As they see it.

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"We're not at the edge of the Earth, but we can certainly see it."

--Superintendent John Davis of Alaska's Bering Strait School District, in the Los Angeles Times, in a story on how the expansive but sparsely populated state is using technology to better educate its students.

"It is difficult for me to conceive of how a small country like Canada could meet the prescription drug needs of approximately 280 million Americans without putting our own supply at serious risk,"

--Canada Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh, in USA Today.

"All the state agencies should have done this. Is it our fault that we did what we were supposed to? We acted fast, nothing other than that."

--Arizona Department of Corrections Holliday Past in the Arizona Republic, on public reaction of her agency applying for and receiving flu vaccine. The vaccine is being given to inmates who are 65 and older, pregnant or with a chronic illness or weak immune system.

"You can't require or intimidate your employees into campaigning for you."

--Nevada Assembly Majority Leader Barbara Buckley in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The Assembly voted unanimously to impeach Controller Kathy Augustine, the first state official in...