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	<description>Do you BUY what they say?</description>
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		<title>Peekskill Council Curbs Clapping</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City Council of Peekskill, New York unanimously voted recently to adopt a no clapping rule at meetings. I contacted the City to conduct my own hands-on investigation as to why… Dear Honorable City Clerk of Peekskill, New York: Under the Freedom of Information Act, can you please respond non-confidentially to the following information that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Domestic Trouble in Topeka</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Unfortunately, domestic violence is getting the wrong kind of awareness in Topeka, Kansas. I contacted the Topeka City Council to find out what was going on… Dear City of Topeka City Council: I just read a news article whose headline reads: Cash-Strapped Topeka May Stop Prosecuting Domestic Violence. Seriously? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mailing the U.S. Postal Service</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1997, I sent a letter to the U.S. Postal Service headquarters in Washington. Here&#8217;s how that went… Dear Postal Workers: I think you’re the best government agency going! It amazes me that mail is delivered six days a week and actually ends up where it’s meant to go! Since I’m a big fan of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minimum Wage Doesn&#8217;t Pay</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Millions of Americans work very hard for Minimum Wage. Since it doesn&#8217;t add up, I asked the United States Department of Labor to change that… Dear United States Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division: Can you please explain why you support use of the term &#8216;Minimum Wage&#8217;? I believe that &#8216;Minimum Wage&#8217; sends the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bouncing Pickles in Connecticut</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After reading about a law pertaining to pickles, I got in touch with Vlasic to get their interpretation… Dear Pickle Pickers: I heard there’s a Connecticut law that says: in order for a pickle to officially be considered a pickle, it must bounce. Even though you’re in Pennsylvania, as pickle experts, would you agree that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nixed by the Nixon Library</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In addition to the film Frost/Nixon, you can learn a lot about our 37th President at the Richard Nixon Library &#38; Birthplace Foundation. I don’t have a library card to get in there, but I thought I’d do a little research of my own anyway… Dear Richard Nixon Library Librarians, Watching the movie Frost/Nixon brought [...]]]></description>
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