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Federal budget is "March Madness"
Contributing ColumnistCongressional leaders have not passed a federal budget in four years and have continued to kick the can down the road with continuing resolutions rather than solve America’s spending and debt problems. If major corporations operated in that manner,...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Military Equipment, Politics, Rand Paul, U.S. Department of Defense
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Boyle County Middle School students win academic competition
A team of middle school Mathletes from Boyle County Middle School won the Kentucky Society of Professional Engineers Capital Chapter MathCounts competition. The top individual was Levi Wilson from Anderson County Middle School. Nick Fluty of Boyle...
Tags: Georgetown, Education, Schools, Raytheon Company, Engineering
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The great deficit debate: looking for money in all the wrong places
Contributing ColumnistFor the last two years we’ve heard the same mantra from the GOP and its mouthpiece, FOX News: “We have a spending problem, not a revenue problem.” It’s usually said with solemnity and sometimes a hint of compassion, as if the...Tags: Government Health Care, Norway, International Finance Corporation, Medicare, Politics
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GUEST COLUMN: The VP is just a heartbeat away
Contributing WriterEvery four years there’s a big to-do in the media about whom the Democratic or Republican candidate is going to choose for his running mate. Of course, the incumbent president usually goes with his incumbent vice president. Their choices are of...Tags: Gerald Ford, Politics, Richard Nixon, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan
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Military at another critical crossroads
A budget deal is in the works to trim defense spending by half a trillion dollars over a 10 year period, and the Defense Department has already identified many of the aspects of its spending to accomplish that goal. If Congress cannot agree on the...
Tags: World War I (1914-1918), U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Army, Germany, World War II (1939-1945)
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Police blotter for Jan. 19
Editor’s note: Taken from the Danville 911 records, the Police Blotter represents a history of the initial calls and the information used by the dispatcher to send officers to investigate complaints. It is not necessarily an indication of what the...Tags: Lobbying, Politics, Juvenile Delinquency, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Firearms
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Peace on Earth in 2012? Doubtful
Contributing columnistNearly every national or international beauty contest features a question period when some aspiring beauty queen voices her desire for “world peace” in answer to an innocuous puffball question. However, this year, as in the past, world peace...Tags: Social Sciences, International Military Interventions, George W. Bush, Culture, World War II (1939-1945)
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Man involved in September 2010 standoff found guilty
mmoore@jessaminejournal.comThe man involved in a six-hour standoff with sheriff’s deputies in September 2010 was found guilty by a Jessamine County jury last week and faces 25 years in prison on charges of burglary, theft by unlawful taking and persistent felony offender,...Tags: Crimes, Crimes, Punishment, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice
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AG Holder, BATF head must go after Fast & Furious
In 2004, U.S. Army sniper Sgt. Brian Kremer got a confirmed kill in Iraq at 2,300 meters using a Barrett .50 caliber rifle. While shooting like Kremer’s is the result of extensive training and innate ability, a lot of credit can go to the weapon...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Army, Justice System, National Rifle Association of America, Eric Holder
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Raad indicted for child abuse
The Clark County grand jury indicted a man Thursday for the abuse of four children over a period of three months earlier this year.
Michael Raad, 26, was indicted on four counts of first-degree sexual abuse and two counts of first-degree sodomy. He...Tags: Crimes, Abusive Behavior, Crime, Law and Justice, Criminals, Firearms
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Keepsakes: Military news for Jan. 1, 2012
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Danville native Commander Jason Hammond recently deployed aboard the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70). Hammond is the ship's operations officer.
The operations department manages the combat direction center and is responsible for all operational planning,...Tags: United States Naval Academy, Station North, Military Equipment, Petroleum Industry, U.S. Army
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Area Bulletin Board for Jan. 1, 2012
Deadline for submitting information to the Bulletin Board is noon Thursday. There is no charge for this service. Items run as space permits. Mail information to The Advocate-Messenger, P.O. Box 149, Danville, Ky. 40423- fax to (859) 236-9566 or call 236-...Tags: Radio, Whole Wheat Bread, Adult Education, Facebook, Herbal Medicines
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