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Bad economy forces Parachute mayor to resign

Source: The Denver Post

Parachute :: CO :: USA | updated Sat Nov 21 08:31:46 -0800 2009 | political-news

Colo.—Parachute Mayor Roy McClung says he will step down from his post by the end of the year to return to college because he's been financially affected by the decline in oil and gas development on the Western Slope. McClung...

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Rupee use in Bhutan to be banned

Source: APFA News

Thimphu :: Bhutan | updated Sat Nov 21 08:31:44 -0800 2009 | political-news

The Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) has decided to call back all the Indian currency currently in circulation in Bhutan market. According to the decision, the India currencies will no more be circulated in Bhutan as in past.

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Judge puts stay on Eyman request

Source: The Olympian

Olympia :: WA :: USA | updated Sat Nov 21 08:26:45 -0800 2009 | political-news

Tim Eyman lost a round in court Friday over his effort to make state elections officials answer questions about their policy for making initiative-signers' names public. A Thurston County judge put a stay on Eyman’s request to force Secretary of...

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More Atheistic Coinage

Source: Canadian Free Press

Moscow :: Russia | updated Sat Nov 21 08:26:36 -0800 2009 | political-news

Coca Cola says that its drink makes the world go round, because it brings people together...Watch any rock concert and you’ll find lots of fans getting together with police as they search for drugs and weapons. Miss World hopefuls all...

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Wraps off Santa today (Newstalk ZB)

Source: Xtra News

Auckland :: New Zealand | updated Sat Nov 21 08:26:30 -0800 2009 | political-news

Auckland's Santa will be officially unveiled today after getting a facelift. There was public uproar when a decision was made to ditch the 20-metre tall Santa Claus, because he was getting a bit dowdy. But this year he is back...

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Pope appoints bishop to Nova Scotia diocese at centre of child porn ...

Source: Macleans

Sydney :: Australia | updated Sat Nov 21 08:25:59 -0800 2009 | political-news

The Pope has appointed a new bishop to a Nova Scotia diocese shaken by allegations that its former religious leader was in possession of child pornography. In a statement Saturday, the diocese of Antigonish announced that Pope Benedict named Bishop...

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City's gun-exchange program a success

Source: The News-Dispatch

Michigan City :: IN :: USA | updated Sat Nov 21 08:25:00 -0800 2009 | political-news

The deluge of derringers, sawed-off shotguns, Saturday night specials and assorted rifles flooded into the station as part of the police department's "get more buck for your bang" gun-exchange program. The event was scheduled for today as well, but the...

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Park Dept. creates list of cost-saving measures

Source: The News-Dispatch

Michigan City :: IN :: USA | updated Sat Nov 21 08:24:32 -0800 2009 | political-news

Jan Orlich, superintendent of the park department, and department directors are creating a list of cost-saving measures that will be presented at the Dec...One cost-saving measure that has already paid off, Orlich said, was reducing the cost of lighting Lake...

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Land being sought for Army Reserve Center

Source: The News-Dispatch

Michigan City :: IN :: USA | updated Sat Nov 21 08:24:30 -0800 2009 | political-news

Army Corps of Engineers based in Louisville, Ky., has been assigned to find a location for a facility that will accommodate nine new Army Reserve units. He said construction will begin sometime in 2011 and is expected to be completed...

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Palin folksy and critical

Posted by: dustgeer

New York City :: NY :: USA | updated Sat Nov 21 08:29:36 -0800 2009 | political-news

Sarah Palin's new memoir describes heart-wrenching anguish about her teen daughter's pregnancy playing out before a national audience. But the 413-page tome doesn't contain a single reference to the father of her grandson, soon-to-be Playgirl model Levi Johnston. In "Going...

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