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Down To Earth archive for Feb. 19, 2009

THURSDAY, FEB. 19, 2009

What the P?

There used to be a time last summer when a day wouldn’t go by without hearing some joke about phosphorous-free dish detergent. Either people are starting to adjust, or since gas prices are so much lower, they aren’t vocally complaining about having to drive to…

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This must be the place

If you’re a DTE ubergeek (and there’s two, counting us) you might catch a subtle Talking Heads reference nearly once a week. That’s because we unabashedly enjoy David Byrne. So of course we’re thrilled since he's in Spokane and you might catch him riding his…

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Blago lives!

“He’s well-suited to run a system like that,” said Rep. Joel Kretz, R-Wauconda. “And he’s looking for work.”When Kretz publicly discussed Gov. Chris Gregoire’s “cap and trade” plan, he called it “cap and extort,” and followed with the above money quote that former Illinois Gov.…

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