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White House Petitioned To Make Day After Super Bowl A National Holiday

Joe Student — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:38:22 +0000

The red-blooded Americans of 4for4.com Fantasy Football are true public servants. These dedicated football junkies hope fellow U.S. citizens will rally behind them and sign a petition at WhiteHouse.gov asking the Obama Administration to declare the Monday following Super Bowl Sunday a national holiday.

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Petition to Make Westboro Baptist Church a Nationally Recognized Hate Group

BJ Ragone — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:02:52 +0000

It was learned over the weekend that the annoying, misinformed 'religious' group, the Westboro Baptist Church, was going to protest memorials in Newtown, CT.

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Petition To Ask Retailers To Save Thanksgiving

Phil Paleologos — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:38:34 +0000

A friend of mine was lamenting her late mother "always had to work Thanksgiving night." She said, "Not only was this very hard on my mother, but on all of us as a family."

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Multiple States Sign Petitions To Secede The United States

BJ Ragone — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:17:41 +0000

The 2012 Election isn't sitting well with many Red States, and petitions have been started, and signed asking to break away from the United States.

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"Controversial" Summer Reading List Discussed

Taylor Cormier — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 02:08:58 +0000

Parents, staff members, and students expressed their feelings over the most recent Hastings Middle School 8th grade summer reading list to the Fairhaven School Committee Wednesday night.

Many parents are up in arms over several of the titles from the 24-book collection, saying students are being subjected to innappropriate material such as foul language and extremely detailed sex acts including beastiality

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Circulating Petition Could Recall Council Pay Raises

Taylor Cormier — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 05:00:55 +0000

Next year, New Bedford voters may be able to decide the fate of the self-approved 44% City Council pay raises. That outcome hinges on a petition being circulated by the President of the Minority Action Coalition, Charles Carmo.

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