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Ban on earmarks could be bad news to local agencies, small towns
I read Danny Westneat’s column about earmarks in Wednesday’s Times [“Missing the mark on earmarks,” NWWednesday, Feb. 9]. I’m thinking he knows what is on that island in Alaska besides 50 residents. Would including that information have made the earmark seem less silly?
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MURRIETA: Local Democrats galvanize their base
Nevermind that Southwest County is often considered aconservative, Republican stronghold —- the area swung in BarackObama’s favor in the 2008 presidential election, and with midtermelections looming, local Democrat volunteers are galvanizinglike-minded people with rallies and get-out-the-vote efforts.
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Local Golf Results • Sports (www.HometownAnnapolis.com – The Capital)
COMPASS POINTE: Ladies 9-hole League, low gross, Val D’Ambrogi 49; 2nd, Carol Hall 51; low net, Susan Nauman 32; 2nd, Barbara Burdette 33. Longest Drive, Jane Burke.
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Local roundup: Twin Falls boys soccer tops Pocatello
The Bruins claimed their first victory of the season by scoringthree times in the second half to break a scoreless deadlock inPocatello.
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Hampden may get local cash
Hampden could soon see a new kind of cash — the BNote.Organizers of the Baltimore Green Currency Association are hoping to print their own money, a strictly neighborhood currency that they say would strengthen the Hampden economy, while building community pride and spirit.It also would…
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Local Dispatches
Police have launched a manhunt after a woman vacationing in Maine reported being abducted from a local street and assaulted.
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Airplane manufacturing, flying part of local aviation
Wayne County has long nurtured an interest in flight.
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Local Oregon State University graduates
The following Benton County residents graduated from OregonState University on June 12:
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Local race results
SOLSTICE RUN 15K
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Class of 2010: Local graduates announced
Valedictorian: Amanda Marsh, daughter of Doreen Marsh. Salutatorian: Megan O’Brien, daughter of Ray and Kathy O’Brien.
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