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Citizen Revolt - Sweep Out the Bums!

Diane Dimond | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diane Dimond

Could it be a trend? Oh, please tell me it's a trend! There seems to be a mini-movement underway of disgruntled taxpayers and law enforcement offici...

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NFL's Latest Family Feud: Jim Brown vs. the Cleveland Browns

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eric Ehrmann

Famous running back Jim Brown could score one last touchdown by reminding everybody that equal opportunity does not exist in the current world economic order.

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The Court Room Instead of the Concert Hall?

Ivan Katz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ivan Katz

It must be summer; some of the most interesting music news is coming from the law courts.

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Payday Lenders Exit Arizona -- In Theory at Least

Gary Rivlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gary Rivlin

Today is the day that the payday lenders are supposed to close up shop in Arizona. But rather than celebrate, consumer advocates are braced for what might be coming next.

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LeBron James: Whites Cover LeBron in the NBA but African-Americans Can't?

Dexter Rogers | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dexter Rogers

When qualified African-Americans get passed over for jobs in professional sports and society, there aren't enough African-American journalists to denounce the inequities.

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Part Exposé, Part Cover-Up: 1968's My Lai Massacre Photos Have Big Lessons For Citizen Journalists

David Quigg | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Quigg

Citizen journalists must not give in to the urge to un-take a photo, to click delete and banish the evidence for the parts of a story that shame them, their cause, their friends, their country, their species.

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Cleveland Plain Dealer Sued By Ousted Critic Donald Rosenberg

AP | THOMAS J. SHEERAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CLEVELAND — A longtime reviewer sued his newspaper and the Cleveland Orchestra Thursday, charging that he was removed from his beat because of c...

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The Appearance of Rational Argument

Ivan Katz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ivan Katz

The "appearance of impropriety" is a standardless standard. It is whatever you, as the person perceiving the conduct, elect to make it. On what is your belief based?

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Midwest Editors Shifting On Gay Marriage

Dan Treul | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Treul

In another signal, perhaps, that the country is ready for change, newspapers across the Midwest showed either even-handedness or excitement for an issue that only years ago was considered taboo.

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