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REMINISCING: Clang, clang, clang went the trolley, right into history
Westerly has debated a town trolley system in recent years . . The thing is, trolley systems are nothing new around here.
thewesterlysun.com (1 hour ago)
Big projects to be debated in next city budget cycle
The Napa City Council will be tasked next month with signing off on a five-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP).
napavalleyregister.com (3 hours ago)
Puerto Rico Approves Anti-Discrimination Bill
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Legislators in Puerto Rico on Friday approved a heavily debated bill that outlaws employment discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation. Opponents of the bill prayed on the steps of the seaside Capitol building as lawmakers voted on a simplified version of the measure, which was...
huffingtonpost.com (12 hours ago)
The hottest French TV of 2013: The Returned
It's four years since a coach taking local teenagers on a school trip plunged down a French mountain, killing several students. But, just as final plans for a much-debated memorial are being passed round the weekly bereavement support group, the children start to come home, acting as if nothing has happened,...
guardian.co.uk (20 hours ago)
Report: No reactivation fees for used Xbox One games
Questions remain regarding Microsoft's official stance on used games for the Xbox One, although one report claims there'll be no fee to reactivate the titles on users' consoles. Earlier this week, it was hinted that anyone purchasing a second hand game would need to pay a re-authentication fee when installing the...
techradar.com (20 hours ago)
Collapse could motivate Legislature to pass projects - Sat, 25 May 2013 PST
OLYMPIA – The collapse of a section of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River could spur the Legislature into action on the much-debated transportation package with its increased gasoline taxes, but some of that action could be to rearrange how money is spent. Sen. Tracie Eide, D-Federal Way and a co-chair of...
spokesman.com (21 hours ago)
Feds OK adding toll lanes to I-75 through Cobb; to open in 2018
The federal government has given final environmental approval to a long-debated project that would add toll lanes to Interstate 75 and Interstate 575 through Cobb and Cherokee counties.
mdjonline.com (1 day ago)
Woodford County to consider merits of Focus Forward CI
Whether some Woodford County Board members favor economic development initiatives doesn’t appear to be in question. But how those initiatives are handled probably will be debated thoroughly over the next few months.
pjstar.com (1 day ago)
Puerto Rico approves anti-discrimination bill
Legislators in Puerto Rico on Friday approved a heavily debated bill that outlaws employment discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation. Opponents of the bill prayed on the steps of the seaside Capitol building as lawmakers voted on a simplified version of the measure, which was widely rejected by...
foxnews.com (1 day ago)
Puerto Rico approves anti-discrimination bill
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Legislators in Puerto Rico on Friday approved a heavily debated bill that outlaws employment discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation.
boston.com (1 day ago)
Puerto Rico approves anti-discrimination bill
Legislators in Puerto Rico on Friday approved a heavily debated bill that outlaws employment discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation.
miamiherald.com (1 day ago)
Puerto Rico approves anti-discrimination bill
Legislators in Puerto Rico on Friday approved a heavily debated bill that outlaws employment discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation.
northjersey.com (1 day ago)
Puerto Rico Approves Anti-Discrimination Bill
Legislators in Puerto Rico on Friday approved a heavily debated bill that outlaws employment discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation.
nytimes.com (1 day ago)
The Intelligence Squared Debate: Masha Gessen Has Some Really Strange Ideas About The 1990's
There was a very interesting debate put on by Intelligence Squared the other day. The subject was everyone's favorite Russian president/czar/national savior/evil dictator Vladimir Putin, and the motion being debated was "Putin has been good for Russia." On the pro-Putin side of the ledger were Christopher Granville...
forbes.com (1 day ago)
Will It Be Inflation Or Deflation? The Answer May Surprise You
Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog, Is the coming financial collapse going to be inflationary or deflationary? Are we headed for rampant inflation or crippling deflation? This is a subject that is hotly debated by economists all over the country. Some insist that the wild money printing...
zerohedge.com (2 days ago)
Marijuana blood sugar connection could make pot the next diabetes solution (Video)
There is a positive marijuana blood sugar connection, and that could make Mary Jane the next big diabetes drug, according to a May 23 Yahoo News report. The latest student on marijuana showed that the hotly debated illegal drug has...
examiner.com (2 days ago)
Lawmakers favor limits on use of ethanol in motor fuels
AUGUSTA, Maine - A long-debated bill that could have banned the use of corn-based ethanol in motor fuel in Maine passed unanimously through the Senate Thursday evening. The original bill banned ethanol in fuel on the condition that two other New England states do the same. The Senate amended the ...
