reavy, The State Journal-Register (Springfield)
Sgt. Maj. Diane Rogers, 51, of Girard is one of 18 soldiers who are part of a specialized Illinois Army National Guard unit that's preparing to spend roughly six months in Afghanistan working side-by-side with Polish forces.
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Illinois teen driving program receives honor
By Staff Reports, Quad-City Times
A teenage driver safety program run by the Illinois Department of Transportation has been recognized for using peer programming to try to reduce the number of teen driving-related deaths.
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IU economists predict weak recovery in 2010
By The Associated Press, Evansville Courier and Press
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University economists predict a weak recovery in 2010 as the state and nation begin to recuperate from one of the worst recessions since World War II.
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Politician questions UI Orlando trip
By B.A. Morelli, Iowa City Press-Citizen
University of Iowa officials are showing "arrogance" in pursuing a $130,000 professional development trip to the Disney Institute in Orlando, Fla., a Republican lawmaker said Thursday.
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As Pawlenty sizes up Iowa, Iowa will size up Pawlenty
By Bill Salisbury, St. Paul Pioneer Press
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty contends he won't be auditioning for president Saturday when he delivers a nationally televised keynote speech to the Iowa Republican Party's annual leadership dinner in Des Moines.
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Budget estimate declines by 4.2%
By Scott Rothschild, The Lawrence Journal-World
State fiscal experts Thursday said the Kansas economy remains stuck in recession, and that means a further drop in tax revenues and more budget cuts.
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State gets stimulus money for child care
By Stephenie Steitzer, The Courier-Journal (Louisville)
Gov. Steve Beshear announced Thursday that Kentucky will receive $4 million in federal stimulus funds to pay for training and other resources for child-care providers.
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AP sources -- Suicide eyed in Ky. census worker case
By Devlin Barrett and Jeffrey McMurray, The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Investigators probing the death of a Kentucky census worker found hanging from a tree with the word "fed" scrawled on his chest increasingly doubt he was killed because of his government job and are pursuing the possibility he committed suicide, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.
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Felony status urged for election fraud
By Marsha Shuler, The Advocate (Baton Rouge)
Some election fraud violations could be elevated from misdemeanor to felony status under proposals submitted to a legislative panel Thursday.
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Taxpayers in La. sought for refunds
By Staff Reports, The Advocate (Baton Rouge)
TThe Internal Revenue Service is trying to get refund checks totaling more than $1.6 million — an average $1,080 apiece — to nearly 1,500 Louisianans whose checks were returned to the IRS by the U.S. Postal Service because of mailing address errors.
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Finance report shows two fund BR Tea Party
By Greg Garland, The Advocate (Baton Rouge)
Baton Rouge Tea Party LLC reported collecting $10,266 in contributions between Oct. 6 and Oct. 23 for its campaign to defeat a $901 million tax package on the Nov. 14 ballot, according to campaign-finance reports released Thursday.
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Recovery School District would not be focus of Race to the Top federal grant, Pastorek says
By Robert Travis Scott, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
NEW ORLEANS, La. -- The state Department of Education would use a large portion of a potential Race to the Top grant to help pay for a $40 million data management system, a principals training institute and other expanded agency roles in addition to the direct cash that the federal program is targeting at failing schools, Superintendent of Education Paul Pastorek said Thursday.
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H1N1 hits all Maine counties with vaccine well short of need
By The Associated Press, Bangor Daily News
A brief debate broke out among legislative leaders over a proposed bill declaring that vaccinations cannot be mandatory, on the same day that Maine's public health director announced that swine flu has been confirmed in all 16 of the state's counties.
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Initiative to protect working lands
By Kevin Miller, Bangor Daily News
A task force representing major stakeholders in Maine's North Woods, from large landowners and loggers to environmental groups, is proposing a new, collaborative initiative aimed at protecting large swaths of working forest in the state.
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Bay goals downgraded
By Pamela Wood, The Capital (Annapolis)
The federal government is putting the Chesapeake Bay on a pollution diet, but officials say it can be a little less strict than in the past.
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Montgomery might sue state over school funding law
By Nelson Hernandez, The Washington Post
Top Montgomery County officials threatened Thursday to sue the state and "aggressively pursue" legislation that would change state law after Maryland's attorney general found that the county had failed to meet the state's minimum level of funding for education. The opinion renders it potentially liable for millions of dollars in penalties.
