218 FEDERAL BUILDINGS TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEXT MONTH, FOUR TIMES MORE THAN LAST YEAR. CALIFORNIA WILL HAVE 450 STIMULUS HIGHWAY PROJECTS, UP FROM 9 LAST YEAR. 29,000 MILES OF ROAD WILL BE IMPROVED NATIONWIDE, UP FROM 9,000.
The shovels are ...
Posted Saturday, June 19th 2010 at 9:41AM
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I STARED WIDE-EYED. INSIDE HIS SHIRT, A GLOWING WHITE LIGHT WAS BEAMING STRONG AND BRIGHT. “OH, MY GOD!” I THOUGHT. I WAS AFRAID HE FOUND OUR FUEL BOTTLE AND DRANK IT THINKING IT WAS WATER AND NOW HIS INSIDES WERE BURNING UP. WHAT AN AWFUL WAY TO ...
Posted Friday, June 18th 2010 at 12:29PM
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President Obama met for lunch on Thursday with a group of predominantly progressive columnists to discuss a range of topics, chief among them the oil spill in the Gulf.
Attendees included Gail Collins of the New York Times, Eugene Robinson of the ...
Posted Thursday, June 17th 2010 at 6:50PM
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With Obama promising a plan to move America toward a non-petroleum based future, Jon Stewart took the time to give a little history lesson on the show last night. As he pointed out, Obama is certainly not the first President to come on TV and talk ab ...
Posted Thursday, June 17th 2010 at 4:15PM
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I WAS THOROUGHLY ENJOYING THE MOMENT WHEN RANDALL STRAIGHTENED UP, ALARMED. HIS HAND WAS IN HIS SHIRT POCKET, FEELING AROUND FOR SOMETHING. THIS TIME I SENSED REAL TROUBLE. THE LOOK OF PANIC ON HIS FACE TOLD ME I HAD BETTER SEE WHAT HE HAD IN THE ...
Posted Thursday, June 17th 2010 at 10:35AM
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“I WAS ALREADY THE ONLY WOMAN TO BE A MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHER,” SAID MAMIE JOHNSON, WHO WENT 33-8 FOR THE INDIANAPOLIS CLOWNS IN 1953-55. “NO ONE ELSE WAS—WHITE, BLACK, BLUE OR GREEN. NO ONE. AND I HAVE.”
She wasn't quite in a league of her own, ...
Posted Wednesday, June 16th 2010 at 10:27PM
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THERE WERE TROUBLING SIGNS. THE PROPELLER WAS SLOWER. EARLIER IT WAS TWIRLING OVER OUR HEADS IN A SPEEDY BLUR. THE CLANKING RODS AND SHAFTS, LOUD AND RICKETY TILL NOW, WERE STRANGELY SUBDUED. THE ENGINE WAS LOSING POWER. WE WERE SINKING.
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Posted Tuesday, June 15th 2010 at 10:11PM
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U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul says he is a "board-certified" ophthalmologist -- even though the national clearinghouse for such certifications says he hasn't been for the past five years.
Rand Paul, who practices in Bowling Green, says he is ...
Posted Tuesday, June 15th 2010 at 10:07PM
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Last week Democratic candidate Alvin Greene emerged victorious in his state's primary, despite being unknown and unemployed. His state? South Carolina. Yup, one of Jon Stewart's favorite targets.
Calling South Carolina "America's whoopee cushion, ...
Posted Tuesday, June 15th 2010 at 2:26PM
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WE WATCHED THE AMAZING SCENE BELOW US AND ALL WE COULD DO WAS LAUGH AND LAUGH AND LAUGH. I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A SIGHT. THEY CAME POURING OUT FROM EVERYWHERE. THE ENDLESS PROCESSION OF HUMANITY PUT ME IN MIND OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL COMING OUT ...
Posted Monday, June 14th 2010 at 8:55PM
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MR. ROGERS WOULD BE SO DISAPPOINTED. ASIDE FROM THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN MY BUILDING, I KNOW THE NAME OF ONLY ONE PERSON WHO LIVES ON MY BLOCK. A RECENT REPORT FOUND THAT ONLY 43 PERCENT OF US KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORS BY NAME AND 28 PERCENT KNOW NOBODY. ...
Posted Monday, June 14th 2010 at 8:53PM
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Oil has gushed into the Gulf of Mexico for eight weeks now — and sent a bipartisan wave of criticism crashing into the White House.
Allies and adversaries have accused President Obama of reacting too slowly, deferring too much to BP, displaying to ...
Posted Monday, June 14th 2010 at 12:48PM
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NEARLY EVERYBODY IN THE TOWN WAS WHITE. IT WAS STRANGE THAT NOBODY SEEMED TO NOTICE WE WERE THERE. I DON’T KNOW HOW ANYBODY COULD MISS US. WE WERE PRACTICALLY ON TOP OF THEIR HEADS. ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS LOOK UP. OUR FLIER CERTAINLY MADE ENOUGH ...
