The term locality has different meanings in different disciplines:

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In geography, a locality is a place. This is the primary meaning of the term, from which other uses derive.

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More than 300 possible illegal immigrants held after raid
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:44:29 -0000
Federal agents detained more than 300 suspected illegal immigrants Tuesday in a raid at a chicken processing plant that has been ...
No injuries reported in W. Ky. plant chemical leak
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:35:06 -0000
Officials say a small leak of hydrochloric acid and a refrigerant from a western Kentucky plant Tuesday kept nearby residents ...
Widow sues US over Iraq vet-husband's suicide
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:26:43 -0000
The widow of a 23-year-old Iraq war veteran is suing the U.S. government over her husband's suicide.
No charges for most Tulane frat members
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:19:09 -0000
Prosecutors are not pursuing criminal charges against seven Tulane University fraternity members accused of burning pledges with ...
Harvard alum donates record $125M
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:03:05 -0000
Business school alumnus Hansjorg Wyss has given Harvard University its largest individual donation ever $125 million to start ...
Gov.: Convicted pal Rezko must tell truth
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:39:03 -0000
Governor Rod Blagojevich is calling on Tony Rezko to tell the truth, the day after federal prosecutors indicated that the convicted ...

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The election campaign: Heard on the stump
Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:11:45 -0000
The election campaignGarage sale “We figured that instead of protesting this plan, we’d give regular Americans the same opportunity to sell their bad assets to the government.”A website allows Americans to offer unwanted items to Hank Paulson. Buymyshitpile.com ...
Bail-out politics, continued: While Wall Street burns
Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:11:45 -0000
Lawmakers fiddle, then reach for the fire-hoseWHEN Congress does nothing, Americans usually breathe a sigh of relief. But when the House of Representatives failed to pass a rescue package for the financial system on September 29th, panic ensued. The stockmarket crashed: more than a trillion dollars in paper wealth evaporated in a single day. That, plus the shock waves that battered markets around the world, seems to have made lawmakers sit up and take notice. Before the vote, Barney Frank, the Democratic head of the House banking committee, observed that: “It is hard to get political credit for avoiding something that hasn’t yet happened.” Perhaps that is why the rescue plan was rejected, by 228 votes to 205. Some lawmakers simply weren’t convinced that disaster was imminent if they failed to act. ...
The Economist's poll of economists: Examining the candidates
Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:11:45 -0000
In our special report on the election we analyse the two candidates’ economic plans. Here, we ask professional economists to give us their viewsAS THE financial crisis pushes the economy back to the top of voters’ concerns, Barack Obama is starting to open up a clear lead over John McCain in the opinion polls. But among those who study economics for a living, Mr Obama’s lead is much more commanding. A survey of academic economists by The Economist finds the majority—at times by overwhelming margins—believe Mr Obama has the superior economic plan, a firmer grasp of economics and will appoint better economic advisers. Our survey is not, by any means, a scientific poll of all economists. We e-mailed a questionnaire to 683 research associates, all we could track down, of the National Bureau of Economic Research, America’s premier association of applied academic economists, though the NBER itself played no role in the survey. A total of 142 responded, of whom 46% identified themselves as Democrats, 10% as Republicans and 44% as neither. This skewed party breakdown may reflect academia’s Democratic tilt, or possibly Democrats’ greater propensity to respond. Still, even if we exclude respondents with a party identification, Mr Obama retains a strong edge—though the McCain campaign should be buoyed by the fact that 530 economists have signed a statement endorsing his plans. ...
Lobbyists and the election: The war over lobbyists
Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:11:45 -0000
Or, pots denouncing kettlesLOBBYING in America is at least as old as the country’s constitution. In 1792 veterans of the American revolution hired William Hull to petition Congress for more compensation. These days fat-walleted lobbyists get much of the blame for gridlock and corruption in Washington, and both presidential candidates have made fighting “special interests” a central theme of their campaigns. Barack Obama does not let his audiences forget that he will not hire or take money from lobbyists. But he cheerfully collects donations from lobbyists’ relations, lobbyists can volunteer to advise his campaign, and he rakes in tens of millions of dollars from lawyers. Mr Obama has certainly taken cash from lobbyists in the past; in a recent ad, John McCain cites Mr Obama’s previous connections to influence-peddlers such as the disgraced Tony Rezko in Chicago. He also accuses Mr Obama of taking more money from executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two giant mortgage companies that have just been taken over by the government, than any member of Congress save one. ...
Lexington: Reaping the whirlwind
Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:11:45 -0000
George Bush's presidency is ending in disasterPLENTY of people can be blamed for the calamity on Capitol Hill on September 29th. Two-hundred and twenty-eight congressmen decided they were ready to risk another Great Depression. Nancy Pelosi made an idiotic speech damning the Republicans. Sheriff McCain claimed that he was going to ride into town to sort out the mess—and promptly fell off his horse. But there is no doubt where the lion’s share of the blame belongs: with George Bush. The dismal handling of the financial crisis over the past fortnight is not only a comment on Mr Bush’s personal shortcomings as a leader. It is a comment on the failure of his leadership style over the past eight years.The convenient excuse for Mr Bush’s performance is that he is at the fag-end of his presidency. Public attention has shifted to the presidential candidates, and the members of the House face the electorate in a month. But this rings hollow: there is nothing about the political cycle that dictates that an outgoing president should have an approval rating of 27% and an army of enemies on Capitol Hill. Bill Clinton ended his two terms with ratings of close to 70%. ...
After the storm: Politics and petrol problems
Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:11:45 -0000
The Gulf coast is still recovering from hurricane seasonTHE end of September saw a crisis on Wall Street and a garbled response from Congress. No wonder, then, that all eyes were trained on New York and Washington. But the south-eastern states were dealing with more immediate problems: petrol panics, property damage and missing people. The Gulf coast was hit by two hurricanes in September, Gustav and Ike. Neither was catastrophic, as forecasters had feared. But they were bad enough. In Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee, petrol was the issue. Most of the Gulf of Mexico’s crude-oil production halted before Gustav, and after the hurricanes hit the refineries were slow to recover. As of September 29th, according to the Department of Energy, more than half of production was still shut down. Two pipelines serve most of the south-east, and severe shortages resulted. People started to fill up whenever they could, sometimes queuing for hours. Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House, said that in Atlanta and Charlotte and Chattanooga the situation was “like a third-world country.” People contemplated public transport and telecommuting. ...

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