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Plan for I-270 light rail gains steam
By Katherine Shaver, The Washington Post
Routing a transit line closer to the Kentlands and through two developments planned for west Gaithersburg would draw as many as 42,000 daily boardings, enough to make either a light rail line or busway in the Interstate 270 corridor eligible for federal money, according to a state study released Thursday.
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U-Md. students protest official's firing
By Daniel de Vise, The Washington Post
Several hundred students marched Thursday to the administration building at the University of Maryland to protest the firing of a popular diversity officer in one of the largest demonstrations at the College Park campus since the Vietnam War era.
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States urge stiffer anti-pollution laws
By James B. Hale, The Sun (Baltimore)
Twelve states, including Maryland, and the District of Columbia urged the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday to adopt more rigorous national policies so they can meet federal air pollution reduction requirements for the region.
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Young people at center of politics, Steele says
By Jacques Kelly, The Sun (Baltimore)
BALTIMORE -- The Republican National Committee chairman told a Johns Hopkins University student audience Thursday night that they were "not the future" of politics, but were in fact at the center of it today.
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Waiting to learn who pays Dixon's legal bills
By Julie Bykowicz, The Sun (Baltimore)
BALTIMORE -- Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon's legal bills, racked up during a years-long corruption probe that has led her to enlist seven criminal defense attorneys for a theft trial next week, could run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, legal observers say.
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Death penalty foes rip Coakley for signing brief
By Matt Viser, The Boston Globe
Attorney General Martha Coakley, who says she is firmly against capital punishment, has drawn the ire of some death penalty opponents by urging the US Supreme Court to limit federal review of state court decisions, which opponents say could make it harder for defendants on death row to challenge their sentences.
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Inmate stabs 2 officers at prison in Shirley
By Shelley Murphy, The Boston Globe
A state prison inmate allegedly slashed the neck of one correctional officer and stabbed another in the cheek with a homemade weapon Wednesday night at the Souza-Baranowksi Correction Center in Shirley after being told he would be forced to share a cell with another inmate, according to a union official.
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Drug use called epidemic in Mass.
By John R. Ellement, The Boston Globe
Abuse of OxyContin and heroin in Massachusetts has reached epidemic levels and must be attacked with the same fervor now being directed toward controlling the H1N1 flu virus, a special state commission said yesterday.
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State gun storage law is argued before SJC
By Martin Finucane, The Boston Globe
The Middlesex district attorney's office argued before the state Supreme Judicial Court yesterday that a law that requires guns to be stored in locked containers or outfitted with trigger locks is valid.
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Report -- Student health plans inefficient
By The Associated Press, Boston Herald
A new report shows that the health insurance plans sold to almost 100,000 college students in Massachusetts result in higher profits for insurance companies than those available to the general public.
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Good news, bad news for fishery
By Don Cuddy, Cape Cod Times
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — The deep and murky waters of fishery management in New England just became a little murkier for Jon Williams, CEO of the Atlantic Red Crab Co. in New Bedford.
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Outrage over terror speaker
By Michele McPhee, Boston Herald
Gov. Deval Patrick pulled the plug on a planned UMass speech by a convicted terrorist yesterday after a plea delivered by the Herald from the outraged widow of a gunned-down state trooper -- angering cops who protested the event for weeks.
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State aid for schools gets House boost
By Chris Christoff and Lori Higgins, Detroit Free Press
Deep cuts in state aid to schools stirred action Thursday, as the House voted 74-29 to restore $184 million using federal stimulus money set aside for fiscal year 2011.
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55 Michigan troopers to be rehired
By Chris Christoff, Detroit Free Press
State budget director Bob Emerson said the department was given the go-ahead today to hire the troopers, who were among some 100 rookie troopers laid off July 1 in a cost-saving move by Gov. Jennifer Granholm.
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GM to ask Europe for help with Opel
By Tim Higgins, Detroit Free Press
General Motors hopes to get European government help to restructure its German-based Opel division but could turn to some of the near-$50 billion in U.S. government money received earlier this year if need be, CEO Fritz Henderson said Thursday.
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GM -- No more big buyouts coming
By, Detroit Free Press
Despite being short of its U.S. hourly job-cutting goal for 2009, General Motors Co. is not planning another big round of buyout packages, the automaker's top executive indicated Thursday.
