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Montana Asserting their state rights re: guns
Montana gun law targets states' rights clash Kahrin Deines, Associated Press Sunday, May 10, 2009 (05-10) 04:00 PDT Helena, Mont. -- Montana is trying to trigger a battle over gun control - and perhaps make a larger point about what many folks in this ruggedly independent state regard as a meddlesome federal government. In a bill passed by the Legislature earlier this month, the state is asserting that guns manufactured in Montana and sold in Montana to people who intend to keep their weapons in Montana are exempt from federal gun registration, background check and dealer-licensing rules because no state lines are crossed.GOP Sounds Alarm Over Obama Decision to Move Census to White House
Utah's congressional delegation is calling President Obama's decision to move the U.S. census into the White House a purely partisan move and potentially dangerous to congressional redistricting around the country. Rep.New Jersey grants Garden State Offshore Energy to build wind farm off Avalon
My personal note: We already have a small wind farm onland, near Atlantic City. I am so thrilled about the possibility of this wind farm, with the new Air Quality regulations coming out. As a nation, we need me alternative, environmentally friendly power sources.Dolly lashes Texas coast as Category 2 hurricane
MIAMI - Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami say Hurricane Dolly has strengthened to a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds near 100 mph. The storm center is about 30 miles east-northeast of Brownsville, Texas. The eye will cross the coast near the Texas/Mexico border in a few hours.Interview with an American Photojournalist in CHINA
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Q&A with Tom Carter, author of CHINA: Portrait of a People
American photojournalist Tom Carter has spent the past four years in the People’s Republic of China, traversing all 33 provinces and autonomous regions not just once but twice. The San Francisco native’s hardback book, a definitive 800-image volume aptly entitled CHINA: Portrait of a People, is due out this winter from Hong Kong publisher Blacksmith Books. Tom took a day off from travelling to discuss the challenges of taking pictures in China, how he evaded censorship in the tightly-controlled republic, and to share a few insider tips on visiting what is to become the world’s largest tourism market.
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