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    Gay rights rebuke may bring change in tactics  Nov 6, 2009
    The City Council in the District of Columbia also appears poised to pass a same-sex marriage law, although opponents are seeking a referendum that would ask voters to ban it ... The City Council in the District of Columbia also appears poised to pass a same-sex marriage law, although opponents are seeking a referendum that would ask voters to ban it. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Washington State Approves Gay Partnerships  Nov 6, 2009
    Washington state, along with California, Oregon, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia, have laws that either recognize civil unions or domestic partnerships that afford same-sex couples similar rights to marriage. Same-sex marriage is legal in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa and Vermont, and will start in New Hampshire in January. (CBS News)

    Maine Votes 'No' on Gay MarriageMeasure would have overturned state law allowing same-sex marriages.  Nov 4, 2009
    New York and the District of Columbia recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states but do not grant them. If gay marriage opponents had succeeded in Maine, it would have marked the first time voters overturned a gay-marriage law enacted by a legislature. (ABC News)

    #19 Hockey Faces Niagara In Weekend Series  Nov 4, 2009
    The Brentwood Bay, British Columbia native has an eight-game scoring streak in place dating back to last season's Hockey East Quarterfinal series, is UMass' second leading scorer in points (9) and is UMass' leader in goals scored (5) ... Irwin and Dainton hail from British Columbia - a drive which would take over two days. (Umassathletics.com)

    Dartmouth happy to put losing streak behind  Oct 30, 2009
    HANOVER, N.H. - It was the most welcome penalty flag on the floor of Memorial Field in years - 15 yards for excessive celebration after last Saturday s third touchdown against Columbia ... Beating Columbia, which hasn t had a winning season since 1996, normally doesn t call for confetti hereabouts, but this was no normal victory ... We knew from the scrimmage that they were a different team, even though the record didn t show it until they beat Columbia. (Boston Globe)

    Halloween Havoc: Weekend Hockey Series With Friars  Oct 28, 2009
    Irwin and Dainton hail from British Columbia - a drive which would take over two days. Rowe's drive from Simi Valley, near Los Angeles, would also take roughly two days to complete. (Umassathletics.com)

    Dartmouth takes down Columbia 28-6  Oct 25, 2009
    Dartmout 00001BCC h takes down Columbia 28-6. HANOVER, N.H. (AP) -- Nick Schwieger ran for a school-record 244 yards and scored a touchdown, helping Dartmouth win its first game of the season 28-6 over Columbia on Saturday ... After M.A. Olawale scored from a yard out for Columbia (2-4, 1-2), Schwieger's 66-yard touchdown run sealed the game. (Concord Monitor)

    Stimulus effect slow in region  Oct 24, 2009
    At , a technology company in Columbia, stimulus contracts have created more orders for secure computer stations the uses overseas, said Mike Gormley, the company s vice president of sales and marketing ... The company s work force is in flux daily, Gormley said, with 75 in Columbia, 45 in New Hampshire and another 20 to 30 temps. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)

    Nixon and Obama -- Soul Brothers?  Oct 23, 2009
    Between New Hampshire and November, there was the Tet Offensive, LBJ's announcement he would not run again, the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, race riots in 100 cities and Washington, D.C., the takeover of Columbia University by radicals, the assassination of Robert Kennedy, a Democratic convention in Chicago marked by rancor inside the hall and police-radical confrontations outside, and a campaign in which Hubert Humphrey was shouted down at rallies until he agreed to a bombing... (Townhall.com)

    When a 'grandchild' calls for cash, best to beware  Oct 23, 2009
    My husband answered the phone when someone, pretending to be our grandson, said he had gotten into a DUI accident in British Columbia ... My husband answered the phone when someone, pretending to be our grandson, said he had gotten into a DUI accident in British Columbia. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Paul Dainton  Oct 20, 2009
    Hometown:Genelle, British Columbia. Height / Weight:5-11 / 186. (Umassathletics.com)

    Holt enjoys Team USA experience, ready for season  Oct 20, 2009
    Following that they made their way to Japan for a series of games before wrapping up the tour in Canada by playing a series of games in British Columbia. "I felt like I was on a bullet train, a plane, or a bus every other day. It was fun playing in all these different places. You get a different feel for everything that is out there," Holt said. (Florida State Sports -- Rivals.com)

    College green building teams compete in 'Solar Decathlon'  Oct 15, 2009
    The most expensive house was by the team from Ontario/British Columbia, King says. It cost between $650,000 and $850,000 to build. (USA Today -- Tech)