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GOP chief -- Senate win shows Dems out of favor
By Dawson Bell, Detroit Free Press
Michigan Republicans said Wednesday they had a good candidate, worked hard and devoted lots of resources to winning back a state Senate seat in Jackson and Calhoun counties that had been held for the last seven years by a Democrat.
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MDOT to double bridge toll to $3
By Stephen Tait, The Times Herald (Port Huron)
The plan, which is scheduled to take effect Jan. 5, would increase the cost from $1.50 to $3 for passenger vehicles and from $1.75 to $3.25 an axle for commercial vehicles.
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Divided state court picks top county judges
By Dawson Bell, Detroit Free Press
A divided Michigan Supreme Court voted today to renew the appointment of Wayne County Circuit Court Chief Judge Virgil Smith for another term, but named new chief judges in Oakland and Macomb counties.
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As Pawlenty sizes up Iowa, Iowa will size up Pawlenty
By Bill Salisbury, St. Paul Pioneer Press
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty contends he won't be auditioning for president Saturday when he delivers a nationally televised keynote speech to the Iowa Republican Party's annual leadership dinner in Des Moines.
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Rybak files to run for governor
By The Associated Press, St. Paul Pioneer Press
Democrat R.T. Rybak is telling supporters he's running for governor, two days after Minneapolis voters re-elected him to a third term as mayor.
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Slow recovery darkens budget outlook
By Bobby Harrison, The Daily Journal (Tupelo)
State economist Phil Pepper told legislative leaders and Gov. Haley Barbour on Thursday not to expect much improvement in Mississippi's economy until the second half of next year.
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State to provide funding for online job training
By Carlie Kollath, The Daily Journal (Tupelo)
BELDEN, Miss. - Mississippi was one of four states chosen to participate in a U.S. Department of Labor program that funds 80 percent of costs associated with online job training courses.
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Miss. high court won't hear Alcorn case
By The Associated Press, The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson)
The Mississippi Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of Johnny Steve Parker, who was convicted of murder in 2007 in Alcorn County.
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Stimulus to fund some road work
By Staff Reports, Columbia Daily Tribune
Federal stimulus cash will pay for 13 additional road-resurfacing projects in Central Missouri for the five-year Statewide Transportation Improvement Program.
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Yogis exercised about a new tax
By Janese Heavin, Columbia Daily Tribune
Melissa Tipton practices yoga at least four times a week. She wouldn't mind being taxed for it, but she's not keen on her yoga studio being lumped in with fitness clubs.
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Radioactive spill termed as 'low risk'
By Janese Heavin, Columbia Daily Tribune
Schlundt Hall Annex on the University of Missouri campus remained roped off today as crews continued to clean up low-risk radioactive material spilled Monday evening.
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Lincoln senator recommends furloughs, not layoffs for workers
By JoAnne Young, Lincoln Journal Star
Senators introduced five bills in special session Thursday, aimed at saving money for the state or saving money for a particular program. Lincoln Sen. Bill Avery introduced a resolution (LR4) that would have agencies use furloughs rather than layoffs of state workers if needed to meet across-the-board budget cuts.
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Nebraska nuclear power plant goes offline
By The Associated Press, Lincoln Journal Star
FORT CALHOUN, Neb. -- The Omaha Public Power District's nuclear power plant, Fort Calhoun Station, has been taken offline for a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage.
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Levin calls for record of business owners' IDs
By John G. Edwards, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Sen. Carl Levin on Thursday cited the book "Merchant of Death" about Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout as Exhibit One for his case against allowing private corporations and limited liability companies to keep the names of their owners secret.
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Managing fraud a lesson of recession
By Abigail Goldman, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Robert Frimet is a self-proclaimed fraud expert, a businessman who audits other companies' books, gives lectures on recognizing employee theft, and sits as a civilian member on the Nevada Fight Fraud Task Force.
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McDonald's pays $35,000 to girl burned by tea
By James A. Kimble, The Union Leader (Manchester)
BRENTWOOD, N.H. – An Exeter girl is collecting a $35,000 settlement from a McDonald's restaurant because she suffered second-degree burns from hot tea that spilled on her lap, according to court documents.
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State worker pleads not guilty
By Annmarie Timmins, Concord Monitor
Holly Wheatley, 36, pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges that she stole nearly $25,000 from the state while working for the Department of Resources and Economic Development.
