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• Fish and Game Q&A: Can I use a scope-mounted light to hunt coyote at night?

  
  Outposts — Authority: 579
  In support of the California Department of Fish and Game and its effort to keep hunters and anglers informed, Outposts, onThursday afternoon or Friday, posts marine biologist Carrie Wilsonsweekly Q&A column: Question: Can you clarify the regulation on hunting coyote with a light? I interpret it to be that ...
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• Letters: Vanunus courage

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Once again the Israeli authorities have shown their disregard for human rights and unremittingly vindictive behaviour towards Mordechai Vanunu ( House arrest for Israeli nuclear whistleblower , 30 December). Despite having known of Mordechais two-year relationship with his Norwegian girlfriend, the authorities chose ...
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• With talk of abortion should be talk of responsibility

  
  Letters to the Editor — Authority: 138
       With the issue of abortion and public funding of abortion there enters an inherent question regarding freedom and responsibility. Does society foster an irresponsible attitude toward life itself or does it place responsibility for one’s actions on the persons…
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• Security Without Freedoms

  
  Muslim Media Network — Authority: 139
  By Paul Craig Roberts December 22, 2009 “Information Clearing House” — Obama’s dwindling band of true believers has taken heart that their man has finally delivered on one of his many promises–the closing of the Guantanamo prison. But the prison is not being closed. It is being moved to Illinois, if the ...
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• FBI Reports: Guns Sales Way Up, Crime Way Down

  
  Riehl World View — Authority: 729
  Via Mellissa Clouthier on Twitter. Link via the NRAs Institute for Legislative Action . Last week, the FBI issued its preliminary 2009 crime report, showing that the number of murders in the first half of 2009 decreased 10 percent compared to the first half of 2008. If the trend holds for the remainder of 2009, ...
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• Ethiopia rejects warning of hunger after drought

  
  addisportal.com — Authority: 135
  An Ethiopian minister has denied reports that millions of people need urgent food aid after failed rains. (more…) Related Posts November 7, 2009 — Land of silence and starvation November 5, 2009 — Pray for victims of Ethiopian food crisis, says World Vision October 22, 2009 — Ethiopia seeks ...
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  My Affiliate Marketing Guide — Authority: 135
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• For Those Who Would Change the Wind

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 491
  "We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends."Mary McLeod Bethune, 1875 - 1955Educator, Presidential Adviser, Leader
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• 10 Secrets the IRS Does Not Want You to Know

  
  Roni Deutch: The Tax Lady Blog — Authority: 440
  Dealing with IRS collection agents can be a scary thing, however as this blog entry from my law firm’s website points out, there are dozens of secrets about the tax debt collection process that the IRS does not want taxpayers to know. After defending Americans against the IRS for nearly twenty years, my staff ...
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• Jerusalem Court Issues Temporary Injunction Against Copycat Challah Cover Manufacturers

  
  The IP Factor — Authority: 426
  Karshi is a leading manufacturer of mass-produced Judaica with some 1800 product lines, and 200-300 new products a year. One successful line they do is a series of Challah and Matzah cloths that have the words Shabbat and Yom Tov (Sabbath and Festivals) embroidered on a translucent material, within a contrasting ...
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• Montana Supreme Court allows for doctor-assisted suicide

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  The Associated Press is reporting today that the Montana Supreme Court has ruled that nothing in the state law can keep patients from seeking physician-assisted suicide.: A year ago, a state District Court judge ruled that the states constitutional rights to privacy and dignity protect the right of terminally ill ...
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• PETA to Pope Benedict XVI: Veganize the Vatican

  
  L.A. Unleashed — Authority: 602
  Taking a cue from Pope Benedict XVIs message for the Catholic Churchs World Day of Peace , in which he calls for "a real change of outlook which will result in new life-styles" as a means to combat damage to the environment, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals vice president Bruce Friedrich fired off a ...
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• South Asia: Looking Back At 2009

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 711
  The year 2009 is ending and its time to retrospect how the year has been for the South Asian region. In a two-part review we will look back at some of the major events which took place this year in the South Asian countries seen through the eyes of the citizen journalists. Special thanks to the South Asia authors of ...
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• Anniversary of a New Years Showdown in Dallas

  
  Change the Wind — Authority: 429
  I really thank Dallas Morning News columnist Steve Blow, for posting this on the Dallas Metro Blog. Its a great story. Peter Johnson, a friend of mine, has told me about this and it always makes me proud to see how some in Dallas stood up to establishment leaders, in and outside of our community. But more importantly, ...
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• Dennis Brutus, 1924-2009: The Man Who Would Reclaim Sports

  
  The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy — Authority: 629
  It was 1976, and the Summer Olympics in Montreal had improbably become ground zero in the struggle against apartheid. Several dozen African nations threatened to boycott if the International Olympic Committee dared allow South Africa to be a part of the games. Montreals athletic jamboree was in jeopardy and the cause ...
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• Insurance industry pushing measure to stall maternity bill

  
  Colorado Independent — Authority: 623
  A proposed bill that would institute a one-year moratorium on insurance mandates aims to wipe out a number of measures slated for next session, including legislation that would require Colorado insurance companies to cover maternity care and birth control. State Rep. Kathleen Curry, Independent The moratorium ...
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• Prop 8’s Frank Schubert supports his sister, but not her right to marry

  
  The Liberal OC — Authority: 530
  According to the Bay Area Reporter , the lesbian sister of Proposition 8 mastermind Frank Schubert has announced her candidacy for Sacramento County Superior Court judge. Schubert is the President of Orange County’s Schubert Flint Public Affairs. Schubert acknowledges that his sister, Anne Marie Schubert, is part ...
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• State of Affairs 2009 Blog Wrap-Up

  
  State of Affairs — Authority: 115
  December 31st; according to our widely-accepted calendar, in twelve short hours we will see 2009 out the door and into the annals of history, where it will join the countless other years in our culture’s past that weren’t really all that important. Of course that’s not true – every year is important to ...
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• Writers Rally for Jailed Chinese Dissident

  
  China Digital Times (CDT) — Authority: 580
  Several well-known writers, including Don DeLillo, E.L. Doctorow, Edward Albee and A.M. Holmes, gathered in the snow in New York to offer tribute to imprisoned writer Liu Xiaobo before delivering a petition to the Chinese representative at the U.N. calling for Liu’s release. From CBS News : The writers who ...
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• UN Human Rights Council investigator compares Israelis to Nazis

  
  mooseandsquirrel.ca — Authority: 441
  A ‘perversion of justice’: Sanctions against Israel, but no such actions taken against the serial abusers of real human rights. Read: UN Watch Calls on UN to Remove Richard Falk for Breaching Mandate
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