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Tax hike looming in Turkeyfoot; board takes action to reduce field trip costs
Daily American Staff Writer, @daalyssacA tax hike is in the works for Turkeyfoot school district residents. The Turkeyfoot school board unanimously approved a $5 million preliminary budget and voted 7-1 to approve a tax rate of 25.34 mills, a 0.21-mill increase. Board members will vote on...Tags: Travel, Trips and Vacations
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After tornado, Obama offers support to Oklahoma governor
WASHINGTON--President Obama called Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin on Monday evening to offer federal support for the communities hit by a devastating tornado, the White House said in a statement. Obama expressed his concern for those affected and offered all...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Politics, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Janet Napolitano
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Senate confirms new judge for Middle District of Florida
WASHINGTON -- By a vote of 90-0, the U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Sheri Polster Chappell to serve as a new judge for the Middle District of Florida, which includes Orlando. The confirmation follows an unsuccessful bid by the White House last year to...Tags: Justice System, Politics, Bill Nelson, Judges, Orlando
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President Obama offers encouragement for reforms in Myanmar
WASHINGTON -- President Obama welcomed Myanmar President Thein Sein to the White House on Monday with tokens of encouragement as the former military ruler pushes democratic reforms in the once-authoritarian Southeast Asian nation. Obama praised Thein...
Tags: Politics, Civil Rights, Aung San Suu Kyi, Thein Sein, Human Rights
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Bethlehem blogger Shane Burcaw launches Laughing at My Nightmare tour
Here's a man who is, as Bob Dylan would say, "busy living." Shane Burcaw, a 20-year-old blogging sensation, is living with a rare form of muscular dystrophy. He has blossomed since his story first ran on the front page of The Morning Call's 2011...
Tags: Apple MacBook Pro, Diseases and Illnesses, The Ellen DeGeneres Show (tv program), Kissimmee, Muscular Dystrophy
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Broward women brought 143 Haitian workers to US for fake jobs, feds say
The 143 workers paid as much as $3,500 each, lured to South Florida from Haiti with false promises of steady paying jobs in construction or on farms, the hope of getting permanent residency and making a life in the U.S., they said. But when they arrived,...Tags: Justice System, Politics, Margate, Interior Policy, Career and Workplace
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Alaska governor launches bid to measure oil in Arctic refuge
For decades, war has been waged over the holy grail of America's Arctic frontier, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The wide coastal plain on the edge of the Beaufort Sea contains stunning populations of caribou, grizzly, musk oxen and other wildlife...
Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Natural Resources, Conservation, Politics, Zoology
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Obama urged to make economy a bigger, bolder topic
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five months into President Barack Obama's second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportunity has been diminished, partly drowned out by controversies seized upon by Republicans in an...
Tags: Politics, Denis R. McDonough, David Axelrod, Budgets and Budgeting, Parties and Movements
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It's news, not espionage
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has no business rummaging through journalists' phone records, perusing their emails and tracking their movements in an attempt to keep them from gathering news. This heavy-handed business isn't chilling, it's...Tags: Media Industry, Justice System, The Associated Press, Politics, The Washington Post
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San Francisco's storied Tadich Grill to open an eatery in D.C.
SAN FRANCISCO -- In a bit of good news for the Obama administration -- which certainly could use some this month, what with brewing scandals over the IRS and other nasty headlines -- a San Francisco institution announced Monday that it will head east to...
Tags: Immigration, Restaurants, Chicago Restaurants, Financial District, Dining and Drinking
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Military Bowl moving to Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
The Baltimore SunThe Naval Academy will host its first-ever bowl game this year, as organizers announced Monday the move of the 2013 Military Bowl from RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. to Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis in December. “This move...Tags: Mid-American Conference, Ralph Friedgen, East Carolina Pirates, San Jose State Spartans, United States Naval Academy
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Tiger Woods: I've never played Merion
Tiger Woods said that the next time he plays Merion Golf Club will be the first. Merion, which will host the U.S. Open for the first time since 1981, will be new for plenty of pros, Woods among them. The world's No. 1 player, who has won three U.S. Open...
Tags: Sergio Garcia, Tiger Woods, The Players Championship, U.S. Open (golf)
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