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SAYS STATE PANEL RENEGED ON AGREEMENT - TODAY IS THURSDAY,
MARCH
3,
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The Columbus
Dispatch... Vote on veal calves
might trigger statewide referendum after all, By Alan
Johnson
The Humane Society of the U.S. is threatening to relaunch a statewide
ballot campaign after a state panel yesterday reneged on part of an
agreement reached last year. The Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board, a
state panel created by a 2009 constitutional amendment, voted yesterday
on a standard for confining veal calves “in crates so small they’re
unable to turn around for more than half of their lives before
slaughter,” Wayne Pacelle, president and chief executive... Read More. See More
News.
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"SOCIAL
MEDIA... A PAIN IN THE..."
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Politico... Social media not so hot on the Hill
By Erika Lovley
The constant influx of feedback on social media is challenging for some
congressional offices. “There’s a lot of trolls on Twitter,” the Texas
Republican told POLITICO. “I just got to the point that I was sick and
tired of it.” And he’s not the only one on Capitol Hill who’s fed up
with the... Read More. See More News. |
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| PETS OF THE
WEEK |
Darke County Animal
Shelter pets of the week
Mandy is a 5 year old Shepherd mix. Rusty is a 5 year old yellow Lab.
Hans is a 2-year-old Dachshund mix. We also have a little Chihuahua
mix; a black and a chocolate lab, a Rottweiler, a Pointer mix and
numerous other dogs. We also have cats and kittens for adoption. The
Shelter hours are 8 am till 4:30 pm Monday-Friday... Read More. See More Community.
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AMERICA'S
CHOICES AT THE POLLS
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Human Events... Voting for the
National Interest, Not Self-Interest
by Michael Barone
It’s a question that puzzles most liberals and bothers some
conservatives. Why are so many modest-income white voters rejecting the
Obama Democrats’ policies of economic redistribution and embracing the
small-government policies of the tea party movement? It’s not supposed
to work out that way, say the political scientists and New Deal
historians. Politics is supposed to be... Read More. See More Blogs. |
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| DISASTER
IN THE MAKING |
Human Events... Runaway Trains
of Bureaucracy
Unstoppable
machinery produces disaster when it crashes.
by John Hayward
The General Accounting Office is preparing to drop a devastating
financial report on Congress, identifying hundreds of billions in
government waste due to “duplication, overlap, and
fragmentation.” Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) is not
surprised. “Go study that report,” he advised Trish Turner of Fox
News. “It will show... Read
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| FROM
THE
EDITOR - TODAY IS THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2011
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County News Online
has added a couple of new features for our readers, including new ways
to express your opinions and comment on what our service offers and
what you would like to see. All of our daily updates are now posted at
our new blog: http://countynewsonline.blogspot.com/. We also
have our own facebook page. You can catch daily update summaries by
becoming a friend at: http://www.facebook.com/countynewsonline.
Also in News: Boehner on Senate approval of Short-term
Budget, and Buchy on Passage of Regulatory Reform Legislation and
Passage of substitute HB58. Events:
4-H Open House. Blogs: So Refreshing -- Congress Doing Its Job. Obituaries:
Steven F. Barga. For
Yesterday's Home Page Click Here.
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