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ICYMI: Absentee Votes Push Measure H To Impressive Finish
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- Farmers are paying more money to hire people. Why aren't American-born job seekers taking the opportunity?
- Responding to the Super Bowl halftime show, some jerk wrote to the FCC to say that "Lady Gaga" is an "anagram of sharia law," which is patently untrue.
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