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Corzine accomplishments tempered by tough times
By Adrienne Lu, The Philadelphia Inquirer
As Gov. Corzine heads into what are likely to be the final weeks of his political life, following the failure of his reelection bid on Tuesday, it's unclear whether the bearded Midwestern native with the down-to-earth demeanor and the sweater vests will be remembered more for his legislative accomplishments or for the car wreck that nearly took his life in 2007.
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Corzine orders $400M in cuts to balance budget
By John Reitmeyer, The Record of Bergen County
Governor Corzine is preparing $400 million in budget cuts and wants legislators to shelve any new spending measures during their upcoming lame duck session, all to offset revenue losses blamed on the poor economy.
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N.J. governor calls for new budget trims
By The Associated Press, The Philadelphia Inquirer
TRENTON, N.J. -- Gov. Corzine directed members of his cabinet yesterday to come up with $400 million in additional savings options as he struggles to keep the state budget in balance.
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Area groups skipping out on audits
By Kate Nash, Santa Fe New Mexican
Even after state Auditor Hector Balderas warned 71 local agencies including schools and cities that their audits are late, 34 groups haven't turned in audit reports — and haven't explained to his office why not.
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Queries stall asphalt plant at landfill
By Julie Ann Grimm, Santa Fe New Mexican
An asphalt plant that was scheduled this month to start using rock blasted from Santa Fe's regional landfill is on hold following complaints from nearby residents who say they were caught unaware.
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Senate Democrats rebuff governor on special session
By Tom Precious, The Buffalo News
Reducing the state's soaring deficit, legalizing gay marriage, slowing property tax growth and toughening drunk driving laws are among the items on the agenda for a special session of the Legislature that Gov. David A. Paterson has scheduled for Tuesday.
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Marriage for gays on agenda in New York
By Danny Hakim, The New York Times
Gov. David A. Paterson said Thursday that he would include gay marriage on the agenda of an extraordinary session he is calling for Tuesday, potentially setting up the first vote on the issue in the State Senate and a dramatic floor debate.
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Third-term blues are job hazard in mayor's office and Albany
By Sam Roberts, The New York Times
Fiorello H. La Guardia, ill with cancer and already fitted for a uniform, craved a military commission that would get him out of New York. Robert F. Wagner's wife had just died and he was growing weary of juggling work and family. Edward I. Koch, tainted by a corruption scandal, contemplated suicide.
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Wind law could benefit company
By Christine McConville, Boston Herald
Despite significant opposition in Western Massachusetts, state environmental affairs secretary Ian Bowles is pushing hard to get a controversial wind-turbine law passed before the legislative session ends on Nov. 18.
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Paterson is beginning ad campaign for election
By Nicholas Confessore, The New York Times
Seeking to dampen continuing speculation that he will drop his quest for election, Gov. David A. Paterson will run his first television ads on Friday, his campaign announced Thursday.
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Gov blew it for Thompson -- labor big
By Fredric U. Dicker, New York Post
A union leader yesterday said Democratic Bill Thompson could have won Tuesday's surprisingly close mayoral election if Gov. Paterson had backed an aggressive attack on Mayor Bloomberg.
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Wind-energy firm takes Yates County town to court
By Steve Orr, Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Angered by a Town Board vote in Italy, Yates County, to kill a turbine proposal, a wind-energy company is asking a judge to override the elected board members and allow the project to go forward.
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Breslin: Open defense funds
By Rick Karlin, Times Union (Albany)
State Sen. Neil Breslin is proposing legislation that would unmask the names of people who give money to legal defense funds set up for lawmakers.
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Schenectady County earns unwanted rank
By Carol DeMare, Times Union (Albany)
Schenectady County ranked first among upstate counties and Long Island for reports of domestic violence incidents per capita in 2008, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said Thursday.
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State action targets Lafarge
By Brian Nearing, Times Union (Albany)
RAVENA, N.Y. -- For the first time ever, the state wants to set limits on mercury emitted from towering smokestacks at the Lafarge cement plant. But it's not clear whether the new cap would actually result in less pollution from the facility.
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Did grants open doors?
By James M. Odato, Times Union (Albany)
Although lawyers representing former state Sen. Joseph L. Bruno insist he did not hand out improper favors to clients who invested pension funds with his employer, state records show Bruno arranged state grants for them.
