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Weird news: Government in action
-- Promoting the General Welfare in Malaysia: (1) The government of the state of Terengganu initiated a campaign in November to halt the growing divorce rate by offering pre-marital classes in sensuality. Also, because newlyweds have identified spousal body odor and ugly pajamas as turn- offs, the government invited cosmetics firms and lingerie sellers to improve their offerings. (2) The chairwoman of the family and health committee of Malaysia’s Kelantan state suggested in October that male legislators should take, as additional wives (permitted under Islam), some of the 16,000 unmarried mothers now dependent on state support.
-- U.S. Homeland Security officials confirmed in October that an estimated 200,000 temporarily admitted foreign visitors to the U.S. since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are still in the country illegally, with overstayed visas, and that there is still no system in place to catch them. The problem had surfaced in September when a 19-year- old Jordanian man (legally admitted on a since-expired tourist visa) was arrested and accused of plotting to blow up a Dallas skyscraper. He had been arrested two weeks before that on a traffic violation, and even though he was on an FBI watch list because of visits to a jihadist Web site, he had no immigration “record” and thus was released after paying the traffic fine.
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Minneopa Trail unoffically opens
It's getting good reviews from bicyclists
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Sole bid wins for Waseca airport work
The city accepted the bid as fair.
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Pitching horseshoes from a wheelchair
Adam Drummer was reluctant to start playing, but he's overcome the difficulties of pitching while seated.
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School Sisters get garden tool grant
$2,000 from Pespi Refresh Grant program
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School districts cautious about Jobs Fund
One-time funding and long-term positions are a bad budgetary mix.
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Job vacancies begin to rise in Kato area
The most vacancies in the Mnkato area are in lower-paying retail jobs.
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For immigrant youth, sports are a way in
Soccer is particularly useful for the growing numbers of African immigrants in Mankato's schools.
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Minneopa Trail unoffically opens