    Gymnastics Releases 2009-2010 Schedule  Oct 15, 2009
    The regular season will end against Centenary in Columbia on March 21. The Big 12 Championship will be hosted by Nebraska on March 27. (Mutigers.com)

    Math tests: Fourth-grader progress stalls  Oct 15, 2009
    - Just four states and the District of Columbia managed to show improvement in both fourth and eighth grades. The states are Nevada, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. (Concord Monitor)

    Three Patriot League Teams Ranked in First ECAC FCS Poll  Oct 14, 2009
    The territory includes New York, New Jersey, New England and Pennsylvania, while teams in the bordering states of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia and the District of Columbia qualify if at least half of their schedule features eligible teams. Teams in Eastern-based football conferences, regardless of location, qualify if at least half their schedule is against Lambert eligible teams. (Patriotleague.com)

    Patriot League Football Release - 10.12.09  Oct 13, 2009
    Lafayette had its last-second magic in regulation, as Maurice White scored on a two-yard touchdown run with 13 seconds left to lift the Leopards over Columbia, 24-21, in Easton ... Lafayette has defeated Penn, Yale and Columbia in the past three weeks ... Lafayette The Leopards knocked off Columbia in dramatic fashion on Saturday, with Maurice White's two-yard touchdown run with 13 seconds remaining giving Lafayette a 24-21 victory and completing a comeback from a 21-10 halftime deficit. (Patriotleague.com)

    Nobel Economics Prize wraps up awards season  Oct 12, 2009
    Others rumoured to be in the running are Bengt Holmstroem of Finland, Frenchman Jean Tirole, who among other things specialises in game theory and the psychology of economic decisions, and Indian economist Jagdish Bhagwati, a professor at Columbia University in New York and the founder of the Journal of International Economics. For the five Nobel prizes awarded last week -- for medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and peace -- nine of the 11 laureates were US citizens, including US President... (Yahoo! Asia News)

    New survey shows rising support for civil unions  Oct 10, 2009
    Ed Grandis, left, and Juan D. Rondon, hold hands after a bill allowing same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia was introduced at a city council meeting in Washington, on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin). (Muscatine Journal, IO)

    Here comes the money?  Oct 9, 2009
    On the other hand, some same-sex opponents threatened to boycott Vancouver, British Columbia, in response to gay weddings held there. After Massachusetts legalized same-sex marriage in 2004, the Boston Herald reported an upsurge of 10 to 100 percent in inquiries and bookings from gay couples at hotels, banquet halls, florists and jewelers in Boston, Cambridge and Northhampton. (Washington Business Journal, DC)

    The Texas two-step on gay divorce  Oct 9, 2009
    The District of Columbia may well be next if legislation introduced this week passes. And the issue is on the ballot this November in Maine. (Boston Globe)

    The State of Health Care: Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas Lead Race to the Bottom  Oct 9, 2009
    Vermont leads the nation in the delivery of its, while Mississippi is rated the worst, according to a non-partisan study that compares all 50 states and the District of Columbia. President Obama touts health care reform to 150 doctors from across the nation. (ABC News)

    MARSHFIELD AROUND TOWN: Get granite for playground  Oct 8, 2009
    Chauntel J. Burns recently graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, she studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, as well as physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic... (Marshfield Mariner, MA)

    GOP Rep. Vows to Nix Gay Marriage in D.C.  Oct 7, 2009
    Patricia Hawkins, 69, a psychologist who works in Washington, wipes a tear as a bill allowing same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia is introduced at a city council meeting in Washington, on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 ... In the District of Columbia, the bill was co-introduced by 10 of the city council's 13 members and has the support of the mayor. (CBS News)

    Same-sex marriage bill introduced in D.C.  Oct 7, 2009
    WASHINGTON - Same-sex couples would be allowed to marry in the nation s capital under a bill introduced yesterday by a District of Columbia councilman. The bill was almost certain to pass and had been expected for some time. (Boston Globe)

    UNH hockey preview: Youth movement  Oct 7, 2009
    Kipp, a sophomore from British Columbia, was a regular on defense by the end of last season for the University of New Hampshire hockey team, in part because captain Joe Charlebois flunked off the team. HOCKEY EAST FORECAST. (Seacoast New Hampshire)

    Editorial: 'Taxachusetts' label doesn't fit  Oct 6, 2009
    If you're looking for some other state to wear the "Taxachusetts" label, try Alaska, which weighs in at number one with a state and local tax burden of more than 18 percent, followed by New York, the District of Columbia, Wyoming, Hawaii, Vermont and Maine. At the other end of the scale, with the lowest state and local tax burden, is a state that lives up to its reputation: New Hampshire. (Wakefield Observer, MA)