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Liberals may gain in Rand's departure
By Mark Johnson, The News & Observer (Raleigh)
State Sen. Tony Rand had several important roles at the legislature - majority leader, chairman of the rules committee that determines when and how legislation will be considered, member of the committee that writes the state budget.
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Rep. Pricey Harrison wants Blue Cross probe
By Mark Binker, The News & Record (Greensboro)
Rep. Pricey Harrison has asked the state's attorney general and Department of Insurance to investigate Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina's use of campaign-style tactics aimed at defeating controversial federal health insurance legislation.
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State sends 16 to Calif. training
By Lynn Bonner, The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The state is using $140,000 in federal stimulus money to send 16 employees to child development workshops in San Diego while North Carolina has thousands of struggling families seeking subsidized care for their children.
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Nesbitt takes aim at Senate leadership
By Jordan Schrader, Asheville Citizen-Times
Sen. Martin Nesbitt did not return phone calls Wednesday or Thursday, but he was on the phone to tell his fellow Senate Democrats who will pick a majority leader, the No. 2 spot behind Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight, he wants the job.
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Ethics panel clears NC Rep. Shuler in TVA probe
By Mike Baker, The Associated Press
Congressional ethics investigators have concluded that North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler did not act inappropriately while a residential development that he was involved in sought lake-access rights from the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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Coming soon -- Vending sales of lottery tickets
By Bob Mercer, Capital Journal (Pierre)
The state Game, Fish and Parks Commission needs to take emergency steps to slightly increase the number of deer licenses for some East River units because too many licenses have been issued to hunters for the upcoming season.
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Tea Party chief running for Pillich seat
By Staff Reports, The Cincinnati Enquirer
Mike Wilson, the organizer of the Cincinnati Tea Party protest movement, will launch a campaign today to unseat State Rep. Connie Pillich, D-Montgomery, in the 28th Ohio House District.
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Three more Oklahomans die from swine flu
By Susan Simpson, The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City)
The death of a Muskogee County boy, a Cleveland County woman and an Oklahoma County woman bring the number of H1N1 deaths in Oklahoma this year to 22.
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OU awarded $23M in stimulus money
By James S. Tyree, The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City)
NORMAN, Okla. — The University of Oklahoma's Norman campus was awarded about $10 million in research grants from federal stimulus funds in the first quarter of this fiscal year.
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Obama promises U.S. tribal leaders he'll tackle issues
By Chris Casteel, The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City)
WASHINGTON — Greeting the first American Indian conference to be sponsored by the White House in 15 years, President Barack Obama told tribal leaders Thursday he will work with them on problems that have plagued Indians for decades.
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Oregon Latinos seek power in numbers
By Gosia Wozniacka, The Oregonian (Portland)
Like California's 30 years ago, Oregon's growing Latino population is reaching a tipping point: A critical mass of Latino professionals is starting to organize and influence state and local politics.
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Gore to host fundraiser for Bradbury
By Harry Esteve, The Oregonian (Portland)
Bill Bradbury, Democratic candidate for governor, has scored the first big fund-raising coup of the race, booking former Vice President and Nobel prizewinner Al Gore for an event later this month.
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Progress seen in SEPTA strike talks
By Paul Nussbaum, The Philadelphia Inquirer
SEPTA and its striking workers seemed to edge closer to a settlement yesterday, as Gov. Rendell and U.S. Rep. Bob Brady worked to broker a deal that would get buses, subways, and trolleys running again.
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Gubernatorial candidate Knox wants campaign limits
By Brad Bumsted, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Knox, who is expected to spend millions of his own money on the campaign, said Thursday he wants to limit what other people can spend on state campaigns as part of a wide-ranging reform agenda.
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Two Republican aides to leave Pa. House
By Brad Bumsted, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Two top House Republican aides — one of them the highest-paid staffer in the Legislature — are leaving their posts, a party spokesman said Thursday.
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Grand jury may seek charges against Perzel
By Dennis B. Roddy and Tracie Mauriello, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A statewide grand jury is considering recommending charges against former House Speaker John Perzel, R-Philadelphia, and a number of others in connection with millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded computer data that investigators believe was used for political campaigns.
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LaGrotta claims innocence in scandal
By Tracie Mauriello, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Two years after pleading guilty to crimes he now says he did not commit, former state Rep. Frank LaGrotta is looking for exoneration in the court of public opinion -- something he was unable to get in the court of law.