bangordailynews.com (2 days ago)
Something in the Air (Après Mai) – review
In contemporary French and European cinema, the events of May 1968 live stubbornly on – intensely debated and treasured and re-mythologised. A whiff of tear gas is a madeleine. For wasn't it cinema itself, and the attempted sacking of the Cinématheque Française chief Henri Langlois, that helped spark the Paris...
guardian.co.uk (2 days ago)
Common core education standards debated at hearing
Critics of national education standards adopted three years ago in Wisconsin packed an informational hearing on Wednesday that was called by two legislative committees to examine the issue.
greenbaypressgazette.com (2 days ago)
New proposals for safer America's Cup
New proposals for safer America's Cup The speed limitation was a hotly debated issue, with the Italian Luna Rossa team saying after the fatality that it would consider pulling out of the competition should the races be held in wind speeds exceeding 20 knots for the challenger rounds and 25 knots for the Cup itself....
sfgate.com (2 days ago)
Taking the fifth: how Lois Lerner of the IRS followed a well-trodden path | Tom McCarthy
When IRS executive Lois Lerner asserted her right, under the fifth amendment, to avoid taking questions from the House oversight committee on Wednesday, she joined a long line of would-be witnesses to tell Congress to kiss off. The tactic came into vogue in the early 1950s, when legislators developed a habit of...
guardian.co.uk (3 days ago)
LePage: I’ll veto hospital debt repayment as long as it’s linked to Medicaid expansion
AUGUSTA, Maine - Gov. Paul LePage’s administration said Wednesday that his veto pen is at the ready in anticipation of final passage of a controversial and long-debated bill that links Democrats’ plan to expand Medicaid eligibility with his proposal to repay Maine hospitals millions in past debt. That means hours ...
bangordailynews.com (3 days ago)
State House committee debates legislation to repeal Racial Justice Act
RALEIGH - A state House judiciary committee this morning debated but took no vote on legislation to repeal North Carolina's Racial Justice Act, a law that allows death row inmates to challenge their sentences on the basis of racism.
fayobserver.com (3 days ago)
OAS to White House: It’s High Time the U.S. Debated Legalizing Pot
On the Latin American street, the Organization of American States has always borne a reputation, not always deserved, as Washington’s lackey. But the OAS, based in Washington, just tossed the White House a message it would rather not hear: It’s time to seriously discuss legalizing marijuana as one means of reducing...
yahoo.com (3 days ago)
Minor hockey bodychecking ban to be debated
Hundreds of delegates arrive in Charlottetown Wednesday for the Hockey Canada annual general meeting, where they will vote on whether bodychecking should be banned nationally in minor hockey.
cbc.ca (3 days ago)
'It's pronounced jif. End of story': Inventor of the GIF finally declares how the file format's...
GIF inventor Steve Wilhite (pictured) declared that the file format should be pronounced with a soft 'G', making it 'jif', bringing an official ruling to a subject that has been debated by technology fans for years.
dailymail.co.uk (3 days ago)
Mass. bill would try 17-year-olds as juveniles
BOSTON - Lawmakers are considering a significant change in how the state's court system handles teenage offenders. A bill expected to be debated in the House on Wednesday would treat 17-year-olds accused of most crimes as juveniles, meaning their cases would automatically go to juvenile court instead of adult court....
bostonherald.com (3 days ago)
William Petrocelli: Shopping Is Political: A Lesson From '70s Feminists
The feminist revolution of the 1970s embraced a deceptively simple proposition: "The personal is political." It's a short phrase with sweeping implications. Issues that had previously been considered private matters were suddenly opened up to their wider, social implications. When a woman is defined simply as a...
huffingtonpost.com (4 days ago)
House to debate Maine hospital debt repayment
AUGUSTA, Maine - The Maine House is scheduled to debate a bill that would pay off Maine's $484 million debt to the state's hospitals, with a Democratic-backed amendment calling for the state to accept federal money to expand Medicaid to roughly 70,000 people. The bill to be debated late Tuesday afternoon follows...
bostonherald.com (4 days ago)
School board member’s involvement debated in community meeting on Carver Middle principal search
The search for a new principal for Carver Middle School in Delray Beach has turned into a bit of a hoopla after a Palm Beach County School Board member got involved in interviewing the four candidates at a community forum.
palmbeachpost.com (4 days ago)
