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BLOG: California Tribes Release Draft of Online Poker Bill (5/16/2013)
(California) -- California Tribes Release Draft of Online Poker BillA group of California’s major Indian tribes have joined forces to propose an online poker bill...
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California Tribal Online Poker Bill Expressly Rules Out Interstate Play (5/15/2013)
(California) -- A new California online poker bill supported by some of the state’s major Indian tribes has surfaced in draft form. The proposed Internet Poker...
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Niagara Falls Casino
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BLOG: Gaming Settlement Still a Long Shot at Best (5/14/2013)
(New York) -- Anyone who is betting on a gaming settlement before June 20 that will deliver $60 million in overdue slot revenue to the City of Niagara Falls is backing a...
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PokerStars
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Atlantic Club executive tells what they knew and when they knew it, in terms of PokerStars deal collapse (5/14/2013)
(New Jersey) -- Much of the feedback I’ve gotten, since I reviewed last night The Atlantic Club’s response to PokerStars’ obtaining of a temporary...
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Digging deep (3/29/2013)
(UK) -- There are many reasons I'm proud to call the people of PokerStars my friends. This is one of them. A window popped up on my computer screen Wednesday. It was...
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Fantasy Sports
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BLOG: Daily Fantasy is not gambling, and here’s why (5/13/2013)
(USA) -- It’s no surprise that the first daily fantasy sports sites sprung up in 2007. After all, that was the first year following the Unlawful Internet Gambling...
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La Center Casino
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BLOG: Is the idea of one casino per tribe a false one? (5/8/2013)
(Washington) -- The Coquille Indian Tribe wants to turn a bowling alley in Medford into a casino with 600 video gambling machines, adding to another casino it operates...
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Spokane County Casino
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BLOG: McMorris Rodgers, Spokane Tribe casino statements (5/8/2013)
(Washington) -- As reported in this morning's paper, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers formally came out against a proposed West Plains casino as “encroachment...
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BLOG: Here’s the debated ‘spaghetti-flight’ photo that tribe’s consultant says is misleading (5/3/2013)
(Washington) -- One SR story with a major business component is today's piece on a private study looking at the question of encroachment on Fairchild Air Force Base...
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North Fork Rancheria
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BLOG: North Fork Casino nearly home free (5/3/2013)
(California) -- After a decade of work, the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians is closer than ever to opening its off-reservation casino in Madera County on Highway 99.
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Philadelphia Casino
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BLOG: Steve Wynn: Runaway bride? (5/2/2013)
(Philadelphia) -- Steve Wynn of Las Vegas is winning over folks with his plan for a casino resort on the Delaware River waterfront in Fishtown. But anyone with a memory...
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Reporters To Go On Very Awkward Casino Tour In The Old Inquirer Building (2/11/2013)
(Philadelphia) -- As developer Bart Blatstein prepares to give his presentation of plans for Provence, his proposed Broad Street casino/atrium/weird thing nobody wants,...
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Caesars
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BLOG: Caesars Blinds Market With Science (4/25/2013)
(New York) -- The private equity owners behind Caesars Entertainment have been working overtime in their financial laboratory. Apollo Global Management and TPG are...
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Keystone XL Pipeline
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BLOG: Blocking the Keystone XL : the Battle of our Time -Dr. Sara Jumping Eagle (4/25/2013)
(South Dakota) -- On January 25, 2013, the Ihanktonwan Dakota and the Pawnee Nation signed a formal Treaty by which both Nations and another 131 supporting Native...
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BLOG: Nature editorial on Keystone XL confirms oilsands’ carbon footprint is exaggerated (2/3/2013)
(Alberta) -- This just in!! The environmental impact of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline has been grossly exaggerated!! Of course, this is hardly a surprise.
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Voter Suppression
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North Dakota’s Voter ID Bill Threatens to Silence Native Votes Just Eight Days After Republican Congressman Cramer Publicly Bashes Tribes and Threatens Native Leaders (4/25/2013)
(North Dakota) -- One would think that if you’re a U.S. Congressman who insulted your state’s largest minority population and threatened bodily injury to...
