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• n  a North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring
• n  a town in west central Tennessee
• n  capital and largest city in South Carolina; located in central South Carolina
• n  a university town in central Missouri
• n  a university in New York City

• Columbia
• Columbia River
• capital of South Carolina
• Columbia University

News & Articles

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• Columbia Springs seeking volunteers
  The Columbia Springs environmental education center is seeking volunteers to help remove invasive plants near its 100-acre property later this month.
  June 13, 2013 - The Columbian
• Columbia State unveils plans for new Franklin campus
  Columbia State Community College unveiled the first drawing of its Liberty Pike campus at a Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting Tuesday night.
  June 12, 2013 - Ashland City Times
• Columbia State unveils plans for Franklin campus
  Columbia State Community College unveiled the first drawing of its Liberty Pike campus at a Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting Tuesday night.
  June 12, 2013 - Ashland City Times

Quotes

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• Michael Bloomberg in BusinessWeek
  The Constitution leaves the District of Columbia a variety of tools for combating [handgun violence], including some measures regulating handguns : [b]ut the enshrinement of constitutional rights necessarily takes certain policy choices off the... Antonin Scalia http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin_Scalia&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEEHFsq01t19pfPD89FYst0ejm6uA Mineral Wells Index http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.mineralwellsindex.com/local/local_story_179091041.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEiZKAr4KHkKkLThL0FrjiUSEET7w Jun 27, 2008 19668 27424 columbia The court's decision today and its decision in 2008 in District of Columbia v. Heller both make clear that we can work to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and terrorists while at the same time respecting the constitutional rights of law-...
• Adrian Fenty in FOXNews
  Washington's Mayor Adrian Fenty similarly warned: "More handguns in the District of Columbia will only lead to more handgun violence."