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• Keeping It Underground In Oregon's Lava Caves

  For the past several days a walnut-sized lump has been throbbing on the top of my skull. This morning when I attempted to shampoo my hair, the scrubbing motion nearly brought me to tears. I can't wear my blue baseball hat without feeling pain. The cause of the hideous and' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:56pm EST
  

• As Millions of Acres Come Out of Conservation Reserve Program, What's Next?

  More than 3 million acres of farmland in the country is ready to be broken again this season, freed up from contracts from the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), a little-known farm program that has large implications for land-use in the West and Midwest. Roxana Hegeman of the Associated Press details the [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:04am EST
  

• Election Highlights from Around the Rockies

  The elections that attracted national attention Tuesday were all on the East Coast, with New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine (suddenly burdened by his previous job as head of Goldman Sachs) going down to defeat and conservative Republican activists like Sarah Palin failing in their effort to override the local party [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:44am EST
  

• Election Highlights from Around the Rockies

  The elections that attracted national attention Tuesday were all on the East Coast, with New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine (suddenly burdened by his previous job as head of Goldman Sachs) going down to defeat and conservative Republican activists like Sarah Palin failing in their effort to override the local party [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:44am EST
  

• Utah and Oregon Book Awards Announced and Hooray, I Sold My Novel!

  As I've mentioned on a couple of occasions over the years I've written the Roundup, when I'm not reading other people's books, I'm trying to write my own, and after many, many years of effort, I have some good news: my first novel, The Ringer, will be published by The [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:00am EST
  

• Utah and Oregon Book Awards Announced and Hooray, I Sold My Novel!

  As I've mentioned on a couple of occasions over the years I've written the Roundup, when I'm not reading other people's books, I'm trying to write my own, and after many, many years of effort, I have some good news: my first novel, The Ringer, will be published by The [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:00am EST