These days there seems to be an endless number of advocates and lobbyists. Care about gun control? There's a group for you. Work for an insurance agency? The insurance lobbyists are one of the most powerful groups in the country. Want tax reform? There's a growing number of political action committees working for reform. Care about education, trade issues, protecting unions, fighting unions, the environment? Each one of these has powerful representatives both in Columbus and Washington, but who represents Moms?  Moms for Ohio does! Moms for Ohio works hard to help Moms have a say in the decisions that effect their lives and the lives of their families.
 

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The Manhattan Declaration:

"We will not be intimidated into silence or acquiescence or the violation of our consciences by any power on earth, be it cultural or political, regardless of the consequences to ourselves."

And immediately afterward:

"We will fully and ungrudgingly render to Caesar what is Caesar's. But under no circumstances will we render to Caesar what is God's."

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 From The Columbus Dispatch:

" A Colorado company said it created 4,231 jobs with the help of President Barack Obama's economic-recovery plan. The real number: fewer than 1,000.

A child-care center in Florida said it saved 129 jobs with the help of stimulus money. Instead, it gave pay raises to existing employees."

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From The Plain Dealer:

"It seems like everyone is clamoring for an H1N1 flu shot, yet at the same time, a new Ohio Poll reflects widespread reluctance to be vaccinated.

The University of Cincinnati's Ohio Poll found that only one-third of Ohioans plan to be vaccinated, and about half said they would have their children vaccinated. National polls have yielded similar results."

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From Reuters:

"Michael Finton, also known as Talib Islam, was arrested in Springfield, Illinois, and charged with attempted murder of federal officers or employees and trying to use a weapon of mass destruction, charges that carry a life sentence."

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From The Plain Dealer:

"$1.31: You need $1.31 today to buy what cost $1 back in 1999, according to the federal government's Consumer Price Index. The CPI is based on a survey of a wide variety of goods and services in urban areas. August 2009 data was released Sept. 16."

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From Boston.com :

"ATLANTA - Health officials are reporting what might be the first instance of a Tamiflu-resistant swine flu virus spreading from one person to another.  It happened in July at a camp in western North Carolina, where two teenage girls sharing a cabin were diagnosed with the same drug-resistant strain of swine flu."

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From The Cleveland Plain Dealer:

"Parma Mayor Dean DePiero is among a group of eight elected officials and community leaders who will co-chair an anti-casino campaign.  The campaign hopes to defeat Issue 3, a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow four casinos in Ohio."

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From The Plain Dealer:

"Lorain's Community Development Director Sandy Prudoff was escorted from City Hall Thursday after the FBI told city officials Prudoff was the target of a criminal investigation.  What sparked the probe and whether it's tied to the sprawling corruption investigation that has gripped Cuyahoga County for more than a year is unclear. City officials and the FBI declined to comment."

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