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McCain: Flip-flop count at 61. (Updated: Obama=17)
Spin CycleA week or so ago, with McCain hyperventilating about Obama reversals on matters such as public financing of his campaign, we linked to a site that was tracking McCain's flip-flops. McCain is still hyperventilating. His current claim is that......Tags: National Government, California, Diplomacy, Foreign Aid, Mass Media
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WA Officials: New "Top Two" Primary Still On Track
The Associated PressThe top elections official for Washington state has rejected new calls by political parties to suspend August's "top two" primary. Sam Reed says a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision puts the state's primary plans on solid legal ground. This week,...Tags: Government
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Man scales The New York Times' headquarters
Police say a man has scaled the side of The New York Times' 52-story headquarters in Manhattan for the third time in two months. Police say the man climbed up the Eighth Avenue side of the building, which faces the Port Authority bus terminal across the...Tags: New York Times, Climbing, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Manhattan
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Palm Beach County: Monday is deadline to apply for Supreme Court vacancy
The deadline is Monday for applicants for the Florida Supreme Court to fill Justice Raoul Cantero III's seat. He resigned effective Sept. 6. The state constitution requires that each of Florida's five appellate districts must have at least one elected or...Tags: Constitutional Issues, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Court Administration, Justice System
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Virginia man set to be executed Thursday
Associated Press WriterA Virginia man is scheduled to be executed Thursday for beating and stabbing his 79-year-old neighbor to death. Kent Jermaine Jackson, 26, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt for the 2000 death of...Tags: Lawyers, Timothy M. Kaine, Government, Sexual Assault, Texas
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Should Orange share traffic-ticket surcharge?
Sentinel Staff WriterOrlando-area cities are contesting Orange County's recent decision to stop giving them a share of traffic-ticket surcharges from moving violations they issue. Since 1992, the cities have used their share of the $12.50 per ticket fee to buy emergency-radio...Tags: Eatonville, Ocoee, Apopka, Police, Windermere
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Plants are rescued as bulldozers dig
The Virginia GazetteConcerned citizens recently saved more than 700 native plants at Quarterpath Crossing. The Williamsburg Wildflower Rescue Team dates to 1985 as a sort of hostage negotiator for flora. Once a residential or commercial development has gained permits...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Botany, Williamsburg, Natural Resources, Natural Science
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Award stands in Wal-Mart bias case
carrie.mason-draffen@newsday.comWal-Mart has lost its bid to overturn a 2005 Long Island jury verdict that found the nation's No. 1 retailer guilty of discrimination against a mentally disabled Centereach man. Two years ago, a federal jury in Central Islip awarded Patrick Brady $7.5...Tags: Lawyers, Central Islip, Court Administration, Medicine, Discrimination
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Careful scrutiny of state funds for charities defended
reid.epstein@newsday.comExtensive oversight is necessary to ensure state financing for local organizations isn't abused, even if the process sometimes results in lengthy delays for local charities and other recipients, lawmakers and good-government advocates said yesterday....Tags: New York, Craig Johnson, Suffolk County (New York), Long Island, Laws
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Fund transfer rule fails vote
Sun ReporterAnne Arundel County Council members have voted down a controversial charter amendment that sought to impose greater restrictions on the county executive's ability to transfer funds. The measure, which was blocked Monday night 4-3 - short of the five-...Tags: John R Leopold
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