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Obama campaign names 35 national co-chairs
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign has named 35 national co-chairs, including elected officials, campaign volunteers and a few celebrities. Among the Democratic politicians… WN.com – Top English Stories
U.S., French journalists killed in Syria (Reuters)
Reuters – American correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday when rockets fired by government forces hit the…
Afghan demonstrators torch foreign compound in Kabul (Reuters)
Reuters – Demonstrators in the Afghan capital Kabul set fire on Wednesday to part of a housing compound used by foreign contract workers during a second day of violent clashes…
As gas prices rise nationwide, Kansas City locals wonder how high it will go
During a recent conversation with several area residents, the topic of gas prices made its way into the discussion. Really it can’t be avoided consdering during the last election that…
Rick Santorum: “You should get very nervous” about Obama’s view of religion
On Monday (Feb. 20), Rick Santorum resumed his attack against President Obama’s religious values before an audience of hundreds of students at Hope College, a Christian school in Michigan where…
Fighting childhood obesity in Miami Valley
More than one out of every three kids in the Miami Valley area is considered overweight or obese, according to the 2011 Regional Pediatric Health Assessment. The survey, conducted by…
Obesity rates rise, threaten health
LONDON – More people in developed countries are overweight or obese than ever before, dooming them to years of ill health, pushing up healthcare costs and piling more pressure on…
Yemen vote ensures Saleh’s exit after 33 years (Reuters)
Reuters – Yemen ushered Ali Abdullah Saleh from power after 33 years on Tuesday, voting to endorse his deputy as president, with a mission to rescue the nation from poverty,…
Texas agency likely to cut water to rice farms
LISSIE, Texas (AP) – Five generations of Ronald Gertson’s family have tilled the claylike soil of southeast Texas to grow rice, confident that no matter how fickle Mother Nature was,…
Lawyer sees “conspiracy of silence” in Mubarak trial (Reuters)
Reuters – A lawyer acting for the families of those killed in Egypt’s uprising against Hosni Mubarak Monday told the court trying him that there had been a “conspiracy of…
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