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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: legislature

legislature stories: 4 news summaries

(Newser) - Bolivian President Evo Morales ended his hunger strike today after the country’s legislature agreed to pass a law further enfranchising his native constituency, Bloomberg reports. The bill passed after Morales reduced his demand for new indigenous voting districts from 14 to seven. “The Bolivian people will never forget... More »

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Bolivia • legislature • Evo Morales • redistricting • hunger strike • indigenous peoples • natives

 Senate Homecoming
 Won't Be Glorious 

Power will not fall in losing candidate's lap

May 26, 08 8:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - If Hillary Clinton does indeed lose the Democratic nomination, her Senate homecoming won’t be a glorious one, the New York Times reports. Clinton is still a junior senator, ranking 36th out of 49 Democrats, and would need to leapfrog a lot of people to become a committee chair—much... More »

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Hillary Clinton • politics • Senate • Senate Democrats • legislature • Democratic nomination • Senate Armed Services Committee


 Vt. Town Sheds
 Inhibitions, Puts
 Them Back On 

Fine instated after repeated nude incidents

May 19, 08 5:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Whether shopping, bicycling, hula-hooping, or demonstrating for PETA, people in Brattleboro, Vt., have witnessed a rash of nakedness, the Wall Street Journal reports. Public nudity is generally legal in Vermont, but a spontaneous act of nakedness by three 20-year-olds two summers ago sparked a trend that made many residents uncomfortable... More »

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nudity • Vermont • indecent exposure • PETA • legislature • Brattleboro, Vt. • fine • public nudity

Pacino, Ono Push for Dead Celeb Bill

NY law would bar unauthorized bobble heads for 70 years

Jun 14, 07 6:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Actor Al Pacino and Yoko Ono are lobbying the New York legislature to make it a misdemeanor to merchandise unauthorized images of dead celebrities for up to 70 years after their death. The use of sound recordings, or faces and names on anything from T-shirts to bobble heads would require... More »

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New York • Al Pacino • First Amendment • Yoko Ono • John Lennon • Babe Ruth • Arthur Ashe • Jimi Hendrix • celebrity • legislature • artistic expression

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