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Thank you for sacred site declaration
Dear Native American Heritage Commission and Gov. Brown: As a Native American in Southern California, and the former historic preservation officer for the Quechan Indian Tribe, I would like to thank the Native American Heritage Commission for reaching an...Tags: Government, Politics, Executive Branch, Alternative Energy, Arts and Culture
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TDC wants bed tax hiked
Highlands Today, Sebring, Fla.Tourist Development Council members will ask the Highlands County commissioners next month to raise the bed tax from 2 percent to 3 percent. The tax won't go to a vote of the people, said Fred Leavitt, president of Heartland Cultural Alliance. "I don'...Tags: Elections, Politics, Rentals, Arts and Culture, Tourism and Leisure
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Verdugo Hills Golf Course developer wins a round
A move that could block a residential development on the Verdugo Hills Golf Course hit a stumbling block last week when the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission voted unanimously to recommend it not be made a Historic-Cultural Monument. More than...
Tags: Google Inc., Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Arts and Culture, Golf, Sports
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Steve Van Zandt, Grammy Museum team to put rock in the classroom
The Grammy Museum is partnering with E Street Band member Steve Van Zandt’s Rock and Roll Forever Foundation to promote the use of pop music in junior high and high school classrooms across the country starting this fall. “Rock and Roll:...
Tags: New York University, Entertainment, Music, Arts and Culture, Museums
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Dodger great Carl Erskine: Pitching equality
Jackie Robinson changed baseball and the nation that loves it on April 15, 1947, when he became the first black player to walk onto a major league ball field. He changed Carl Erskine's life in March 1948, when Robinson, by then a Brooklyn Dodgers star,...
Tags: American League, Trials, Ku Klux Klan, Court Preliminary, Baseball
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Can You Be Pro-Women and Still Think Sheryl Sandberg is a Tool?
Can you be for female empowerment in the workplace, believe there is an unjust double standard for women in every aspect of life from assertiveness to sexuality, observe Equal Pay Day and generally be just feminist as f*** while still thinking Sheryl...
Tags: Rush Limbaugh, NPR, Arts and Culture, Oprah Winfrey, Culture
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BRIEF: King honors Princess Sarah Al-Faisal
Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaCustodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah honored Princess Sarah Al-Faisal, president of Al-Nahda Women's Association, and member of the Shoura Council, with the King Abdulaziz Medal of the First Order, for her charity work and efforts to solve...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Abdullah II of Jordan, Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz al Saud, Arts and Culture, Bahrain
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Ocotillo Wind project area deemed sacred
Staff WriterOCOTILLO — The project area where the controversial 112 wind turbine project is located was recently deemed a “sacred site” by the Native American Heritage Commission, a ruling seen as symbolic victory by some opposing the project. The...Tags: Conservation, Solar Energy, Arts and Culture, Wind Power, Renewable Energy
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Chattanooga City Council OKs Mayor Andy Berke's restructuring plans
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.The Chattanooga City Council unanimously approved a major City Hall reorganization, but not without a warning to Mayor Andy Berke. "If it succeeds, good," said Council Chairman Yusuf Hakeem. "If not, it's your baby." Hakeem told the newly sworn-in...Tags: Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Local Government, Culture
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Ventura County Star, Calif., Jim Carlisle column
Ventura County StarWent to the movies Saturday night, but it wasn't your ordinary theater-going crowd. Saw a few people wearing baseball caps and shirts. Noticed one particular group: a father and his two small sons wearing Dodgers gear. Instead of seeing movie trailers,...Tags: Racism, 42 (movie), Entertainment, Baseball, Philadelphia Phillies
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OPINION: Singing Eustace's Hymnal: Reparations can wait
Caribbean News Now, Grand Cayman, Cayman IslandsIt was easy to say "here we go again" as another sweet sounding quest of righting historical wrongs is on the agenda in St Vincent and the Grenadines. For sure, it is of an origin that does not begin or will end across the idyllic shores of the country...Tags: Arts and Culture, Culture, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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*Test* E! Slate Includes WWE Women, Josh Schwartz-Stephanie Savage Drama
ReutersNEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - E! unveiled six new shows Monday, including a reality series about theWWE, and announced that its new series in development include the drama "Laurel Canyon," from"Gossip Girl" co-creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage....Tags: Game Shows, Criminals, Entertainment, CBS Corp., Soups
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