Posted Sunday, June 13th 2010 at 10:41PM
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“SO MUCH OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY IS STILL BURIED IN TRUNKS, ATTICS, BASEMENTS AND CLOSETS. THEY KEEP FINDING MAYAN CITIES AND TOMBS OF PHAROAHS. THEY’VE GOT TO FIND MORE MANUSCRIPTS FROM BLACK PEOPLE IN THE 19TH CENTURY. IT’S JUST THE WAY IT H ...
Posted Sunday, June 13th 2010 at 3:00PM
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A haunting 150-year-old photo found in a North Carolina attic shows a young black child named John, barefoot and wearing ragged clothes, perched on a barrel next to another unidentified young boy.
Art historians believe it's an extremely rare Civi ...
Posted Sunday, June 13th 2010 at 2:50PM
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WE WERE COMING TO A TOWN. MOVING STEADILY ALONG THE ROAD, A TINY BLACK DOT WAS HEADING FOR THE TOWN. A MOMENT LATER, I SAW IT WAS A HORSE AND BUGGY. I COUNTED FOUR HEADS IN THE BUGGY—A FAMILY. THEY WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE WE HAD SEEN ALL DAY.
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Posted Sunday, June 13th 2010 at 2:47PM
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THE SURPRISE—AND EVEN THAT WORD UNDERSTATES IT—NOMINATION OF ALVIN GREENE, AN UNEMPLOYED MAN WHO LIVES WITH HIS PARESNTS, AS DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA SENATE RACE HAS CAPTIVATED THE COUNTRY.
How could a man who has acknowledged ...
Posted Saturday, June 12th 2010 at 10:31AM
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BP has a really messy problem on its hands. They've tried everything, from piles of garbage and giant straws to intricate top hats, but nothing seems to be able to clean up this massive spill. The thick, black liquid is spreading faster than they had ...
Posted Friday, June 11th 2010 at 6:03PM
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AS LONG AS I LIVE I WILL NEVER FORGET THE LOOK OF PANIC ON HER SWEET YOUNG FACE AS SHE SLID OFF THE FLIER. I DOVE DOWN TOWARD HER BUT I COULDN’T GET THERE QUICKLY ENOUGH. LITTLE EMILY WAS SLIPPING OFF THE FLIER AND I COULDN’T SAVE HER. IN A MOME ...
Posted Friday, June 11th 2010 at 8:32AM
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THERE HAD TO BE SOME WAY TO REGAIN OUR BALANCE. IF WE COULD SOMEHOW REACH THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FLIER, THE SIDE NOW ON THE HIGH END, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FLATTEN OUT. I REACHED FOR THE WOOD FRAME ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, STRETCHING AS FAR AS I COULD. ...
Posted Thursday, June 10th 2010 at 10:22PM
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ON THE WINGS OF THE WIND: The Untold Story of History’s First Flight. By Richard Kigel. Part 22.
OH, NO, I THOUGHT. BAD MISTAKE. THE ANGLE OF THE FLIER WAS WAY TOO STEEP. WE WERE FLYING COCKEYED. THE FLIER WAS FLIPPING. ALL WE COULD DO T ...
Posted Thursday, June 10th 2010 at 7:07PM
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EVERYTHING WAS PEACEFUL UNTIL RANDALL SPOKE UP.
“I HAVE TO PEE,” HE SAID. I FELT IT TOO, A SHARP, PAINFUL PINCHING DEEP INSIDE THE BOTTOM OF MY BELLY.
“HOLD IT IN,” I TOLD HIM. “THERE’S NO PALCE TO GO UP HERE. AS SOON AS WE GET DOWN, THA ...
Posted Thursday, June 10th 2010 at 11:28AM
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WATCHING THE SCENERY ROLLING BY WAS ABOUT ALL WE COULD DO. PASSING OVER MILES OF OPEN COUNTRY, ABOVE HILLS AND FIELDS, FORESTS AND STREAMS, THIS WAS OUR ONLY ENTERTAINMENT. I COULD FEEL THE SKIN ON THE BACK OF MY NECK BLISTERING UNDER THE SCORCHING ...
Posted Tuesday, June 8th 2010 at 4:17PM
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AFTER ALL THAT, RANDALL STILL HAD SOME FIGHT IN HIM. HE SHOT ME THE MEANEST, ORNERIEST LOOK, AS IF I HAD DONE SOMETHING BAD TO HIM INSTEAD OF SAVING HIS LIFE. I HAD ENOUGH OF HIS TRICKS. “NEXT TIME I WILL JUST LET YOU FALL AND SEE HOW YOU LIKE IT. ...
Posted Monday, June 7th 2010 at 6:04PM
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REVIEW COPIES OF “ON THE WINGS OF THE WIND” WENT OUT TO QUITE A FEW PROMINENT AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY SCHOLARS. I AM DELIGHTED TO SAY THAT I JUST HEARD FROM DR. HENRY LOUIS GATES AND DR. KATE CLIFFORD LARSON.
What the book needs most now is re ...
Posted Saturday, June 5th 2010 at 11:05AM
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