    State lags badly onstimulus spending  Oct 3, 2009
    The two states ranked third and fourth, respectively, in a congressional ranking of how quickly the 50 states and the District of Columbia have spent highway funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Aides to Patrick questioned the fairness of the congressional report, saying it ignores the administration s effort to concentrate funds on larger projects that generate spinoff work and stimulate the creation of permanent jobs. (Boston Globe)

    Pioneers Back on the Road at Central Connecticut This Saturday  Oct 2, 2009
    The Blue Devils are 2-1 on the season with non-conference wins over Bucknell, 28-21, and last week over Columbia, 22-13. CCSU hosts the Pioneers in their home opener which will also sever as their league opener. (Sacredheartpioneers.com)

    Brant JamesINSIDE NASCAR  Oct 2, 2009
    "A couple of months ago, I said that JP from Columbia, S.C., is going to drive our car," Parrott said that day, grinning. "He's fun and full of his self, but he's determined to do well.". (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)

    Jobless benefits extension hits snag in Senate  Oct 2, 2009
    The House bill covers the 27 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico with jobless rates of at least 8. 5 percent. (Concord Monitor)

    North Andover Police log, week of Sept. 21-27  Oct 2, 2009
    2:03 p.m. A Columbia Road caller reported past malicious damage to her television. An officer responded and would file a report. (North Andover Citizen, MA)

    SU's defense shines with 1st shutout win  Sep 30, 2009
    With a little more than a minute left, Columbia flanked its attack and sprinted out of the backfield ... The defensive stand secured Syracuse's 6-0 shutout victory - its first shutout of the season - over Columbia Sunday ... Syracuse overpowered Columbia offensively, keeping the ball on the Lions' side of the field for most of the second half. (Daily Orange, NY)

    More Obama seemed like good idea  Sep 30, 2009
    The current President got his degree from Columbia University (8th ranked University in America), his law degree from Harvard (ranked 1st in America) where he was the President of the Law Review. He was a professor in Constitutional Law at the prestigious University of Chicago (also ranked 8th in America a tie with Columbia) for 12 years. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)

    This Week In Auto Racing October 2 - 4  Sep 30, 2009
    The Columbia, MO native is hoping his winless streak will come to an end this weekend at his home track. "If I can win at Kansas, that would be the biggest win on the schedule for me," said Edwards, who is currently 11th in points (-153). (ABC 7 News, DC)

    List of 20 recipients of Carnegie Hero medals  Sep 30, 2009
    -Mark Barnard, 21, of Regina, Saskatchewan; Michael David Landry, 21, of Regina, Saskatchewan; and Andrew Douglas Hilerman, 21, of Regina Saskatchewan, rescued a 25-year-old woman when her car went down an embankment, overturned and caught fire in Armstrong, British Columbia, on July 23, 2007. -Timothy Tonkin, 44, of Smithtown, N.Y., helped save a 39-year-old man from drowning when his vehicle was sinking near a boat ramp in Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. on Oct. 12. (Concord Monitor)

    Lafayette Comes to Bowl Saturday at Noon  Sep 30, 2009
    Columbia led 13-0 over Central Connecticut before falling 22-13 at New York ... This week's league games are Penn at Dartmouth and Columbia at Princeton ... Yale on YES is back for a second season with three straight Ivy League games (Columbia, Brown, Princeton) on the network of the New York Yankees. (Goyalebulldogs.com)

    Men's Tennis  Sep 26, 2009
    UT Arlington Official Athletic Site. Midland Invitational. (Utamavs.com)

    Peruvian Glacial Retreats Linked To European Events Of Little Ice Age  Sep 26, 2009
    Licciardi and Taggart, who received a master's degree from UNH last month, worked with coauthor Joerg Schaefer, a geochemist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, to produce some of the youngest ages ever obtained from the beryllium isotope dating method. "The ability to measure such young and precise ages with this method provides us with an exciting new way to establish the timing of recent glacier fluctuations in places far afield from where we have historical records,"... (Science Daily)

