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Mayo: A mobile future for rural America
The recent announcement of President Obama’s White House Rural Council shows renewed federal government recognition of the importance of investment in rural areas. As we continue to move forward in this digital age, we must also recognize that...Tags: Colorado, Arkansas, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Oregon, Politics
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Patrick: Republican Party is leaving moderates
Ronald Reagan was a Democrat until he was 50. A union leader who revered Franklin D. Roosevelt, he became more conservative as his party was becoming more liberal.
Frustrated with higher taxes, increasing regulation, and what he saw as an anti-business...Tags: General Motors Corp., Republican Party, Memorial Day, Ronald Reagan, Politics
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Partisanship won't work
There’s talk in Washington about the new Republican House majority shutting down the federal government, as a similar group of freshmen did in 1995. In a discussion Wednesday on Politico.com, conservative activist Richard Viguerie is telling the...Tags: Republican Party, Tea Party Movement, Harry Reid, Heads of State, Health Care Reform (2009)
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Small in number, KSD grads share special bond
msimpson@amnews.comLeo Curry showed it as he hugged his classmates. Joshua Olinger displayed it to the crowd with doubled-handed “I love you” signs. Shanice White said it in her speech — The Kentucky School of Deaf 2011 graduates view each other as more...Tags: Entertainment, Music, Human Interest, Graduation, Awards and Prizes
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Debt ceiling? William Jennings Bryan raised the roof in Chicago a century ago
In 1896, a politician gave a fiery speech in Chicago about dollars and debts that, by comparison, makes the rhetorical barrages exchanged recently in Washington seem like after-dinner remarks at a morticians' convention.
The nation was in a prolonged...Tags: Democratic Party, Elections, Democratic National Conventions, Tea Party Movement, William McKinley
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Going to jail for the environment
As you read this, two starkly different visions of Maryland's energy future are clashing on a sidewalk outside the White House.
One vision embraces the idea of developing clean-energy wind farms off the coast of Ocean City. Those wind farms could one day...Tags: Wind Power, Florida, White House, Renewable Energy, Martin O'Malley
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Spark Back in Missouri Fireworks Sales
Meagan Kelleher, Web ProducerMany people like to celebrate the Fourth of July by shooting off fireworks and dealers in Missouri say this year, their sales are up 10 to 15 percent. That's good news for the state's economy. Despite a down economy and Missouri River flooding,...Tags: Human Interest, Missouri, Iowa, Credit and Debt, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Marion Helen Ryan
Marion Helen Ryan was born in Thedford, Nebraska in 1922. From her modest beginnings being raised in a sod house and riding to school on horseback, she found a new life for herself at age 15 when her family moved to Glendale, CA. She attended Glendale...Tags: Nevada, Ocean View, Homes
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S.D. winter wheat harvest off to strong start thanks to heat
MITCHELL (AP) - After an extremely wet spring and early summer, this week's torrid temperatures were just what the doctor ordered for the beginning of the 2011 winter wheat harvest. The Department of Agriculture estimates the state's winter wheat crop...Tags: Arable Farming, Agricultural Research and Technology, Science and Technology
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'Banned' horse slaughter simply moved to other countries
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - More than 100,000 U.S. horses a year are still being turned into chops and steaks for Europeans and Asians since three slaughter plants in Texas and Illinois were closed in 2007. Only the work is now done by Mexicans and...Tags: DeKalb, Florida, Mexico, Mary L. Landrieu, North Dakota
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Knox County Fair honors late Extension agent
By RANDY DOCKENDORF Yankton Press & Dakotan BLOOMFIELD, Neb. — As the 128th annual Knox County Fair kicks off today (Thursday), a familiar face won’t be on hand for the first time in nearly three decades. Knox County Extension educator...Tags: Entertainment, Brad Paisley, Teaching and Learning, Ricky Skaggs, Bible
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USDA forecasts record Nebraska corn crop
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A record corn crop has been forecast for Nebraska this year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a news release on Thursday that a record 1.6 billion bushels are expected to be harvested, based on Aug. 1 conditions....Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture
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