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Why drug testing for welfare is unfair

Dr. Boyce Watkins
OPINION - Governor Scott is wrong to simply write off his legislation as a way to 'give people an incentive' to stay away from drugs...
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Ex-NY gov won't be charged in Yankee tickets rap

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) = Former New York Gov. David Paterson won't be charged with perjury on allegations that he lied to the state ethics board about taking free Yankees tickets...
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Obama to visit scene of deadly tornados in South

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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama (AP) - Obama planned Friday to tour parts of Alabama that were devastated by an outbreak of tornados that killed nearly 300 people...
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How Haley Barbour was hamstrung by civil rights blunders

Earl Ofari Hutchinson
OPINION - Even if Barbour did not tote a storage locker of personal and political baggage, his candidacy would still have been just as stillborn...
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Miss. Gov. Barbour sees no baggage on race

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Barbour says he denounces the Klan, but doesn't denounce specific people and that's what he was asked to do...
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Good grief, Haley Barbour! KKK license plate controversy continues

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Haley Barbour just demonstrated that he doesn't know how to address racially sensitive subjects in a way that will resonate with anyone other than (some) white Southerners...
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Barbour won't denounce Confederate license plate

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JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) - Asked about the NAACP's stance Tuesday, Barbour replied: "I don't go around denouncing people. That's not going to happen."...
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Ex-Gov. Paterson pays $62K fine over Yankees tix

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The state Public Integrity Commission had found the Democrat violated ethics laws in obtaining the tickets...
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Blacks should shun Ohio gov who 'doesn't need them'

Earl Ofari Hutchinson
OPINION - Gov. John Kasich's heavy handed snub and apparent disdain for minority voters could trigger a backlash...
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Barbour juggles White House hopes, state's past

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Now if the 63-year-old could just shake his penchant for airbrushing his state's segregationist past, a period he's inclined to describe as more like Mayberry than "Mississippi Burning."...
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