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InternetNews May 31, 2005 Roy Mark	Ban Wine Sales Across The Board? A Supreme Court decision allows states to make an all-or-nothing choice about online wine sales.
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Inc. July 2005 John Anderson	Winemakers Toast High Court Ruling In a decision that could have major implications for the future of Internet commerce, the U.S. Supreme Court opened the door on May 16 for the direct sale of wine across the nation.
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AFP eWire April 17, 2006	Value of Relationships Between State Regulators and Philanthropy State and charity regulators and philanthropy can work together to strengthen the philanthropic sector, argues a new report published by the Council on Foundations and the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers.
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Reason December 2003 Julian Sanchez	Soundbite: Agency Provocateur Cindy Skrzycki is a modern day Virgil who since 1993 has guided readers through the dark underworld of Washington's regulatory process in her weekly Washington Post column "The Regulators." Her new book is The Regulators: Anonymous Power Brokers in American Politics.
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