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First Nations Politics
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BLOG: A Canadian Indian Stands Up for Her Aboriginal Rights (4/24/2013)
(British Columbia) -- The item below helps to illuminate the next round in the Canadian government’s political prosecution and persecution of Kwitsel Tatel.
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BLOG: Is Stephen Harper trying to provoke a confrontation with First Nations? (4/6/2013)
(Canada) -- You have to wonder if Stephen Harper isn’t actively trying to provoke serious conflict with First Nations. There has been over 4 months of ongoing...
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Mining & Drilling
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NORRELL: Peabody Coal seized 1 million Navajo and Hopi artifacts from Black Mesa (4/23/2013)
(Arizona) -- While Peabody Coal was raping Black Mesa's coal, and forcing more than 14,000 Navajos into relocation and sorrow, Peabody seized 1 million Navajo and...
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Indian Country Online
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BLOG: Top-10 brick-and-mortar and online gambling partnerships to watch in the U.S. (4/22/2013)
(USA) -- The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation announced today that Foxwoods Resort Casino has selected GameAccount Network to provide online gambling software, should...
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BLOG: Native American Tribes Look to Online Gambling (4/3/2013)
(USA) -- As more states move towards the legalisation of online poker, it seems that Native American tribes are considering joining together to form their own online...
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Baby Veronica
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ACLU: How Being Separated From My Family and Tribe Affected Me (4/17/2013)
(South Dakota) -- Today the Supreme Court will hear Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, a case about a South Carolina Indian girl who the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled...
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TURTLE TALK: First Read-Through on Baby Veronica Oral Argument Transcript (4/17/2013)
(Michigan) -- This first analysis will have two components. The first component is an account of how many questions each side received. The rule of thumb — the...
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TURTLE TALK: Second Read-Through of Baby Veronica Transcript (4/17/2013)
(Michigan) -- This second read-through incorporates a broader analysis of how the argument went on the merits. While it’s true oral argument advocates exaggerate...
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Toronto Casino
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BLOG: Casinos Ruin Cities (4/17/2013)
(Toronto) -- The debate over a casino in downtown Toronto is coming to a head. Mayor Rob Ford's executive committee of Toronto City Council voted 9-4 in favour of a...
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Redskins
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BLOG: Remember when Dan Snyder promised never to change his team’s name? (3/15/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- One last thing on this topic and then I’m done. I hope. Maybe. Hey, it’s not like I have a bunch of free agent signings to obsess over.
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BLOG: 4 Reasons a Redskins Name Change Should Not Bother You (2/14/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- With the Redskins mascot name change being a hot topic in Washington DC the last two days, I give concrete reasons why fans shouldn't be so...
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BLOG: The Director of the Indian Museum Says It’s Time to Retire the Indian Motif in Sports (2/6/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- When Kevin Gover was a kid growing up in Norman, Oklahoma, college students at the nearby University of Oklahoma had begun protesting the school...
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Idle No More
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BLOG: Idle No More, Copyrights, Trademarks, & Internalized Colonialism (3/14/2013)
(Canada) -- Today, the rumour that the “Idle No More Four” (which used to be five women, back in December) were planning on copyrighting and/or trademarking...
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Whiteclay
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BLOG: The lowest of the low (3/14/2013)
(South Dakota) -- Bootleggers on the Rez have got to be the lowest of the low. I hardly ever hear of bootleggers getting busted anymore. I read about drug dealers going...
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MGM Resorts
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BLOG: MGM Resorts Needs to Catch a Break (3/10/2013)
(Las Vegas) -- MGM Resorts (NYSE: MGM ) can’t seem to catch a break. Macau is growing, yet MGM’s resort is on the - wrong side of town. New Jersey is going...
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Cobell
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BLOG: Are you demanding a $348.26 check? (3/3/2013)
(South Dakota) -- The Rosebud Sioux Tribe, and several other tribes, recently received money from a tribal trust accounting and management lawsuit.
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Native Voices
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TRAHANT: State of Indian Nations: 'A Moment of Real Possibility' (3/3/2013)
(Idaho) -- National Congress of American Indians President Jefferson Keel began his annual report, State of Indian Nations, with a simple exclamation.
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TRAHANT: There is no shortcut to avoid the sequester (3/1/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- There is no shortcut to end the sequester. It's here because there are real, deep divisions about the nature of the problem. Those divisions...
