Coffee company spends over $30,000 fighting New York City's air pollution citation for smell of roasted coffee. In New York City, Smelling Delicious Can Get You Fined New York City's Gillies Coffee Co., founded in 1840 and one of the ...
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To comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the owner of a historic California candy store is forced to build a $14,000 handicapped-accessible entrance ramp. Candy Store Owner Takes a Licking Lanny Rose has owned the Cottage of Sweets, ...
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New York's smoking ban causes the closure of a popular Buffalo bar and restaurant, leaving nearly 20 employees without work. Small Neighborhood Restaurants and Bars Hurt Most by Smoking Bans The Royal Pheasant, a popular bar and restaurant in Buffalo, ...
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Delaware's indoor public smoking ban cost one establishment 70 percent of its business and a $350 fine from the state's health department. Small Business in Financial Trouble After Delaware Smoking Law Forces Patrons Across State Lines The Delaware legislature has ...
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A for-profit public relations agency sent me a link and an excerpt to the story "Thanks for the Facts. Now Sell Them" by Matthew C. Nisbet and Chris Mooney in Sunday's Washington Post, with the suggestion that I might like ...
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Today begins a new blog series: Reprinting stories from the new, fifth edition of the National Center for Public Policy Research's book, Shattered Dreams: One Hundred Stories of Government Abuse. Visit the blog every weekday for more stories or, if ...
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Laurie Kellman writes for the Associated Press today: Democratically chaired congressional committees want... e-mails for their probe of the firings of eight federal prosecutors. This would be as opposed to what? Congressional Committees chaired by communists following a revolution? ...
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Birds harmed by global warming? That's what the British Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and a headline writer for this story want you to believe: Birds 'Struggle to Cope' with Climate Change Birds are finding it increasingly difficult ...
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In the Washington Post today, in-house columnist Eugene Robinson diminishes everything the true civil rights leaders fought for. Eugene Robinson: "Why Imus Had to Go": ...For young black hip-hop artists to use such language [as "nappy-headed hos"] to demean black ...
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Taking cues from Don Imus, Pat Oliphant, Jeff Danziger and the New York Times syndicate, Ted Rall, the Palestinian press, Julian Bond, Bellevue Community College in Seattle, the Universal Press Syndicate, someone at USA Today's website, Ann "Money-Maker" Coulter, radio ...
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