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[From Ballot Access News]
The Green Party of Missouri, which uses the ballot name “Progressive Party” submitted almost 15,000 signatures on July 24, to meet the statewide requirement of 10,000.

[From New York Times]
By JAMES GLANZ
BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 29 The State Department agency in charge of $1.4 billion in reconstruction money in Iraq used an accounting shell game to hide ballooning cost overruns on its projects there and knowingly withheld information on schedule delays from Congress, a federal audit released late Friday has [...]

[From New York Times]
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN
MAPLEWOOD, Minn. Like most pastors who lead thriving evangelical megachurches, the Rev. Gregory A. Boyd was asked frequently to give his blessing – and the church’s – to conservative political candidates and causes.
The requests came from church members and visitors alike: Would he please announce a rally against gay marriage [...]

[From The Onion]
| Issue 42•29
WASHINGTON, DC—In an effort to increase voter participation while generating additional revenue, several state election boards announced plans Monday to introduce new Scratch ‘N Win ballots in November, giving citizens the chance to  win the right to vote in the 2006 elections.

Nevada voters elected “The Guy From [...]

[From How to Save the World]
How Not to Solve the Violence in the Middle East: A fascinating article in today’s NYT invites 7 ‘experts’ to suggest first steps to resolve the exploding violence in Lebanon. The result is seven completely unworkable recommendations — and the bigger the name, the more incompetent the proposal. This article [...]

[From NY Times]
GEORGETOWN, Ky. The request seemed simple enough to the Rev. Hershael W. York, then the president of the Kentucky Baptist Convention. He asked Georgetown College, a small Baptist liberal arts institution here, to consider hiring for its religion department someone who would teach a literal interpretation of the Bible.
But to William H. Crouch [...]

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