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• Bukidnon governor Jose Zubiri, Jr. sticks it out with LAKAS CMD KAMPI party

  
  Bukidnon Online — Authority: 130
  BUKIDNON | POLITICS BUKIDNON – After the seemingly long and winding road, the ending is still “back to base” or “back to the mother ship.” Bukidnon Governor Jose Ma. Zubiri, Jr., who heavily campaigned for President Gloria Arroyo in the previous presidential elections and for Team Unity in the last ...
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• Hey IOPTF – BITE ME: The Fed moving to end fishing

  
  The Proud Political Junkie's Gazette — Authority: 139
  by: Lynn Swearingen (C) 2009      All rights reserved                                                        “In June the White House created the IOPTF they should have named it WTF in my humble opinion. The Interagency Oceans Policy Task Force has now ...
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• Iranian Militiamen Try to Cow Opposition Figure

  
  NYT > Global Home — Authority: 152
  A demonstration by hard-liners came as another opposition leader’s Nobel Prize was confiscated.
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• Islamic Extremists Execute Young Convert in Somalia

  
  Particular Baptist Kev's Random Thoughts — Authority: 136
  Christian accused of trying to convert Muslim teenager found shot on Mogadishu street.NAIROBI, Kenya, November 23 (CDN) — Islamic extremists controlling part of the Somali capital of Mogadishu this month executed a young Christian they accused of trying to convert a 15-year-old Muslim to Christianity.Members of the ...
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• China Releases Uyghur Church Leader from Prison

  
  Particular Baptist Kev's Random Thoughts — Authority: 136
  Osman Imin freed after two years; concerns remain over incarcerated Alimjan Yimit.LOS ANGELES, November 24 (CDN) — A Uyghur Christian in China’s troubled Xinjiang region was released last week after serving two years in a labor camp for alleged “illegal proselytizing” and “leaking state secrets,” according ...
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• Marketing departments getting ‘pushed in the corner’

  
  mUmBRELLA — Authority: 703
  Marketing has dropped off many companies’ agendas, with marketing directors pushed into communications roles instead of being part of the business strategy.   Panellist at Mumbrella’s Question Time, Peter McDonald MD of pitch consultancy Agency Register, said that for too many companies, such as major ...
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• AIG, the Sequel

  
  Skeptical CPA — Authority: 479
  "After shelling out billions of dollars to Wall Street banks last year on souring trades, [AIG] has gotten some of that money back, thanks to a turnaround in the very securities that helped to level the insurer. ... For the second quarter, the figure may have topped $3 billion, public filings suggest. Goldman Sachs ...
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• US Relinquishes Control of the Internet

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  Icann – the official body that ultimately controls the development of the internet thanks to its oversight of web addresses such as .com, .net and .org – said today that it was ending its agreement with the US government. The deal, part of a contract negotiated with the US department of commerce, effectively pushes ...
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• Australian ETS = Carbon Tax + Consumer Welfare

  
  World is Green — Authority: 125
  I have been rooting for the ETS for a while now but with better understanding of the legislation (thanks a lot to the commentary on BusinessSpectator.com.au) I have learned that the ETS in its current form is not going to solve Australia’s problems at all. With ability to pacify any group that the government ...
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• Oshtemo budget hearing is Dec. 8

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 830
  The Oshtemo Township Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing on the townships 2010 budget on Dec. 8.
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• Stimulus benefits at least 14 percent phony, and counting

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  Californias state government said it took its share of stimulus money and saved 18,229 corrections jobs. But fewer than 5,000 of those jobs -- perhaps fewer than 1,000 -- were ever in any danger of being lost, according to a letter released this week by the states auditor. In Washington state, 24,000 teachers jobs ...
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• Gold star for the birthday boy (and a smack on the head for the moderator)

  
  mUmBRELLA — Authority: 703
  While all of the panellists at this week’s Mumbrella Question Time put the work in to make it a good session, Aegis boss Lee Stephens deserved a special gold star.   Despite celebrating his birthday the night before, he was first to arrive at the venue. And he had interesting things to say about how media ...
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• The First National Thanksgiving Proclamation

  
  Caffeinated Thoughts — Authority: 142
  President George Washington made a historic proclamation signed on October 3, 1789 to set Thursday, November 26, 1789 as a Day of Public Thanksgiving and Prayer.  It wasn’t until October 3, 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation making the 4th Thursday in November a national holiday. ...
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• Former Dept of Justice Cronyism & Corruption MNAT Paul Traub n eToys

  
  Talk Delaware Online — Authority: 147
  Many continue to reflect on the complicated dynamics of the Federal corruption debacle that I have reported upon and ask that it be stated in simple/layman terms. Succinctly - the www.MNAT.com Law firm represents Bain (a multi Billion company formed and managed by Mitt Romney), MNAT also represents Goldman Sachs. ...
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• Texas unveils new vanity plates to raise money for state - 1st Edition

  
  Auto-a-Holic.com — Authority: 135
  Filed under: Government/Legal , Humor Texas’ new vanity license plates - Click above for high-res image gallery Every state in the union is facing huge budget deficits and a number have turned to license plates as a way to raise some fast cash. First was New York, which recently unveiled a new ...
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• Texas unveils new vanity plates to raise money for state - 1st Edition

  
  Auto-a-Holic.com — Authority: 135
  Filed under: Government/Legal , Humor Texas’ new vanity license plates - Click above for high-res image gallery Every state in the union is facing huge budget deficits and a number have turned to license plates as a way to raise some fast cash. First was New York, which recently unveiled a new ...
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• GTA West transportation study open houses, November 30, December 3, 8, 10

  
  Transit Toronto - Weblog — Authority: 443
  Since 2007, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation been studying the long-term transportation needs of the western part of the Greater Toronto Area to help plan for future infrastructure needs. The Ministry has started a formal environmental assessment process to examine how to better link urban growth centres in ...
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• What The GO Zone Is

  
  eTrades.net — Authority: 143
  Learning to take advantage of the GO zone will be something that one will want to do when it comes to real estate investment opportunities down in the Gulf Coast area. The Gulf Opportunity Zone, which was created after Hurricane Katrina slammed the area in late August of 2005, is more formally known as the Gulf ...
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• Obama object of hatred from the right and mild disappointment to his allies

  
  Liberal Common Sense — Authority: 120
  Not that many listened, but one of the concerns I had during the whole presidential election process was that too many believed as is quoted in this piece by E.J. Dionne that then presidential candidate was "capable of parting raging seas" -- the unrealistic expectations created by the Obama campaign that people were ...
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• France’s New Hotel Classification

  
  Travel, Travel Vacations, Travel City, European Travel and more Informations — Authority: 118
  article by Mon “Hotel” New hotel classification in France A reform of the hotel classification has been on the news since more than a year: Indeed until now there were no five stars hotels in France, but since the beginning of 2009 the change is on: Hotels that volunteer will be rated from one to five [...]
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