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By JAY AMBROSE
Scripps Howard News Service

Suppose you're a U.S. citizen concerned about some issue or the other --something happening to the environment, maybe, or perhaps a seeming injustice.

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By JANE ROBERTS
Scripps Howard News Service

MEMPHIS, Tenn. _ Richard Sweebe came to Memphis on a personal dare in 1982 as partial owner of the International Harvester truck dealership.

By THOMAS BURR
Salt Lake Tribune

WASHINGTON _ Environmentalists say they are pleased with an agreement by congressional appropriators for more oversight of rights-of-way claims on federal lands.

By PETER SCHRAG
Sacramento Bee

It's easy to see how CELDT, the California English Language Development Test, sinks to the bottom in the flood of latter-day school testing acronyms that Californians are routinely inundated with -- CAHSEE, STAR, NAEP, API, AYP and countless others.

By MEGAN HOLLAND
Anchorage Daily News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska _ For an extra $5 a month, Anchorage residents soon will be able to lease a bear-resistant trash container that allows them to store their garbage outdoors without drawing the prying paws of the city's urban bruins.

By STEPHEN MAGAGNINI
Sacramento Bee

Jaime Aguilar-Hernandez was a coyote smuggling people from Mexico to El Norte. One was a Guatemalan woman he allegedly forced into prostitution along the way.

By BETSY PICKLE
Scripps Howard News Service

Take away the phenomenal cast, the Pulitzer Prize-winning co-screenwriter and the acclaimed director and all that's left of "Evening" is a clumsy melodrama about whiny over-privileged people who don't know what real life or real troubles are.

Here are a few of the tips on shopping to avoid genetically engineered food, if that's your choice, culled from Andrew Kimbrell's "Your Right to Know." If you have any doubts, Kimbrell says, ask the grocer about suppliers. Look for labels that say 100 percent organic or GE-free or GMO-free.

By MARVIN WALBERG
Scripps Howard News Service

Dear Mr. Walberg:
Everything I've heard, and read, in your column as well as other job search related publications says to limit your resume to one or two pages and limit your relevant work history to the last 10-12 years. I hear this loud and clear, but I have 30 years of relevant experience, plenty of energy, and many more years to give. To tell my story effectively, and give proper coverage to my accomplishments, my resume could easily become four to five pages long.

By CAROL NESS
San Francisco Chronicle

I could hear my mother's voice in my head as I leafed through Andrew Kimbrell's new quick-guide to genetically engineered foods.

"Oh, the government says they're OK. And if they were such a big problem, we'd all be falling down dead by now. They're no different than regular hybrids," she'd say, handing me a pot to wash with a dismissive snort.