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RG4N call on citizens to join our Wal-Mart boycott
RG4N is marking the anniversary of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton’s death by calling on more Austinites to join its citywide Wal-Mart boycott. read more
Location: Austin, Texas
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Kiva.org - Micro-loans Saving the World
I had to post about this. I just saw a story on Frontline / World that had originally aired last October. This is awe inspiring in so many ways.r read more
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Habitat on Wheels in Austin Seeks to Provide Homeless Solution
I had the pleasure of attending the annual benefit event for Mobile Loaves and Fishes along with their new venture - Habitat on Wheels. I had the pl read more
Location: Austin, Texas
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Fluorescent Light Bulbs Can Be Costly - Over $2000 if You Break One!
How much money does it take to screw in a compact fluorescent light bulb? About US$4.28 for the bulb and labour -- unless you break the bulb. Then yo read more
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Wal-Mart labels Boerne nuns a security threat?
It's a David versus Goliath battle heating up in the Hill Country — a group of nuns from Boerne is taking a stand against Wal-Mart.
The corporate read more
Location: Boerne, Texas
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Wal-Mart Issues Threat to Austin Neighborhood to Build Big Store Unless They Backdown
On Friday, Wal-Mart sent the City a letter offering a small and final reduction in the size of its planned Northcross Supercenter. read more
Location: Austin, Texas
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F.D.A. to Test Toothpaste Sent to U.S. From China for Antifreeze
The FDA will test all toothpaste made in China. It was discovered last week that some Chinese manufacturers had been substituting a more costly sugar read more
Location: USA
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A Lesson in Equal Protection
Early in the morning one long ago September, Laura Alvarez was awakened, bundled up, and piled into the family station wagon with her brothers and si read more
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Moguls and Misanthropes
SNOW JOB?Sing along now.
Oh the dazzling flakes and the slopes that snake, on the Big Mock Candy Mountain
Where the bluebirds sing and read more
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Don't Stop Believing
Renegade Bloggers Besiege the Southern Baptist Convention. read more
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