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TRAHANT: Austerity begins self-destructive course (2/28/2013)
(Idaho) -- And so austerity begins across the United States. On March 1, a few hours from now, the federal government will officially sequester funds that have already...
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TRAHANT: Republicans Cave on Violence Against Women Act; Is the Sequester Next? (2/27/2013)
(Idaho) -- This is not a headline that any political party wants to read: “House GOP Caves: Violence Against Women Act Impasse Finally Broken.” The shape of...
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TRAHANT: Real numbers, competing plans, and 3 days (2/26/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- The sequester begins in three days -- and lawmakers (fresh from vacation) are working on competing proposals to do something.
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TRAHANT: State of the Union: A North Star that guides the country toward a growing economy (2/13/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- Let’s jump right to the big questions: Did President Barack Obama’s State of the Union do anything to resolve the deep differences in...
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TRAHANT: Inching closer to a deal ... or not (2/8/2013)
(Idaho) -- I have been traveling for a project all week, so I have missed the back and forth of every proposal and counter proposal to avert the sequester. That’s...
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TRAHANT: A (Canadian) penny for your thoughts (2/4/2013)
(Idaho) -- I was in Vancouver last week for a couple of days and I went out of my way to not spend any cash. I paid for my hotel with a credit card, used a cell phone...
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Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
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BLOG: Send in the Lawyers: The House Passes the Senate’s Violence Against Women Act (3/2/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- Yesterday the House gave up any effort to pass its own version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and accepted the Senate bill, which now goes...
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BLOG: VAWA Protects the Rights of Tribal Govt, NOT the Rights of Women! (2/28/2013)
(USA) -- On February 12, 2013, a horrid violence against women was committed when the ‘Violence against Women Act’ was passed by the U.S. Senate by a 78-22...
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Wounded Knee
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AIM – Wounded Knee II, 40 years later – Chase Iron Eyes (2/27/2013)
(South Dakota) -- Today, Feb. 27, 2013 is the 40th Anniversary of the Siege at Wounded Knee, also affectionately known as Wounded Knee II.
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Meadowlands
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On the Atlantic City monopoly and Meadowlands casino talk (2/24/2013)
(New Jersey) -- Governor Christie and state Senate President Stephen Sweeney have a bipartisan deal that gives Atlantic City five years as a monopoly before either will...
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Revel Casino
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BLOG: The Revel going belly-up is no shock; the whole plan for A.C. was bankrupt from the beginning (2/24/2013)
(Atlantic City) -- The news that the Revel Casino is going bankrupt is not exactly a shocker. It was obvious even three years ago when I wrote this column, that the...
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N.J. Sports Betting
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BRENNAN: More inside-the-courtroom details on Thursday’s NJ sports betting hearing (2/15/2013)
(New Jersey) -- Okay, on to Part II of the sports betting oral arguments from the courtroom of Judge Michael Shipp on Thursday:
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Facebook Online
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LEGAL BLOG: Facebook Takes Steps to Expand Presence in Real Money Gaming (2/13/2013)
(USA) -- Facebook is quickly expanding its real money gaming platform. Net Entertainments has signed a license agreement with Bonza Gaming, which is a joint venture...
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New Jersey Online
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BLOG: Tumbling Dominoes: What New Jersey’s Decision Means to the Future of Online Poker in America (2/8/2013)
(New Jersey) -- If Nevada’s leap into the the abyss during the summer of 2011 as the first state to legalize online poker was the first domino to fall, New Jersey...
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Internet Sweepstake Cafes
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BRENNAN: Internet cafes verboten in New Jersey – before OR after online gambling is legalized (2/2/2013)
(New Jersey) -- When Governor Christie vetoed an online gaming bill in 2011, one of his concerns was that “internet cafes” would spring up, advertising for...
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Wynn Resorts
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BLOG: Macau Weighs Down Wynn's 4Q (2/1/2013)
(Las Vegas) -- Wynn Resorts Ltd.’s (WYNN) fourth quarter 2012 adjusted earnings of $1.17 per share fell short of the - Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.26 as well as...