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Pa. Legislature's highest paid staffer resigns
By Mario F. Cattabiani, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Brett O. Feese, a former state lawmaker from the Williamsport area, retired this week as the top attorney for House Republicans -- a post that made him Harrisburg's highest-paid legislative aide.
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House Democrats caucus on state financial crisis
By Katherine Gregg and steve Peoples, The Providence Journal
House Democrats convened at the State House for a closed-door discussion of an issue that was not even on their special-session agenda last week -- the state's financial crisis.
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Governor vetoes saltwater fishing license
By Peter B. Lord, The Providence Journal
Governor Carcieri, reversing more than a year of work by his own staff and the state's largest recreational fishing organization, has vetoed a proposed $7 state license for saltwater fishing. He called it "excessively intrusive."
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GOP gubernatorial candidates split on disclosing Boeing deal details
By Rudolph Bell, The Greenville News
State representative and Republican gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley of Lexington said Thursday night South Carolina officials ought to disclose details now of the incentives package they offered to The Boeing Co. in order to lure a new aircraft plant to North Charleston.
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Gov. Mark Sanford gave up privacy, Supreme Court rules
By Tim Smith, The Greenville News
The South Carolina Supreme Court today denied a request by Gov. Mark Sanford to keep a report by the State Ethics Commission of its investigation of him secret, ruling that the governor completely waived his confidentiality in an August letter.
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Sanford shares S.C. legislative goals in Aiken
By Erin Zureick, The Augusta Chronicle
AIKEN, Ga. --- Gov. Mark Sanford was far from the media blitz and public scrutiny that followed him this summer when he spoke Thursday to a group of 40 people at an Aiken Kiwanis Club meeting.
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Capitol Lake Plaza pursues energy savings
By David Montgomery, Capital Journal (Pierre)
The law requires all new state building projects to pursue energy efficiency, but the upcoming renovation of Capitol Lake Plaza is going above and beyond.
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Coming soon -- Vending sales of lottery tickets
By Bob Mercer, Capital Journal (Pierre)
The state Game, Fish and Parks Commission needs to take emergency steps to slightly increase the number of deer licenses for some East River units because too many licenses have been issued to hunters for the upcoming season.
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Historic railway yanked away
By Bret Hayworth, Sioux City Journal
SIOUX CITY, S.D. -- It's been decades since select ground just east of Floyd Boulevard was exposed to sun and other elements.
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Flu clinic revisited
By Jon Walker, Argus Leader (Sioux Falls)
As the state's death toll climbed, the vaccination lines were longer, people grumbled, but more went home happy.
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Group to review court translators
By The Associated Press, Argus Leader (Sioux Falls)
A committee has been appointed by the South Dakota Supreme Court to study the use of interpreters and translators in the state's courts.
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Bredesen calls biofuel criticism 'outrageous'
By Tom Humphrey, Knoxville News Sentinel
Gov. Phil Bredesen branded a legislative attack on the BioFuels Initiative he launched two years ago as "ridiculous" and "outrageous" Thursday and said it endangers an unannounced "very large investment in East Tennessee."
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Judge declines paper-ballot push
By Richard Locker, The Commercial Appeal (Memphis)
A Nashville judge Thursday turned down a motion to force state election officials to move faster toward installing paper-ballot voting systems across Tennessee in time for the 2010 general election as required by the legislature.
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Tennessee offers entrepreneurs a boost
By Bonna Johnson, The Tennessean (Nashville)
Five Nashville venture capital firms were selected to take part in a $120 million state program to invest in start-up, early and mid-stage companies, and, in the process, perhaps discover a business that will become the next FedEx or HCA.
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Groups want to preserve more plateau land
By Pam Sohn, Chattanooga Times Free Press
Cumberland Plateau groups are looking to expand efforts to preserve and connect large tracts of plateau land -- a minimum of 1.7 million acres and perhaps about 2 million acres.
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Colleges brace for flu wave
By Joan Garrett, Chattanooga Times Free Press
Colleges in Tennessee and North Georgia are bracing for a second wave of "influenzalike illnesses" just as campuses are recovering from a fall surge in the flu.
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I-40 rock slide gets a second blast Thursday
By Staff Reports, Asheville Citizen-Times
HARMON DEN, N.C. -- Contractors decided Thursday to start clearing the rock slide blocking Interstate 40 near the Tennessee state line from the bottom edges instead of from the top down, the N.C. Department of Transportation said.
