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Internet Association Opens Texas Office And Hires State Government Affairs Southern Region Director

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This expansion is a significant addition to IA’s 50-state government affairs program and existing offices in California, Illinois, Washington State, and New York. The websites, apps, and services powered by IA’s members have an enormous positive benefit for all Americans, and the southern U.S.

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Meetings, Destinations Get Ready for Solar Eclipse

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I hadn’t thought about that sides of things myself, until I came across an article in The Washington Post this week about how the Little League World Series is going to handle the eclipse, which will pass through its Williamsport, Pennsylvania, complex a little after 1 p.m. All attendees will receive viewing glasses and snacks.

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Report: Goodwill Locations Hit By Credit-Card Breach

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The duration of the attack is unclear, but there’s evidence that it may have begun about a year ago, Krebs reported. The breach echoes other instances of credit card theft—including breaches at Target , P.F.

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Conference Circuit: Home Sweet Home with the Apartment Association

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June 18-21: Devotees of literature for younger audiences would do well to keep tabs on the 41st annual Children’s Literature Association Conference , held this year at the University of South Carolina, in Columbia. “Diverging Diversities: Plurality in Children’s and Young Adult Literature Then and Now.”

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TV Meteorologists to Help Explain Climate Change

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Earlier this week, upon the release of the third National Climate Assessment , an in-depth report on the current and potential effects of climate change on the United States, Obama invited eight broadcast meteorologists to Washington for briefings and one-on-one interviews.

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Baltimore Riots: NAACP Denounces Violence, Launches Satellite Office

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Like Ferguson, Missouri, North Charleston, South Carolina, and Sanford, Florida, before it, Baltimore has found itself caught in the public outrage after the death of an unarmed black man at the hands of an authority figure. “It was only a matter of time before Baltimore exploded,” Washington Post correspondent Michael A.

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111 Intriguing Chats for 2011

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While it is a geographically diverse list (throughout US and Canada [8] and one from England), a higher proportion come from the area where I live and work: Northern Virginia/Washington, DC. Individuals from North Carolina, New Hampshire, West Virginia, Oregon, and Idaho stand alone as delegates from these states. Cig city resident.