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        October 16, 2007 -
        
  
        About two weeks ago, Steven Thomma wrote an excellent piece for McClatchy Newspapers outlining the decline of the religious right's political influence.	
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        October 16, 2007 -
        
  
        Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco traveled to Capitol Hill yesterday to ask federal lawmakers to provide the additional $3 billion to $4 billion needed to fully fund the states' Road Home program, which assists residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.	
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        October 15, 2007 -
        
  
        A Louisiana State University program that provides mental health services for children traumatized by Hurricane Katrina faces cutbacks as a result of the Bush administration's rejection of a $400,000 grant application, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        October 12, 2007 -
        
  
        The Nobel Foundation has awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to former Vice President and U.S. Sen.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
          
        
        
          
              
            
            
            
        October 12, 2007 -
        
  
        Steven Greenhouse, a long-time reporter for The New York Times covering labor issues (remember when all papers had labor reporters?), has 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
          
        
        
          
              
            
            
            
        October 11, 2007 -
        
  
        A U.S.-based legal team today filed a civil lawsuit [PDF] against Blackwater USA, the North Carolina-based private security contractor whose employees were involved in a Sept.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        October 11, 2007 -
        
  
        Danielle Super, a student at Smyrna High in suburban Nashville, Tenn., is suing her school district for denying her the right to wear to class a T-shirt emblazoned with the words "Free the Jena Six," the Associated Press reports.