    Jay-Z Tour To Feature N.E.R.D., Wale And J. Cole  Sep 26, 2009
    " Jay-Z tour dates: ? October 9 - University Park, PA @ Bryce Jordan Center ? October 10 - Highland Heights, KY @ The Bank of Kentucky Center ? October 13 - Edmonton, Alberta @ Rexall Place ? October 14 - Calgary, Alberta @ Pengrowth Saddledome ? October 15 - Kelowna, British Columbia @ Prospera Place ? October 16 - Vancouver, British Columbia @ General Motors Place ? October 17 - Seattle, WA @ Key Arena ? October 21 - Ypsilanti, MI @ Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center ? October 23 -... (VHI.com -- Music News)

    Cell phones and driving: It's about responsibility  Sep 25, 2009
    Six states and the District of Columbia prohibit all drivers from talking on hand-held cell phones while driving ... Eighteen states and the District of Columbia now ban text messaging for all drivers, and nine states prohibit texting by novice drivers. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)

    This weekend's N.E. games  Sep 25, 2009
    CENTRAL CONNECTICUT at COLUMBIA. Blue Devils facing M.A. Olawale-led attack coming off a 40-28 win at Fordham, its most prolific performance in nine years. (Boston Globe)

    Patriot League Women's Soccer Release - 9.21.09  Sep 24, 2009
    Colgate will host Vermont and Columbia in weekend action ... Colgate will host Vermont and Columbia this week. (Patriotleague.com)

    Nightlife: the week ahead  Sep 24, 2009
    Strand Theatre, 543 Columbia Road, Dorchester. 800-432-7250, www. (Boston Globe)

    Alum to Introduce D.C. Marriage Bill  Sep 15, 2009
    Under the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, Congress has 30 weekdays to review D.C. legislation; if it fails to act in the allotted time, the bill would become law. The bill would alter the current definition of marriage in the District to the legally recognized union of two people. (The Hoya, Washington DC)

    Patriot League Field Hockey Release - 9.14.09  Sep 15, 2009
    Southern Lehigh Weiss scored two goals and had an assist in Bucknell's 4-3 win over Columbia ... Bucknell won 4-3 in a stroke-off at Columbia on Saturday. (Patriotleague.com)

    NH police say man ran border and headed south  Sep 13, 2009
    He crashed in Columbia where he was taken into custody on drunk driving charges. . (Concord Monitor)

    Pioneers Take on Holy Cross in Week 2 Match-Up  Sep 11, 2009
    Prior to becoming the head coach at Holy Cross, Gilmore was the defensive coordinator at Lehigh University and also had stints at Dartmouth, Penn and Columbia. Last Meeting with Holy Cross. (Sacredheartpioneers.com)

    One For The King  Sep 8, 2009
    Carl Edwards will be OK. While tossing around a Frisbee with two of his friends last Wednesday on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia, Edwards broke two bones in his right foot. How did it happen. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)

    Kenseth getting in gear for Chase  Sep 5, 2009
    Edwards won t be sticking any more landings after fracturing his right foot Wednesday at his home in Columbia, Mo. I know this probably sounds ridiculous to a lot of people, and I could hardly believe it myself, Edwards said in a statement. (Boston Globe)

    No. 21 Soccer Continues Home Stand  Sep 4, 2009
    Long Beach State will make a trip to Lawrence, Kansas on Friday to take on the Jayhawks before heading to Columbia for Sunday's game ... Freshmen goalkeeper and freshman midfielder were both named to TopDrawerSoccer's Top 100 Players to Watch, while comes to Columbia from LSU after earning TopDrawerSoccer All-American honors as a freshman and sophomore. (Mutigers.com)

    Small biz struggles with health insurance  Aug 27, 2009
    It is a voluntary group of chief insurance regulatory officials in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories. It has an executive office in Washington, a central office in Kansas City and a securities valuation office in New York City. (Denver Business Journal, CO)

    Survey: Health insurance flummoxes small biz owners  Aug 27, 2009
    It is a voluntary group of chief insurance regulatory officials in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories. Reader Comments. (Austin Business Journal, TX)

    Duggan makes U.S. National Women's Hockey Team  Aug 25, 2009
    Meghan Duggan of Danvers and the University of Wisconsin will be draped in the red, white and blue once again as she was selected to U.S. National Women's ice hockey team that's Olympic-bound to Vancouver, British Columbia Canada in February. Duggan makes U.S. National Women's Hockey Team. (Danvers Herald, MA)

    Stores like tax holidays; tax experts pan them  Aug 23, 2009
    Massachusetts, Maryland and the District of Columbia have cut back on sales tax holidays or scrapped them altogether recently. In Massachusetts, which lost $14. (Concord Monitor)

