Now, more than ever, food banks need support
      The cost of living seems to be the one thing that is able to consistently ignore the law of gravity, and at no time has this been more apparent than now. With gasoline rapidly approaching $4 a gallon and food prices expanding almost as fast, the simple costs of everyday living are slowly approach...
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Make Al Gore happy and leave your trees alone
Red State/Blue State
DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN
      A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson - a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist - and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of GreaterMedia Newspapers. Let us know what you think.
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Combat global warming: stop mowing your grass
Coda
GREG BEAN
      There's a house I pass onmy way back and forth to work where the grass hasn't beenmowed during the entire administration of GeorgeW. (Shrub) Bush. The grass at this place might not have been mowed for longer than that, but I can't say for certain, since I've only been driving by every day for a l...
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They're my gigs, and I want them back now
Are We There Yet?
LORI CLINCH
      It's not as if an external hard drive was all I ever wanted. Certainly it didn't make my top 10 of must-haves. Even if it did store my data and give me peace of mind, it didn't complete me or make me sing. I didn't know how my external hard drive worked; I couldn't wrap my mind around its innards...
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