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Ethics panel clears NC Rep. Shuler in TVA probe
By Mike Baker, The Associated Press
Congressional ethics investigators have concluded that North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler did not act inappropriately while a residential development that he was involved in sought lake-access rights from the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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Refund policy restored for prepaid tuition plan
By Gary Scharrer, The Houston Chronicle
Responding to tens of thousands of Texans, a state board acted unanimously Thursday to reinstate a former refund policy for prepaid college tuition that reflects the value of tuition — not simply the amount paid into the fund.
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Polygamist sect leader convicted of sexual assault
By James C. McKinley Jr., The New York Times
ELDORADO, Tex. — One of the leaders of a polygamist sect was convicted Thursday night of sexually assaulting an under-age girl whom the church elders had assigned to him as one of his nine wives.
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Student restraints, Day 3 -- Jennifer Howson's story
By Elise Hu and Emily Ramshaw, The Texas Tribune
Jennifer Howson, 21, was restrained dozens of times at her school in the northeast Texas town of Kemp, often sustaining scrapes, bruises and black eyes. Her case is hardly unique; Texas educators pinned down students with disabilities 18,000 times in the 2007-08 school year.
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Commission wants ethics teeth and campaign caps
By Cathy Mckitrick, The Salt Lake Tribune
In its final work session, the Governor's Commission on Strengthening Democracy wrapped up almost a year's worth of deliberations with a few bold recommendations to advance to Gov. Gary Herbert, including one to put some teeth in existing campaign and lobbying laws.
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'Alcohol and pregnancy do not mix,' Shurtleff says
By Carrie A. Moore, The Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City)
Recent studies that show drinking a small amount of wine each day can be healthy don't apply to pregnant women, and Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff can tell you all about it.
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GOP leaders OK contribution limits
By Bob Bernick Jr., The Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City)
Moved in part by a tough citizen initiative petition on legislative ethics and campaign finance reform, some GOP legislative leaders have agreed to the adoption of campaign contribution limits for state candidates and officeholders.
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State's top ed official addresses budget
By Lisa Schencker, The Salt Lake Tribune
State Superintendent Larry Shumway urged lawmakers not to cut education dollars further and said he plans to take action to address inappropriate relationships between teachers and students as part of his first State of Education speech Thursday evening.
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Vermont panel rejects college merger
By The Associated Press, Burlington Free Press
A panel considering the governor's proposal to consolidate the University of Vermont with the five state colleges has recommended against merging the institutions.
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No charges for Flanagan in gym incident
By Sam Hemingway, Burlington Free Press
State Sen. Edward Flanagan will not be charged criminally for allegedly engaging in inappropriate sexual conduct at a Burlington health club in August, a prosecutor who reviewed the case said Thursday.
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Vermont officials claim flu progress
By Staff Reports, Burlington Free Press
State health officials Thursday hailed headway in the local fight against H1N1 flu — and praised Vermonters' patience as vaccine trickles into the state.
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GOP House gains intensify competition in N.Virginia
By Derek Kravitz, The Washington Post
Fresh from an election in which Republicans knocked off several entrenched Democrats in the Virginia House of Delegates, the state's GOP is poised to usher in a new era of tougher two-party politics in Northern Virginia, political observers say.
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Court order issued to stop review of Beach absentee ballots
By Deirdre Fernandes, The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- The tight 21st District race took several dramatic turns Thursday, with a raucous rally outside the voter registrar's office, allegations of vote-count irregularities and finally a court order to temporarily stop a review of absentee ballots.
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State Supreme Court censures Va. Beach judge
By Kathy Adams, The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- The state Supreme Court reprimanded a Virginia Beach Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court judge Thursday for violating ethical conduct standards in a 2007 case.
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Democrats doubt depths of Amiral's private pockets
By Harry Minium, The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk)
NORFOLK, Va. -- Democrats are questioning fundraising reports filed by unsuccessful House of Delegates candidate John Amiral, saying they don't believe the Republican had the money to loan his campaign more than $100,000.
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Kaine headed for U. of Richmond after term ends
By Julian Walker, The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk)
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine will resume a teaching career when his term expires in January, taking a part-time, nontenured position at the University of Richmond as an instructor in its law and leadership schools, officials announced Thursday.