    Kenneth Bacon; journalist became advocate for refugees  Aug 16, 2009
    He received dual master s degrees, in business administration and journalism, from Columbia University. After working as a legislative assistant to US Senator Thomas McIntyre of New Hampshire, Mr. Bacon joined the Washington bureau of the Wall Street Journal in 1969. (Boston Globe)

    U.S. Women Delaying Motherhood, Report Shows  Aug 14, 2009
    The trend toward later motherhood was seen in all racial and ethnic groups and in all states plus the District of Columbia, but some areas saw larger gains than others. The biggest jumps were 5. (MEDLINEplus)

    NH drawing wind power with green incentives  Aug 11, 2009
    The New Hampshire law is similar to ones on the books in 29 other states and the District of Columbia. The Manchester Union Leader says the Coos County project is expected to produce enough electricity to power 40,000 homes a year. (Concord Monitor)

    Governor, DOT defend stimulus spending  Aug 11, 2009
    The rankings were based on state progress reports submitted to the committee in July by all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The findings prompted U.S. Rep. (South Florida Business Journal, FL)

    Crist blasted on lack of stimulus spending  Aug 11, 2009
    The rankings were based on state progress reports submitted in to the committee in July by all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The report found that most states have moved forward aggressively to use the highway funds to create and sustain family-wage jobs, Oberstar said. (Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)

    Into the dark  Aug 9, 2009
    Norwesco s man in charge was Harald, a bright engineer from British Columbia who had just turned 40. Tap was used to dealing with engineers who always believed they were the smartest guys in the room. (Boston Globe)

    Live Nation Gives Away the Ultimate Concert Access Pass on Twitter - Winner Gets Access to Every Single Concert in Every Live Nation Venue for One Year  Aug 8, 2009
    Market: Albany / Saratoga, NY Twitter Handle: Venue: Saratoga Performing Arts Center Market: Albuquerque, NM Twitter Handle: Venue: Journal Pavilion Market: Atlanta, GA Twitter Handle: Venue: The Tabernacle, Lakewood Amphitheatre Market: Bay Area (San Francisco), CA Twitter Handle: Venue: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain Winery, Sleep Train Pavilion at Concord, Fillmore San Francisco Market: Birmingham, AL Twitter Handle: Venue: Verizon Wireless Music Center Birmingham Market: British Columbia... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    17th state to ban texting while driving  Aug 7, 2009
    16 other states, District of Columbia ban texting while driving ... Oregon and New Hampshire banned texting drivers in July, and Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington and the District of Columbia already have laws in place. (CNN -- US)

    Anglican Schism  Aug 6, 2009
    Austin: Yale used to require chapel and is nominally Episcopal (as is Columbia and Dartmouth ) do you honestly think that just because there are some gothic buildings that these institution are Christian in any meaningful sense. Like many, I am tired of fighting people like Rev. Nolan. (The American Conservative)

    Minn. mother accused of starving disabled daughter  Aug 4, 2009
    A judge found a District of Columbia woman guilty Wednesday of killing her four daughters and living with their mummified bodies for months in a case that brought scrutiny to the city's child welfare system. Banita Jacks, 34, was convicted of four counts of felony murder, three counts of premeditated first-degree murder and four counts of first-degree child cruelty. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)

    More of this story  Aug 4, 2009
    Her 26-year-old son, Peter Francis D Agostino, a surfing enthusiast, plans to start his second year of law school at Columbia University. Petrie is married to Michael Pereira, an artist who specializes in wood crafting and creates 1/12th scale miniature furniture, such as hutches and cabinets for dollhouses. (Westerly Sun, RI)

    States domestic partnership law in effect Monday (7)  Aug 4, 2009
    Rhode Island, New York, District of Columbia ... Hawaii, Maine, District of Columbia, Wisconsin. (Racine Journal Times, WI)

    NH gov signs law banning texting while driving  Aug 1, 2009
    Fifteen other states and the District of Columbia have laws that ban the practice or that take effect this year. Oregon's governor signed a ban earlier this week that takes effect Jan. 1. (Concord Monitor)

    Flaws decried in data on US children's well-being  Jul 29, 2009
    Kinsey Dinan, a senior policy associate with the National Center for Children in Poverty at Columbia University, said the current system potentially disadvantages families that don't receive substantial government assistance and those living in areas with high living costs. She said President Barack Obama's administration has shown interest in the issue and might be able to make changes through some sort of directive without waiting for Congress to act. (Concord Monitor)

    Strike halts Canada's Via national rail service  Jul 25, 2009
    The lone exception was for passengers traveling from Jasper, British Columbia to Vancouver, British Columbia. The railway last faced a strike in 1995, when conductors from a different union went on strike for a week. (Concord Monitor)

