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| Democracy for Land Use - Non Existent in Boise, Idaho |
| Democracy for the people was not served or even slightly represented at the December, 2006 meeting of the Boise, Idaho Ada County Commissioners. The night was set to decide on the controversial development of a large wildlife area called Hammer Flat. |
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Archaeology News: Written by J. Summers Duffy
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01-05-07 - Idaho, United States
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| Preservationists worry about Fort Pitt site |
| The state's top historical preservation agency, after months of insisting that only clean fill be used to bury Fort Pitt's Music Bastion, suddenly reversed itself this month. Demolition debris now is being dumped at one of the largest British forts in colonial North America. |
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Historic Preservation News: TRIBUNE-REVIEW
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01-02-07 - Pennsylvania, United States
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| Digging for history at the San Diego Archeological Center |
| Digging for history is not just for archeologists and anthropologists. There is a facility in Escondido that offers various educational opportunities for the general public. Just past the Wild Animal Park sits the San Diego Archeological Center, where anyone is welcome to enjoy the exhibits and attend occasional seminars and classes. |
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Archaeology News: Fallbrook Bonsall Village News
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12-18-06 - California, United States
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| Colonial Williamsburg to sell historic Carter's Grove Plantation |
| Colonial Williamsburg officials announced today that historic Carter’s Grove Plantation will be put up for sale, but not until federal and state agencies agree on how to protect the 18th century mansion from commercial and residential development. |
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Historic Preservation News: pilotonline.com
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12-16-06 - Virginia, United States
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| Retrieval of cave artifacts settled |
| A settlement reached yesterday in the long dispute over Forbes Cave artifacts requires Bishop Museum and the group Hui Malama I Na Kupuna o Hawai'i Nei to share the $330,000 cost of recovering the objects from a Kohala Coast cave. |
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General Cultural Resources News: The Honolulu Advertiser
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12-16-06 - Hawaii, United States
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| Trump SoHo Project Is on Hold After Discovery of Human Remains |
| The city yesterday ordered developer Donald Trump to stop work on the SoHo lot where he plans to build a 45-story condo hotel after contractors uncovered human remains believed to be more than a century old. |
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General Cultural Resources News: nysun.com
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12-15-06 - New York, United States
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| Archaeology booms with oil and gas |
| The oil and gas boom of the West has also opened vast lands to discoveries by an unlikely group: archaeologists such as Kevin O'Dell. |
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Archaeology News: KansasCity.com
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12-14-06 - Wyoming, United States
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| Group Sues Over Gettysburg Visitor Site |
| The National Park Service wants to demolish a modernistic visitor center on one of the most significant sites of the Gettysburg battlefield, but an architectural preservation group is suing because the building itself is historically important. |
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General Cultural Resources News: washington post
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12-14-06 - United States
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| New York Remembers Its Past Ties to Slavery |
| New York is widely regarded as a culturally diverse city that is bastion of tolerance. But some may be surprised to find out how different the city was in its early years. A new exhibit re-examines New York's role in slavery. |
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General Cultural Resources News: voanews.com
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12-04-06 - United States
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| Park to give 1880s skull to Indian tribes |
| The long journey of a human skull found in the 1880s, and stored for years at Yellowstone National Park, may soon come to an end. |
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General Cultural Resources News: Billings Gazette
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12-04-06 - Montana, United States
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| Civil Rights District on National Register |
| An area of Birmingham that includes roads and parks where civil rights marchers sang, prayed and were arrested, and buildings where blacks staged protests for equal treatment, has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. |
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Historic Preservation News: Birmingham News
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11-27-06 - Alabama, United States
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| Natives' 'sacred' cave destroyed |
| Developers at Bear Mountain committing cultural genocide, aboriginal leaders charge |
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Archaeology News: Times Colonist
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11-25-06 - Canada
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| Volunteers Make a WWII Destroyer Ship-Shape |
| Last week, the WWII-era "ship that wouldn't die" got a facelift from volunteers in the Hampton Hotels' Save-A-Landmark program. |
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Historic Preservation News: Preservation Online
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11-25-06 - United States
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