en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/us/public/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/us/nina_reiser_was_all_set_to_start/ Two days before she disappeared, Nina Reiser accepted a $50,000-a-year job with the San Francisco Department of Public Health to help Russian immigrants, the woman who hired her testified Wednesday. Prosecutors hope Patricia Erwin's testimony will help news us 2008-02-07 08:14:57 http://www.newsique.com/us/nina_reiser_was_all_set_to_start/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/230527258/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [6] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/nina_reiser_was_all_set_to_start/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/homeland_security_agents_pull_oh/ It all began March 26, when a woman came to the reference desk and asked Martha Lee of the Bluffton (Ohio) Public Library for the Allen County Hazardous Materials Emergency Plan. Lee told American Libraries that after receiving the appropriate binder, the news us 2007-09-17 09:30:56 http://www.newsique.com/us/homeland_security_agents_pull_oh/ www.ala.org http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=ALA_Online_Store&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=25175 Important [19] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/homeland_security_agents_pull_oh/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/man_acquitted_for_loud_park_sing/ A man was acquitted Tuesday after being arrested for refusing to heed a police officer's command he stop singing in a public park. A judge found Anthony Riley not guilty of disorderly conduct, saying "This is America, not Afghanistan." Riley, 20, had f news us 2007-07-05 09:12:48 http://www.newsique.com/us/man_acquitted_for_loud_park_sing/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070703/ap_on_fe_st/odd_loud_singing;_ylt=AvRXQpmZK682itkrE_9RO0oZ.3QAFzF7m4k http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Interesting [14] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/man_acquitted_for_loud_park_sing/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/parents_challenge_request_by_arm/ The Army has asked Loudoun County public schools to distribute a survey to help identify students interested in the military, a proposal some parents contend would give the armed service an unfair recruiting edge over colleges and other career paths. T news us 2007-05-28 13:29:18 http://www.newsique.com/us/parents_challenge_request_by_arm/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/27/AR2007052701181_pf.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Important [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/parents_challenge_request_by_arm/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/us_attorney_scandal_update_whos_/ The U.S. attorneys purge scandal is heating up. The House and Senate have convened hearings for Tuesday, promising an orgy of named names and pointed fingers. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., now admits what he once denied: that he may have had a hand in the r opinion us 2007-03-07 12:51:01 http://www.newsique.com/us/us_attorney_scandal_update_whos_/ Slate http://www.slate.com/id/2161260?nav=ais http://www.newsique.com/sources/slate/ 87 Insightful [8] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/us_attorney_scandal_update_whos_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/states_fund_antiabortion_advice/ In an experiment that's opening a new front in the culture wars, a growing number of states are paying antiabortion activists to counsel women with unplanned pregnancies. At least eight states — including Florida, Missouri and Pennsylvania — use pu news us 2007-02-12 02:16:40 http://www.newsique.com/us/states_fund_antiabortion_advice/ Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-abortion11feb11,0,5888294,full.story?coll=la-home-headlines http://www.newsique.com/sources/latimes/ 93 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/states_fund_antiabortion_advice/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/group_exxonmobil_paid_to_mislead/ ExxonMobil Corp. gave $16 million to 43 ideological groups between 1998 and 2005 in a coordinated effort to mislead the public by discrediting the science behind global warming, the Union of Concerned Scientists asserted Wednesday. news us 2007-01-03 22:14:31 http://www.newsique.com/us/group_exxonmobil_paid_to_mislead/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070103/ap_on_bi_ge/exxonmobil_global_warming http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Important [14] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/group_exxonmobil_paid_to_mislead/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/japan_tackle_crisis_with_us_publ/ Watanabe, a lower house lawmaker who also oversees economic and administrative reforms, appeared convinced the U.S. government would use public money. He said that decision may not come during the presidential election because of the inevitable question a news us 2008-04-23 08:17:18 http://www.newsique.com/us/japan_tackle_crisis_with_us_publ/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24269007/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/japan_tackle_crisis_with_us_publ/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/late_bridge_inspections_put_publ/ At 8:25 every weekday morning, Jim and Judy Little stand on their front porch to make sure their granddaughter, Shelby, gets safely on the school bus that takes her to her elementary school. Then they watch as the bus drives across a bridge that, at the b news us 2008-01-30 08:20:35 http://www.newsique.com/us/late_bridge_inspections_put_publ/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20998261/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/late_bridge_inspections_put_publ/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/would-be_bodysurfer_sues_to_esta/ The white sand radiated in the brilliant August sunshine at Stinson Beach, where Douglas Rigg had just laid down a towel and pulled his wetsuit out of a backpack. The 43-year-old Mill Valley architect was looking forward to a day of reading, relaxing a news us 2007-11-27 08:15:04 