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...also tried to start an anti-Peter, Bjorn and John group when that band was popular. What happened? At the time, Peter, Bjorn and John was the buzz band that everyone was talking about, and I knew it was only a matter of time before the anti-Peter, Bjorn and John backlash started. I wanted to see if I could start it on my own, so I made a website called Stop Peter, Bjorn and John. It provoked a response from people within the indie-rock community, and Peter, Bjorn and John seemed to like it - they read...
...logos for Local First Arizona, Think Boise First, Our Milwaukee, and homegrown versions across the states. The apparent message is "let's-support-local-business", a kind of community boosterism. But buying close to home may be more than a feel-good, it's-worth-paying-more-for-local matter. A number of researchers and organizations are taking a closer look at how money flows, and what they're finding shows the profound economic impact of keeping money in town-and how the fate of many communities around the nation and the world increasingly depend...
...this puts a cloud over Ticketmaster's merger plans. "I think [the merger] would be a catastrophe for the entertainment business," said Representative Bill Pascrell, a New Jersey Democrat who demanded congressional hearings into the matter. "Given Ticketmaster's recent mishandling of Bruce Springsteen's tour and other shows, it is clear that this company's questionable business practices warrant sharper scrutiny." Earlier this week, the Congressman introduced a bill, named the Boss Act, that calls for ticketing companies to disclose how many tickets are being withheld in primary public ticket sales and a 48-hour waiting period before tickets...
...matter how green you think you are, there's probably one hallowed place where concern for the environment doesn't even enter your mind: the bathroom. It's almost certain that the roll of toilet paper you're using is made not of recycled fiber but from felled trees - often from North America's virgin forests, which are as rare as they are rich in wildlife. "The paper industry is the No. 1 industrial pressure on forests," says Allen Hershkowitz, a senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). "Using toilet paper made from virgin trees is the paper...
...serve openly. The President, they say, could instruct the Secretary of Defense, who has the sole power to carry out the law, to make investigations a rarity, so that "Don't ask, don't tell" simply does not function. Indeed, Obama could tell the Pentagon that, as a general matter, it is not in the best interest of the armed forces to expel a service member solely for saying he or she is gay or bisexual. (Watch TIME's video "Gay Marriage in the Heartland...