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Front Page: Tree-Sitters Climb Down, Quake Shakes Iran, More Calling Suicide Hotline, US Deficit at $438 Billion

Sep 10 2008 - 6:00am by CitizenSugar
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Front Page: Tree-Sitters Climb Down, Quake Shakes Iran, More Calling Suicide Hotline, US Deficit at $438 Billion
  • Tree-Sitters Climb Down: After a 21-month occupation, four remaining tree-sitters in an oak grove on the UC Berkeley campus, climbed down and into police custody. School officials had cut off food and water supplies Monday and were prepared to remove the activists using force. The tree-sitters were trying to stop the construction of a $125 million sports center which threatened 42 trees on campus.
  • Quake Shakes Iran: A 6.1 magnitude earthquake has hit southern Iran near the site of a large Iranian oil refinery, injuring 22 and killing three.
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Part II: Interview With Tom Sheridan, Lobbyist to the Stars

Aug 28 2008 - 10:00am by CitizenSugar
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Part II: Interview With Tom Sheridan, Lobbyist to the Stars Here's the continuation of our interview with Tom Sheridan, the lobbyist who works with Bono on his ONE campaign to end global poverty. Liberty took in a ONE campaign panel with Ben Affleck, Madeleine Albright, and Tom Daschle at the convention yesterday — more details on that event soon! Here's the continuation of our conversation with Tom: Who else do you work with?
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Meet a Celebrity Lobbyist Committed to Star-Powered Activism

Aug 27 2008 - 2:45pm by CitizenSugar
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Meet a Celebrity Lobbyist Committed to Star-Powered Activism Parked in the intersection of politics and pop culture is the celebrity activist. There all kinds of ways celebrities get involved in causes from serving on boards to inspiring laws on Capitol Hill, and Tom Sheridan knows how to harness that fame and make the issue the real star. A lobbyist based in DC, he represents Bono and his work on the ONE campaign against global poverty.
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Caring About Social Security, Not Wasted on the Young

Mar 25 2008 - 12:00pm by LibertySugar
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Caring About Social Security, Not Wasted on the Young Think you don't have to worry about Social Security until you have one of those license plate thingies that says, "My Other Car Is a Golf Cart?" Not so according to Students For Saving Social Security. They're on a mission to make young people care about retirement, or at least their paychecks.
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