local

Local is used to describe an event, an organization (local sports team) or an individual who resides or takes place within a specific community.

In the past few years, the local food movement has been making the news as a means to reduce environmental damage that is caused by hauling food long distances and as a way for people to purchase fresh food.

Local farmer’s markets and the 100 mile diet are examples of these activities.

The 100 mile diet involves purchasing Food that is produced or grown within a 100 mile radius of where the buyer lives.

Many communities have also developed shop local campaigns to encourage their residents to purchase goods and services that are sold through locally owned stores.

In tough economic times this strategy can help keep the money circulating in the local economy.

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• VDOT: Drive with caution Monday morning

  
  Augusta Free Press — Authority: 569
  Black ice, frozen slush will cause havoc Staff Report News Tips: freepress2@ntelos.net The Virginia Department of Transportation advises motorists to drive with extra caution tonight and into the morning. Temperatures are expected to drop this evening, creating potential for wet roads to refreeze or black ...
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• Cryotherapy for Warts

  
  Information on HPV — Authority: 143
  If warts must be treated in pregnancy, cryotherapy appears to be the best choice. Cryotherapy involves application of nitrous oxide or liquid nitrogen (-196°C) to Genital Warts , inducing dermal and vascular damage and edema, and leading to both epidermal and dermal cellular necrosis. Liquid nitrogen can be poured ...
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• Cape buried in a foot of snow; Boston getting more than half a foot

  
  The Boston Globe | Boston.com — Authority: 736
  By Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff, and Jeannie Nuss, Globe Correspondent HYANNIS -- A foot of snow blanketed much of Cape...
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• CRIME REPORT: Several arrested for prostitution

  
  Memphis Commercial Appeal Stories — Authority: 531
  Undercover officers with the Memphis Police Department arrested at least 11 suspected prostitutes early this morning.
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• Gun permits surge in state

  
  The Boston Globe | Boston.com — Authority: 736
  The number of gun permits issued in Massachusetts surged by more than 15 percent over the past two years, reversing nearly a decade of steady declines and marking a pronounced departure for a state known for its antigun sentiment.
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• Mr first election as a Green party candidate

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Just a few months after joining a political party for the first time, I was standing in the Queens Park Westminster by-election Looking back, I cant help wondering if standing for the council was my hidden intention all along. When I went to my first Green party meeting just over a month ago, I thought it was because ...
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• HB Local Happenings from the City of Huntington Beach

  
  California Beaches Blog — Authority: 148
  Submitted by Chris MacDonald Hello Friends, I’d like to start this newsletter Thanking Mike Savage and Frank Savage for several years of good food in Downtown Huntington Beach at Luggatti’s Italian Grill which was on 5th Street. Earlier this week Luggattis became no longer at that Location. However they still ...
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• Directory of MISCELLANEOUS INVESTMENTS in BRITISH COLUMBIA Updated!

  
  REALLY Made IN Canada NEWS — Authority: 154
  The REALLY Made In Canada ™ Canadian Business Directory has been updated to include the latest local listings for Miscellaneous Investments in British Columbia, Canada. These local British Columbia business listings are just some of the over one million Canadian businesses and organizations providing Canadian goods, ...
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• 4 people were shot at the Old Gin Event Center in Conway

  
  FOX16 Local News — Authority: 535
  The Conway Police Department is investigating an early morning shooting.
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• Teen Falls Victim of Third Homicide in Two Days

  
  WTVC NewsChannel 9: Chattanooga News, Weather, Radar, Sports, Lottery : News — Authority: 660
  Officers have spent most of the day trying to control the crowd in Harriet Tubman...that was full of emotion from neighbors, friends and family members for a young man that died at just 17 years old.Hundreds of people filled the streets of Harriet...
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• State House hits back at PAC

  
  Malawi news — Authority: 445
  State House has described as unfortunate and irresponsible the call by Public Affairs Committee (PAC) that President Bingu Mutharika should not assent to the Local Government Bill which was passed in the recently ended parliament sitting.  In a statement issued by State House signed by Presidential Legal Counsel, ...
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• Tucson fire dispatcher helps deliver baby over phone – Arizona Daily Star

  
  Discover520.COM — Authority: 174
  Tucson fire dispatcher helps deliver baby over phone Arizona Daily Star Tricia Tracy, a Tucson Fire Department spokeswoman. Medics took the mother and her baby from a home in the 3000 block of N. Mountain Ave., near East Glenn ...
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• Macau Marks Decade of Chinese Rule

  
  American News World — Authority: 170
  Macau, a former Portuguese colony near Hong Kong in southern China, has marked the 10th anniversary of its return to China.
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• First Winter Cold Snap of the Season Grips Europe

  
  American News World — Authority: 170
  Below freezing temperatures combined with compacting snow has meant traffic chaos for drivers in Germany, Poland and elsewhere.
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• EU27 surplus in trade in services fell to 78 bn euro in 2008

  
  GozoNews.Com — Authority: 150
  In 2008, EU27 external trade in services recorded a surplus of 78.4 billion euro, compared with a surplus of 86.9 bn in 2007 and a surplus of 71.4 bn in 2006. The decreased surplus in 2008 was mainly due to smaller surpluses in financial services (+30.7 bn euro in 2008 compared with +33.3 bn in 2007) and “other ...
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• Copenhagen failure due to lack of EU leadership – AD

  
  GozoNews.Com — Authority: 150
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• FAA at EU Forum of Voluntary Work, 2009

  
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  For the second year running, Maltese conservation and environment group Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar was represented at the European Forum of Voluntary Work, 2009 held at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on the 5th of December, International Volunteer Day. This year FAA was not competing for the EU Voluntary ...
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• Baron Hill considering running for Ind. governor

  
  HeraldTimesOnline.com: Relationships — Authority: 586
  INDIANAPOLIS - Rep. Baron Hill, who has faced weeks of rumors that hell retire from Congress next year to run for Indiana governor in 2012, said he is considering a gubernatorial bid but will first run for another term in the House.
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• NH lobster boat crew OK after towing

  
  The Boston Globe | Boston.com — Authority: 736
  The Coast Guard says a lobster boat captain from Rochester, N.H., and his crew are safe after being towed from nearly 200 miles at sea.
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