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Other News
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BLOG: Ante Uptown: Horsing Around at Empire City (5/19/2013)
(New York) -- If you’re ever feeling lucky, take the 1 train all the way north. Get off at Van Cortlandt Park. Make sure your wallet is rife with crisp bills, peel...
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BLOG: Brooklyn Hipsters Degrade Native American Culture with Indoor Tepees (5/19/2013)
(New York) -- Indoor tepees are becoming really trendy among affluent New Yorkers bored with their spacious urban dwellings, yet too self-conscious to simply build a...
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BLOG: Cannes Film Festival 2013 Spotlight: Rising Starlet Misty Upham (5/19/2013)
(France) -- Stars of tomorrow are certainly emerging at CANNES and MISTY UPHAM is one who is on song to steal our hearts with a series of upcoming roles.
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BLOG: Symposium considered commodification of native culture (5/18/2013)
(British Columbia) -- In Canada, because of its peoples multicultural nature, it often becomes second nature to borrow from other societies when creating an idea of what...
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BLOG: Aurin Squire on “Wood Bone” as presented by Eagle Project (5/18/2013)
(New York) -- The story of Native Americans is so often under represented in America that it's not even considered by most theatergoers. And yet there is no voice...
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BLOG: Tomahawks and Tipis: Native American Representations in Commercial Culture (5/8/2013)
(California) -- "Are there still Indians here in Palm Springs?" Yes. "So, where are all the tipis?" According to the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum...
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BLOG: Want to see more films from Indian Country? YOU are the solution. Find out how. (5/5/2013)
(Hollywood) -- Want to see more Native American films and TV shows? Well believe it or not you are the solution. 14 years ago I started filming a feature documentary in...
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BLOG: A Prairie Homo Companion: First Nations on the Prairies (4/25/2013)
(Canada) -- For the longest time, I've wanted to write a Prairie Homo Companion piece only on First Nations (FN), but I've been worried. As a non-Indigenous...
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BLOG: President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts (4/24/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts:
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BLOG: Remarks by the First Lady at the Department of the Interior (4/23/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- MRS. OBAMA: Good morning! (Applause.) Thank you so much. It's great to see you. It's great to be back. (Applause.) You all can rest...
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BLOG: Fort Belknap Reservation, White Clay Language is Spoken (4/17/2013)
(Montana) -- Fort Belknap Reservation is the only place in the world where the White Clay language is spoken. In addition to the uniqueness of the language, the White...
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BLOG: Respecting Non-Western Sacred Objects (4/15/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- For the last few weeks, American Indians, the international art world, U.S. State Department officials, indigenous rights activists, and...
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Open Letter to Aaron Huey: Regarding Interpersonal and Media Colonialism (4/15/2013)
(USA) -- To Aaron Huey: It has come to my attention that some Indigenous women on Twitter have critiqued you about the fact that you took photographs of a Lakota inipi...
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White House Blog: Standing with Indian Country (4/11/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- The President’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget demonstrates that we can make critical investments to strengthen the middle class, create jobs, and...
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BLOG: Congressman Kevin Cramer called out to make amends (4/6/2013)
(North Dakota) -- We Dakotas are easy to get along with, after all; our very name signifies, friends and/or allies. And, we are pretty much assimilated into the...
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BLOG: Interview with Aldred Montoya as Loki in Out Of Focus. (4/6/2013)
(USA) -- Three Horizons Productions’ upcoming movie, Out of Focus, stars some wonderful and thoughtful talent. The supernatural thriller stars Lucinda Serrano as...
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BLOG: Educate white people to be modern citizens (4/4/2013)
(Canada) -- So far white people have existed for approximately 500 years and in that time they: Claimed to discover places where people already were.
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Mark Trahant: How to stop the sequester: Win the next election (4/1/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- A couple of weeks ago I was on Capitol Hill. In between meetings, I sat in the sun and watched tourists come and go. I also saw the First Amendment...
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BLOG: Billing in bitcoins (3/28/2013)
(Toronto) -- One of the many things I love about having a specialized, small law practice is my autonomy and flexibility. If I want to implement a business idea for...
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Seal skin ban hurts Inuit way of life (3/14/2013)
(Toronto) -- Today Inuit are challenging the seal ban in the European Unions’s highest court, the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
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