    Women's Tennis Begins Season at Midland Invitational  Jul 24, 2009
    Coach Petty's squad will travel to Columbia, Missouri for the Missouri Tournament from October 2-4. Their final tournament will be the ITA Regionals in Waco from October 16-20. (Texastech.com)

    Former Zags Producing Solid Professional Seasons  Jul 23, 2009
    Through 91 games this season the Trail, British Columbia native that played for the Zags in 1999-2000 owns the second highest RBI total in the American League (72) and also leads the Red Sox in home runs with 20 and is hitting at a. 254 clip. (Gozags.com)

    'Hell's Kitchen' recap: A chef tries to (bleep) up Ramsay? Finally  Jul 23, 2009
    Supposedly whoever wins this season will be awarded the head chef position at Araxi Restaurant in Whistler, British Columbia (also featured in this season's "Bachelorette" - go Whistler). There are actually 17 chefs competing this season, if you count the return of Robert from last season, who replaced Louie, who was fired during the first disastrous (f***ing disastah. (Seacoast New Hampshire)

    Obama Mounts "Aggressive" Health Care Push  Jul 21, 2009
    Her doctor in British Columbia told her she had only a few weeks to live because a blocked artery kept her from digesting food. Yet Canadian officials called her surgery. (CBS News)

    Busch earns another Nationwide win  Jul 19, 2009
    Edwards arrived at Gateway by riding his bike 190 miles from his hometown of Columbia, Mo. on Tuesday. (Anchorage Daily News)

    Police chief denounces 'cowardly' iPhone users monitoring speed traps...  Jul 17, 2009
    Let's dissolve the District of Columbia and give it back to Maryland ... Chief Lanier demonstrates the idiocy we've come to expect from those living on the taxpayer's teat, especially in the District of Columbia. (The Drudge Report)

    Toddler is run over by her mother's SUV  Jul 17, 2009
    Columbia University and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md. are also part of the consortium conducting the five-year study. (Boston Globe)

    Fire engulfs historic textile mill in Maine  Jul 16, 2009
    In June 2008, District of Columbia police began stopping cars in the Trinidad neighborhood, refusing to let in motorists who did not prove they lived in the area or reveal their destinations. The Partnership for Civil Justice sued on behalf of three drivers. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)

    Sarah Palin's dreams to play out  Jul 14, 2009
    Obama went to Columbia and Harvard Law schools ... For the above reasons, I think Obama was much more than a "community organizer." He was a U.S. Senator, long-serving Illinois Senator, law school professor, Harvard graduate, Columbia graduate, attorney, editor, Director, AND community organizor, among many other things. (Montana Standard, MT)

    Feinstein suggests CIA concealment broke law  Jul 13, 2009
    COLUMBIA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Executive Assistant The successful ca.. . (Albany Times Union)

    Fugitive with ties to Columbia County arrested in NH with suspected killer  Jul 9, 2009
    Serving Columbia and Dutchess counties since 1785 ... (AP) - A man with ties to Columbia County and traveling with another man wanted in connection with a double murder in Pennsylvania, were arrested in New Hampshire Tuesday. (Hudson Register Star, NY)

    AG goes after federal law defining marriage as between man and woman  Jul 9, 2009
    Two other states, New York and Rhode Island, as well as the District of Columbia honor marriages between same-sex couples that are celebrated in Massachusetts. Seven states California, Nevada, Hawaii, New Jersey, Washington, Wisconsin and Oregon recognize domestic partnerships or civil unions between same-sex couples. (Woburn Advocate, MA)

    Gay Marriage Bill Takes Effect in Nation's Capital  Jul 8, 2009
    WASHINGTON -- A law recognizing same-sex marriages performed elsewhere has gone into effect in the District of Columbia. The bill was approved in a 12-1 vote by the D.C. Council in May, with council member Marion Barry casting the lone no vote. (Newsmax)

    Kaye defends Cohasset triathlon title  Jul 3, 2009
    Kaye is far from a beginner, as the native of British Columbia became a pro in 2005. This year s race was a bigger challenge than it appeared, for a knee injury had sidelined her for five months this winter. (Cohasset Mariner, MA)

    Athlete Services  Jul 3, 2009
    D. in systematic theology at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, a Protestant seminary affiliated with Columbia University. His research and teaching focuses on the history of Christian thought, religious ethics, the interplay of race and gender in religion, and interfaith relations. (Ecgulls.com)

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