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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
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From The Denver Post, "The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday reversed seven rulings that denied endangered species increased protection, after an investigation found the actions were tainted by political pressure from a former senior Interior Department official. In a letter to Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., the agency acknowledged that the actions had been "inappropriately influenced" and that "revising the seven identified decisions is supported by scientific evidence and the proper legal standards." The reversal affects the protection for species including the white-tailed prairie dog, the Preble's meadow jumping mouse -- found in Colorado and Wyoming -- and the Canada lynx. The rulings came under scrutiny last spring after an Interior Department inspector general concluded that agency scientists were being pressured to alter their findings on endangered species by Julie MacDonald, then a deputy assistant secretary overseeing the Fish and Wildlife Service."
"2008 pres"
6:22:27 AM 
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From The Arizona Daily Star, "Together, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and Colorado have 29 electoral votes, more than Florida or Ohio. With Arizona and Nevada the fastest-growing states in the nation, the region is even more important in the long term, party officials say. "It's an area that presents a lot of potential growth for Democrats," says Luis Miranda, a spokesman for the Democratic National Committee. "What you see coming out of Republicans in Washington is a far cry from the libertarian perspective in the West, where people would rather see government intrude less in their lives." Republicans deny the notion that Democrats are more in step with voters here, but both parties say it's plausible for the group of four states to go either way. While all four states have shown little tendency to support Democratic presidential candidates over the last several decades, the results of recent statewide and local elections, coupled with changing voter-registration statistics, alter the landscape."
"2008 pres"
6:03:20 AM
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