Texas Gov. Perry's job figures are exaggerated, says watchdog

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A Texas watchdog group issued a scathing analysis Wednesday of Gov. Rick Perry’s much-ballyhooed jobs program, saying the governor exaggerated its success and noting that a third of the 54000 jobs he said have been created since 2003 …

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1010WINS.com – Bailout Watchdog Group Investigating Fed's AIG Secrecy

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Bailout Watchdog Group Investigating Fed’s AIG Secrecy. WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent investigator is launching two probes into the government’s rescue of American International Group Inc. and the insurer’s subsequent payments of …

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Texas Gov. Perry’s job figures are exaggerated, says watchdog group – MiamiHerald.com

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Texas Gov. Perry's job figures are exaggerated, says watchdog group
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A Texas watchdog group issued a scathing analysis Wednesday of Gov. Rick Perry's much-ballyhooed jobs program, saying the governor
Republicans seek momentum in Friday night's gubernatorial debateFort Worth Star Telegram
The Brief: January 27, 2010Texas Tribune (blog)
Some Texas firms not living up to their job-creation promises with Gov. Rick Texas Watchdog
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Watchdog group criticizes prisons’ satellite TV use – Statesman Journal

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Watchdog group criticizes prisons' satellite TV use
Statesman Journal
A Salem-based group awarded another "Golden Fleece Award" to the state prison system Wednesday for

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Feds Dragged Feet on Adding Minnow to Endangered List, Enviro Group Claims – Courthouse News Service

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Feds Dragged Feet on Adding Minnow to Endangered List, Enviro Group Claims
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LAS VEGAS (CN) – An environmental watchdog group says the feds dragged their feet on its request to place the Northern Leatherside Chub on

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Environmental group to sue Salem power station – The Salem News

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Environmental group to sue Salem power station
The Salem News
the federal Clean Air Act nearly 300 times over the past five years, according to a lawsuit an environmental watchdog group said it plans to file.
Group to file suit against power plantWicked Local (blog)

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Group Distributes Anti-Pete Postcards in Miami – NBC Miami

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Group Distributes Anti-Pete Postcards in Miami
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Protect Our Children, a non-profit community watchdog group based in Brevard County, is mailing thousands of postcards out in Miami Gardens and the areas
Sex-Offender Advisory Issued For Pete Townshend's Super Bowl PerformanceParentDish (blog)

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DEP plans to hire 68 inspectors – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

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DEP plans to hire 68 inspectors
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natural resources, especially water," Jan Jarrett, CEO of the environmental watchdog group Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future, said in a statement.
EPA Seeking Citizen WatchdogsOMB Watch

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James O’Keefe and Landrieu-gate: Whither right-wing muckraking? – Christian Science Monitor

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James O'Keefe and Landrieu-gate: Whither right-wing muckraking?
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MediaMatters, the liberal media watchdog group, took a predictably harder line on O'Keefe and the movement he came to symbolize.
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Watchdog Group: Iran Unrest 'Full-Blown Rights Crisis' – FO

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s postelection unrest is a “full-blown human rights crisis,” a watchdog group said Sunday, calling on Tehran to free … UAE Needs To Improve Worsening Human Rights Situation -HRWWall Street Journal …

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