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Letter Labeling all exotic animals as dangerous is extreme
Thomas Cobb's unique collection of 29 snakes, which is kept in a special room in his Cottonwood Heights basement, is in jeopardy. He has been cited for failing to have an exotic pet permit and given one week to get rid of all but one snake. He has spent more than two decades amassing his private collection and prides himself in being a good snake owner. Each snake costs about ...
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Robin Abcarian Military sexual assaults were supposed to end
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, gestures as he speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Friday, May 17, 2013, to discuss sexual assaults in the military and the promotion of Lt. Gen. Curtis "Mike" Scaparrotti to command U.S. troops in South Korea, among other ...
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George F. Will President Obamas new second-term agenda Building trust
President Barack Obama speaks on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday May 15, 2013. Obama announced the resignation of Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller, the top official at the ...
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Charles Krauthammer Americans deserve the facts not conditional truth
WASHINGTON — Note to GOP re Benghazi: Stop calling it Watergate, Iran-Contra, bigger than both, etc. First, it might well be, but we don't know. History will judge. Second, overhyping will only diminish the importance of the scandal if it doesn't meet presidency-breaking standards. Third, focusing on the political effects simply plays into the hands of Democrats desperately ...
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Matthew Spalding Patriotic Americans should redouble their efforts
Across this great land, patriotic Americans are behaving subversively. We're quoting from our pocket Constitutions, starting reading groups to discuss our founding documents, even gathering together to "petition the government for a redress of grievances." Uncle Sam is not ...
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Don Kusler No the Affordable Care Act will not affect doctors
In this March 28, 2012 file photo, supporters of health care reform rally in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on the final day of arguments regarding the health care law signed by President Barack ...
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Minnesota Legislature Growing government Pioneer Press editorial
With political control in the hands of one party for the first time in decades, Minnesotans had a historic legislative session in store. Democrats delivered that. "If you were going to design a session with a goal to push businesses out of Minnesota and create disincentives for new business to come here, they succeeded in doing that," said Charlie Weaver, executive director of the ...
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In our opinion Frances B. Monsons unwavering legacy of service
President Thomas S. Monson and his wife, Frances, wave to the crowd after the Sunday morning session of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 181st Annual General Conference Sunday, April 3, 2011, in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Tom Smart, Deseret ...
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Editorial Upgrade protections of digital records
THE last time the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) was significantly revised, brick-sized cellphones cost $3,000, email was mostly limited to academics and the military. The World Wide Web was still just a gleam in the eye of Tim Berners-Lee. The law, passed in 1986, set forward-looking standards for government monitoring of cellphone calls and emails. But advances in technology ...
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Editorial Preschool benefits trickle up
EARLY-learning programs offer a cost-effective way to prepare young learners for success in school and in life. Preschool is a benefit that trickles up. Research shows high-quality preschool saves school districts about $3,700 per child over the K-12 years. The National Institute for Early Education Research annual look at states’ early-learning efforts gives Washington high marks for ...
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Blocking Syrian Refugees Isn’t the Way
The refugee burden that Syria’s neighbors are shouldering is heavy and should not be borne alone. But keeping people fleeing for their lives in buffer zones inside Syrian borders risks trapping rather than protecting ...
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Is This the Most Disgusting Atrocity Filmed in the Syrian Civil War
Even by the standards of Syria's ever-worsening stream of atrocity and massacre videos, the latest footage from the country cannot fail to shock for its sheer savagery. ...
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Barack Obama must act like a true leader | Observer editorial
It is always hard for an American president in the second term, but both his country and the world need Obama to show strength and courage and put scandal behind ...
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Editorial Google could do itself some good
That means being as aggressive and imaginative as - and preferably more aggressive and imaginative than - the tax specialists who work for accountancy firms and the companies they advise. Inevitably, this is a competition at which lower-paid public servants are always going to be at a disadvantage to their rivals in the private sector, but HM Revenue & Customs have one thing in their favour, ...
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Counterpoint Home care workers in Minnesota deserve a union vote
Shaquonica Johnson was comforted by fellow home-care worker Rochelle Turan while testifying at a hearing on the possible unionization of home-based care ...
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A northern Minnesota tale The orchid and the otter
One late Minnesota afternoon, as summer sanctified the northern latitudes, Secret Lake was inspirited with relentless light. Eleven days before the summer solstice - our seasonal pentecost - my wife, Pam, and I hiked down to the water, paddles in hand. It was 8:30 p.m., but the forest path was warm and enriched, sunlight still penetrating the canopy of leaves and needles at the edge of the bog. ...
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Sturdevant Tax reform in Minnesota Some other year perhaps
Mark Dayton signed the bill that makes same-sex marriage legal in Minnesota after Aug. 1. But this was supposed to be the tax reform session - or so I thought in January. Back then, DFLer Dayton cast himself as a tax-policy modernizer, willing to expend some personal political capital to retrofit the state tax code for today’s economy. In today’s economy, the rich get richer while ...
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Minneapolis schools chief deserves support in driving change
When groups representing educators discuss the achievement gap, they often say, "We know what works.’’ Far too often, though, that knowledge fails to produce results. Minnesota schools in general - ...
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Vikings stadium design Dog days are over. Darth days ahead
This handout released by the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority and the Minnesota Vikings shows the new Minnesota Vikings stadium in this rendering done by HKS Sports and Entertainment Group and released Monday, May 13, 2013. The yet-to-be-named facility, which will open in 2016 and replace the Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis, will have a translucent roof and louvered front windows to let ...
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With Democrats Minnesotans will feel the pain
Best Buy and other stores could be more expensive in the Twin Cities because of an additional sales tax. And the list goes on. Democrats promised that they were going to "tax the rich." But in the final few days of session, we're finding out that what they actually intend to do is tax nearly everybody and everything. Democrats have announced a plan to raise taxes and fees by ...
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Minnesota Legislature Well theres always 2014
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton delivered his State of the State address before a joint session of the Minnesota Legislature in the House Chambers at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. on ...
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Israel Turkey and gas
Word is that both Israel and Turkey are seriously entertaining the notion of constructing an undersea pipeline to deliver Israeli natural gas to Turkey and, perhaps, hence to Europe.The Turks reportedly have expressed willingness to foot part of the estimated $2 billion bill. Such pipelines exist elsewhere in the world, most notably from Russia and from Norway.It is becoming evident that a ...
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I am a Lymphoedema Sister
Contributed by : Carol Gould I thought I would re-publish this article from a year ago as local UK elections loom on 2 May. The present hysteria surrounding the rise and rise of UKIP, the United Kingdom Independence Party, fascinates me as an American because the Tea Party rose from disatisfaction with both Democrats and Republicans. The Tea Party now has six US senators and helped shift ...
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