http://www.newsique.com/us/would-be_bodysurfer_sues_to_esta/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/191103533/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/would-be_bodysurfer_sues_to_esta/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/sf_jails_tight_budget_means_earl/ While the public clamors for safer streets and a crackdown on quality-of-life crimes, San Francisco Sheriff Michael Hennessey is quietly allowing scores of drug users and petty thieves to walk out of jail early so they don't have to sleep on the floor. news us 2007-10-15 08:15:25 http://www.newsique.com/us/sf_jails_tight_budget_means_earl/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/169961866/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/sf_jails_tight_budget_means_earl/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/911_-_the_big_cover-up/ Six years after 9/11, the American public have still not been provided with a full and truthful account of the single greatest terror attack in US history. What they got was a turkey. The 9/11 Commission was hamstrung by official obstruction. It never opinion us 2007-09-12 23:45:35 http://www.newsique.com/us/911_-_the_big_cover-up/ Guardian Unlimited http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/peter_tatchell/2007/09/911_the_big_coverup.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/guardian/ 92 Important [5] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/911_-_the_big_cover-up/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/street_parks_program_helps_sf_re/ When Deris Thompson moved into his Noe Street apartment more than a decade ago, the steep incline next door was a weedy, overgrown eyesore that repulsed neighbors and attracted unwelcome loiterers. Without the slope, the site might have been a continua news us 2007-08-23 08:14:44 http://www.newsique.com/us/street_parks_program_helps_sf_re/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/147203627/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/street_parks_program_helps_sf_re/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/cities_struggle_to_fix_aging_inf/ An exploding steam pipe under a busy street in Midtown Manhattan this week dramatizes potentially dangerous decay in aging public works systems across the nation that will require tens of billions of dollars to fix. From New York to Atlanta, cities off news us 2007-07-20 11:26:53 http://www.newsique.com/us/cities_struggle_to_fix_aging_inf/ USA Today http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/135499535/2007-07-19-manhattan-explosion_N.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/cities_struggle_to_fix_aging_inf/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/city_may_seek_permit_and_insuran/ Some tourists, amateur photographers, even would-be filmmakers hoping to make it big on YouTube could soon be forced to obtain a city permit and $1 million in liability insurance before taking pictures or filming on city property, including sidewalks. news us 2007-06-29 12:23:24 http://www.newsique.com/us/city_may_seek_permit_and_insuran/ New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/nyregion/29camera.html?ex=1340769600&en=71135caff6fefe6a&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss http://www.newsique.com/sources/nytimes/ 96 Under Rated [1] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/city_may_seek_permit_and_insuran/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/md_panel_blocks_project_near_bay/ The Maryland Board of Public Works yesterday rejected a wetlands permit for a development of 1,350 homes on an island just east of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, a project Gov. Martin O'Malley said would be so damaging to the bay it would not be in the state' news us 2007-05-24 08:16:55 http://www.newsique.com/us/md_panel_blocks_project_near_bay/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/23/AR2007052301345.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/md_panel_blocks_project_near_bay/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/fats_domino_on_stage_for_first_t/ Fats Domino took the stage before a sold-out crowd of hundreds in a New Orleans nightclub Saturday, marking the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's first public performance since Hurricane Katrina. Dressed in a snappy white jacket, the 79-year-old New Orlean news us 2007-05-21 01:13:47 http://www.newsique.com/us/fats_domino_on_stage_for_first_t/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,273976,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/fats_domino_on_stage_for_first_t/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/spring_thaw_brings_out_brattlebo/ Spring has arrived in this southeastern Vermont shire town. The trees are less bare, and some local residents are more so. Brattleboro has no ordinance, and Vermont no law, against public nudity. Some of the people who caused a stir last year when they be news us 2007-05-17 16:57:11 http://www.newsique.com/us/spring_thaw_brings_out_brattlebo/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070517/ap_on_fe_st/odd_naked_town http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/spring_thaw_brings_out_brattlebo/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/traveling_on_buses_trains_ferrie/ Regional transit officials hope the temporary problems at the MacArthur Maze cause long-term shifts in the number of drivers who give up their cars and commute on public buses, trains and ferries. That happened after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, wh news us 2007-05-01 11:22:21 http://www.newsique.com/us/traveling_on_buses_trains_ferrie/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/113307371/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/traveling_on_buses_trains_ferrie/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/roads_to_riches/ Why investors are clamoring to take over America's highways, bridges, and airports—and why the public should be nervous Steve Hogan was in a bind. The executive director of Colorado's Northwest Parkway Public Highway Authority had run up $416 millio opinion us 2007-04-29 17:37:33 http://www.newsique.com/us/roads_to_riches/ BusinessWeek http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_19/b4033001.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_top+story http://www.newsique.com/sources/businessweek/ 94 Under Rated [1] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/roads_to_riches/#comments