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Gavin Newsom says the revolution will be digitized
-------------------- Citizenville How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government Gavin Newsom with Lisa Dickey Penguin Press: 272 pp., $25.95 -------------------- California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom has a lot more time on his hands than...
Tags: Government, Current TV (tv network), Al Jazeera (tv network), YouTube, Dyslexia
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Peace Corps volunteers speak about time in Ghana
When Sarah Panzer was in the seventh grade in Lakeville, Minn., a Peace Corps volunteer spoke to her Spanish class. Since then, it was her dream to join the Peace Corps. Now Sarah and her husband, Aberdeen native Jordan Wein, are Peace Corps...
Tags: Science and Technology, Islam, Religion and Belief, Separation of Church and State, Education
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Deep-seated doubts about Jesse Jr.'s seat
That horde of candidates in the 2nd District trying to succeed former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Bud Light, is a wondrous sight. It reaffirms my belief in the goodness of people, since most of the hopefuls are no doubt fueled by the principled...
Tags: Lotteries, Lifestyle and Leisure, Rod Blagojevich, Religion and Belief, Elections
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Convicted former Rep. Mel Reynolds wants Jackson seat in Congress
Clout StreetDisgraced former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds said he will ask voters to focus on his congressional experience rather than his state and federal criminal record as he announced his bid today for the seat held by Jesse Jackson Jr., who has resigned. At a...Tags: Bill Clinton, Religion and Belief, Elections, Politics, Ethics
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Why can't we share?
As the season of gift gluttony, parking lot insanity and checkout line lunacy fades to a distant memory, it's worth contemplating a nagging and perennial question: Why are we so bad at sharing? We fret and fuss at our kids for fighting over the new...Tags: Xbox 360, Kansas State University , Sandy Hook Elementary School, Syracuse University, UNICEF
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Lauren Rousseau Never Let Go Of Her Dream
It could have been one of the best days of her life. At the very least, Dec. 14, 2012, was shaping up nicely as a window into just how far 30-year-old Lauren Gabrielle Rousseau had come in recent months. For six years, Rousseau struggled to find a...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Arts, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Teachers
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Young adults on a mission to improve lives of others
As a volunteer with Notre Dame Mission Volunteers, Sarah Kennedy, 23, works full-time for Alternative Directions, a Baltimore nonprofit that helps people who are in prison or leaving prison. She runs a program called CHIP, which mentors children of...
Tags: Prisons, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Fells Point
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CIA deception threatens global effort to eradicate polio
The news that the Central Intelligence Agency had been running a fake vaccination program in Pakistan first surfaced in 2011 and quickly ignited fears that the covert operation could compromise the global campaign to eradicate polio. Late last month, a...
Tags: Vaccines, Pharmaceuticals, Pakistan, Washington, DC, Health and Safety at Work
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AmeriCorps branch to set up home base in East Baltimore
As many as 240 AmeriCorps members will relocate to East Baltimore's Graceland Park neighborhood in the coming months, as the domestic version of the Peace Corps establishes an urban campus, the first of its kind.
The classrooms at the former Sacred...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Charter Schools, Barbara A. Mikulski, Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Back in Baltimore, Wes Moore has big plans for his hometown
When Wes Moore swings a sledgehammer, he does it with his whole body, with the easy confidence of someone who's used to manual labor. It's early on a Saturday morning, and Wes is one of a couple dozen volunteers who have gathered in the Oliver...
Tags: The New York Times, Personal Income, Social Issues, OWN (tv network), Entertainment
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Jackson Jr. seat candidate hits foe on gun charge
Clout StreetA Democratic state senator running for U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s old congressional seat suggested Monday that voters should “turn the page” away from the district’s scandal-filled history of representation, even as a rival...Tags: Bill Clinton, Chicago City Hall, Religion and Belief, Elections, Crimes
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Petoskey musician hosts benefit concert
Kayla Jo Cross, a 2009 Petoskey High School graduate, will perform — among other local talents — during a benefit concert on Saturday, Dec. 8, an effort to raise funds for her trip with the Global Service Corps, an international service...
Tags: Buddhism, Music Industry, Trips and Vacations, Southeast Asia, Religion and Belief
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