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  What you missed, Airwaves S.O.S., Great Googley-Moogley!, Moth Problems, More

  Jeffrey Hill | Tue, Mar 18th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: jeffrey hill, headlines, economy, cnn, president, atlanta, chinese, public airwaves, pesticide, violence, google, microsoft, light brown apple moth, sterilization, czech republic | 0

  Headlines are back after a brief vacation. Here’s a quick recap of what you missed:

  1.) There is still a presidential election in November and you still have thousands of mind-numbing political ads to be subjected to.
  2.) The news media has nothing better to cover than the alleged sexual three-way of the former N.J. governor.
  3.) J.P. Morgan bought Bear Stearns for two dollars a share showing that companies can now merge together with the help of a script writer and coreographer.
  4.) A tornado ripped through Atlanta.
  5.) The nation was shocked when New York governor Elliot Spitzer was discovered to be using the services of a (gasp) prostitute - crossing the fine line of politics and ethics which sent the media and an entire civilization into a frenzy.
  6.) St. Patrick’s Day gave millions of Americans a reason to drink other than the state of the economy and primetime television.
  7.) There is still violence in Tibet. The Chinese are still killing Tibetans. The Tibetans are rioting. The Dalai Lama may resign as Tibet’s head of state. America and CNN thinks N.J. governor three-way story is more important. 

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• The Daily Report

  diversity in demographics: is Bellevue bland?

  Michele Fierro | Fri, Nov 9th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: microsoft, bellevue, bland, election day, michele fierro, emerald city, lack of diversity | 0

  In the spirit of Election Day, let’s talk demographics.

  Bellevue is the fifth largest city in Washington state, clocking in at about 119,000 residents, as compared to 562,000 in the Emerald City across the lake. Bellevue is the largest city on the Eastside, surpassing Redmond, the home of Microsoft and other familiar names.

  Most notably, Bellevue has a lot of yuppies. Especially downtown Bellevue, which is seeing the most growth right now.

  Almost 60 percent of Bellevue residents…

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