Demography

N.O. may OK economic development grants a year late (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

12 Oct 2008

The New Orleans City Council is expected to decide this week whether to hand out $5 million in grants to 20 local businesses and nonprofits, even though members of the council and Mayor Ray Nagin's administration acknowledge that the proper review process hasn't been followed.

Anger at alien god in land of sameness (The Telegraph)

12 Oct 2008

Tikabali (Kandhamal), Oct 11: The last rites of Puja aren’t done yet; hamlets scattered across the rain-swept hills are still ringing with festivity — a rousing crescendo of near and distant drums and bells, merry processions erupted rivulet-like in the narrow lanes, redolent in scented smoke and vermilion and the tinkle-tink of cymbals.

Pollsters paint a picture of a 'blue-ish' Ohio (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)

12 Oct 2008

Associated PressOhio's voter demographics are shifting, on the color scale where red is Republican and blue is Democrat, Ohio is considered purple. •View the latest Ohio Newspaper Poll WASHINGTON -- Stereotypes about staid, conservative Ohio and its corn-fed brand of...