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Two panels approve VRE deal with French company
By Kelly Hannon, The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg)
WOODBRIDGE, Va. --Two transportation commissions have approved a Virginia Railway Express recommendation to award commuter train maintenance and operations work to Keolis Rail Services America.
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Ref. 71 lead appears insurmountable
By Janet I. Tu, The Seattle Times
After months of contentious battling over Referendum 71, Washington voters have approved the measure, keeping a law that expands state benefits for registered same-sex and some senior domestic partners. The vote tally to approve appears insurmountable.
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The End of Eymanism?
By Joel Connelly, seattlepi.com
As the state's vote count from Tuesday's election goes on - and on - returns show that reliable, longtime bastions of support are "Going South" on professional initiative sponsor Tim Eyman.
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State to pay $525,001 in public-records settlement
By Christine Clarridge, The Seattle Times
The state Department of Social and Health Services has agreed to pay $525,001 to two women and a teenage girl for failing to turn over public records after they filed a $45 million lawsuit against the state claiming they were physically and sexually abused by their foster father.
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DEP finds problems at W.Va.'s coal-ash dams
By Ken Ward, Jr., Charleston Gazette
Nearly two-thirds of the coal-ash dams across West Virginia might need repairs, and a quarter of them are ranked as being in poor or unsatisfactory condition, according to a report released Thursday by the state Department of Environmental Protection.
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Legislature passes tougher child-care reforms
By Raquel Rutledge, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Lawmakers unanimously approved a wide-reaching bill Thursday aimed at curbing fraud and keeping criminals out of the state's troubled taxpayer-supported child-care program.
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Drunken driving overhaul OK'd by Senate makes 4th time a felony
By Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The state Senate unanimously voted Thursday for a historic overhaul of the state's drunken driving laws that would require more drivers to install ignition interlock devices on their vehicles and make some fourth drunken driving offenses felonies.
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Legislature approves bill to shift DNR secretary appointment
By Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
After more than a decade of pressure from environmental and conservation groups, the Legislature approved a bill Thursday that would strip authority of future governors to appoint the secretary of the Department of Natural Resources.
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Judge dismisses lawsuit against state DOT officials
By Staff Reports, Wisconsin State Journal (Madison)
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against two state Department of Transportation officials which claimed that the department illegally sold drivers' personal information to firms that made it available on the Internet.
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Wis. Assembly delays action on drunken driving
By Scott Bauer, Wisconsin State Journal (Madison)
The Democratic-controlled state Assembly refused to vote Thursday on a comprehensive toughening of Wisconsin's notoriously weak drunken driving laws after the measure unanimously passed the Senate.
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Legislature approves regions for UW regents
By Staff Reports, Wisconsin State Journal (Madison)
At least half of the citizen members on the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents would have to come from different parts of the state under a bill passed by the Legislature.
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3 more confirmed swine flu cases
By Staff Reports, Wisconsin State Journal (Madison)
Department spokesman Seth Boffeli says Thursday the H1N1 flu has now contributed to 19 deaths in Wisconsin since spring.
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Board disciplines local doctor
By Staff Reports, Green Bay Press-Gazette
The state Medical Examining Board announced earlier this week that formal disciplinary action will be taken against a Green Bay physician for allegedly failing to adequately assess the capacity of a female patient.
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Federal stimulus spokesman defends Web site
By Ben Neary, The Associated Press, Casper Star-Tribune
A spokesman for the federal economic stimulus program is defending the program's Web site against criticism from a top Wyoming official, who said she sees problems with the site that might misinform the public.
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As Pawlenty sizes up Iowa, Iowa will size up Pawlenty
By Bill Salisbury, St. Paul Pioneer Press
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty contends he won't be auditioning for president Saturday when he delivers a nationally televised keynote speech to the Iowa Republican Party's annual leadership dinner in Des Moines.
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States urge stiffer anti-pollution laws
By James B. Hale, The Sun (Baltimore)
Twelve states, including Maryland, and the District of Columbia urged the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday to adopt more rigorous national policies so they can meet federal air pollution reduction requirements for the region.
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U.S. readies jobless aid and help on homes
By Jackie Calmes and David Stout, The New York Times
WASHINGTON — In separate actions to address Americans' continuing economic hardship, the government moved Thursday to assist long-unemployed workers and struggling businesses, as well as home buyers and homeowners facing foreclosure.
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