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Armed with the Truth Pro-Palestinian Forces Storm Fortress Israel (Dec 31 2003 19:19 GMT) - (Puerto Rico) Meanwhile reports of murderous gang wars, prostitution, and drug abuse coupled with corruption reaching into! the highest echelons of Israeli society should also serve as a wake-up call. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(85%), $propaganda_theme1(55%), $propaganda_theme2(50%), $propaganda_theme3(55%), $use_is_abuse(85%), $propaganda_theme4(85%), $propaganda_theme5(70%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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For Your Information (Dec 31 2003 19:19 GMT) - Ernesto Chavez, 23, 1012 Napoleon St., drug abuse and drug paraphernalia, Tuesday, awaiting court. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(85%), $propaganda_theme2(50%), $propaganda_theme3(60%), $use_is_abuse(85%), $propaganda_theme4(85%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $alcohol(50%), $paraphernalia(100%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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Man expected to plead guilty after car chase (Dec 31 2003 19:19 GMT) - He faces two counts of felonious assault of a peace officer, two counts of failure to comply with a peace officer, possession of crack cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia and criminal damaging. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(60%), $propaganda_theme2(50%), $propaganda_theme3(60%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $stimulant(100%), $cocaine(100%), $paraphernalia(100%), $various_drugs(90%)] |
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Buzzword watch: information pollution (Dec 31 2003 19:18 GMT) - Slashdot has an interesting thread on information pollution, the trendy buzzphrase for a reality most of us already face -- one in which countless whining, ferret-like bits of information demand our attention every waking minute. There are big lessons here for PR practitioners, or for anyone marketing their business. The question is: Are we brave enough to take the lessons to heart? And what is the biggest lesson? |
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Pucker up for new year! (Dec 31 2003 19:16 GMT) - For a midnight kiss of course, nothing Gilbert and George-ish. In fact doesn't it look a little like the gorgeous Florence? Personally I've always loved English bull terriers since my days as a kennel-maid. The great thing about them... |
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At-Risk Areas Brace for Rain (Dec 31 2003 19:15 GMT) - At-Risk Areas Brace for Rain "While Southern California was spared from heavy downpours forecast for Tuesday, a handful of San Bernardino County residents whose properties were declared a potential "high risk" for deadly floods and mudslides scrambled to fortify their homes before other rainstorms sweep through in the weeks ahead." |
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Snowpack levels bode well for water (Dec 31 2003 19:15 GMT) - Snowpack levels bode well for water "Southern California was dry last year and lagged this winter until the Christmas storm. With Monday's heavy snowfall, the statewide snowpack is approaching 125 percent of average." |
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Defining 'American' (Dec 31 2003 19:15 GMT) - Defining 'American' Then came the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and in their wake, a wave of anti-immigrant hostility that has prompted consideration of some of the most self-defeating policies toward immigrants our state and nation have ever seen. |
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Clear skies and political will (Dec 31 2003 19:15 GMT) - Clear skies and political will -- Asthma: Asthma rates in Fresno are triple the national average, and other cities in the valley are in the same boat. Principal sources are agriculture, oil wells and vehicles. Agriculture in California has been virtually untouchable for years owing to its political power. Why shouldn't all major pollution sources comply with the same requirements? |
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State's business climate stormy (Dec 31 2003 19:15 GMT) - State's business climate stormy Workers' compensation costs at Coast Converters, a plastic bag manufacturing plant doing business in East Los Angeles for 40 years, will be about $680,000 for 2003, up from $225,000 in 2000. |
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Highway 99 marked for upgrades (Dec 31 2003 19:15 GMT) - Highway 99 marked for upgrades A new report from the state Department of Transportation sketches two decades of proposed improvements that will gradually transform narrow, congested 99 into a modern artery with six or more lanes from Merced to Bakersfield and beyond -- all laced by a fiber-optic network controlling new ramp meters, message boards and other devices to improve traffic flow. |
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Outlook Is Bleak for a State Stuck in Traffic (Dec 31 2003 19:15 GMT) - Outlook Is Bleak for a State Stuck in Traffic "It's just going to get worse," said Joel Anderson, president of the California Trucking Assn. "With money back in the economy, and people having more bucks to spend, more bucks mean more trucks." |
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Gambling With Their Lives (Dec 31 2003 19:15 GMT) - Gambling With Their Lives Small populations usually mean fewer people requiring paramedics and firefighters, police officers or hospitals. But more than 10 million cars and trucks go through Baker on I-15 every year, …” |
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Aircraft carrier setting sail for San Diego (Dec 31 2003 19:15 GMT) - Aircraft carrier setting sail for San Diego and its new life as a floating museum" A handful of volunteers at the Oakland waterfront scurried from fore to aft on the Midway Sunday as they readied the storied aircraft carrier for its new life as California's latest floating naval history museum. |
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The Forgotten Highway (Dec 31 2003 19:15 GMT) - The Forgotten Highway It shoots across table-flat sections of the valley plain, bends just enough to play tag with Interstate 5 and ends in a spectacular roller coaster over the Coast Range. |
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electoral calculus (Dec 31 2003 19:15 GMT) - Frankly, I'm leery of the electoral-predictions game. On one hand, Steven Den Beste argues that Bush's win is inevitable because "white males are Jacksonian" and "prefer cowboys to metrosexuals." On the other, E.J. Dionne rebuts by pointing out how Dean h |
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Nytårsaftensfamiliehygge (Dec 31 2003 19:15 GMT) - Slet ikke skidt. Og andre folks fyrværkeri er ret pænt (det lokale udbud var beskedent, så min købelyst var begrænset). :-) |
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Cushman's New York Photos (Dec 31 2003 19:15 GMT) - Drop whatever you are doing and go check out the Charles W. Cushman archive. They've got a series of New York City photographs from the 1940s and 1950s that will literally blow your socks off. It's all there- from the Old Fulton Market pictures above, Wall Street, the Waterfront, LES, more LES, Pearl Street, the East Village, and 42nd Street. All beautifully notated. |
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