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mnhtnbb

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October 1, 2013

Raleigh News & Observer puts blame on Republicans for the shutdown.

I think it will be important to watch the news media to see where the blame is assigned for the shutdown.


WASHINGTON — For the first time in nearly two decades, the federal government staggered into a partial shutdown early Tuesday morning after congressional Republicans stubbornly demanded changes in the nation's health care law as the price for essential federal funding

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/09/30/3241464/health-law-challenge-threatens.html#storylink=cpy


Right up front on the front page--there it is--blame laid at the feet of Republicans.


Please chime in with quotes from your local print media to see how this will be treated.

September 15, 2013

Opened up local paper today to find my squirrel photo published as "Your Best Shot"

No link is up yet for the on-line edition, but this is the photo I took last July of a squirrel
we encountered on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.

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