The Women Airforce Service Pilots were pioneers, trailblazers. They weren't Amelia Earhart. They weren't Sally Ride. But their achievements were no less certain. They loved flight and country, and served the cause of both in World War II. They deserve a grateful region's salute. | Alma Fornal of Highland was among these pilots. She celebrated her 90th birthday last week, ringed by friends, at the Redlands American Legion.
HUNG Season 2 Episode 5 "A Man, A Plan" or "Thank You, Jimmy Carter" | Take a first look at the upcoming episode of HUNG Season 2 Episode 5 "A Man, A Plan" or "Thank You, Jimmy Carter" which airs on Sunday August 1st at 10 pm (ET/PT) on HBO. | Episode Synopsis: HUNG Season 2 Episode 5 "A Man, A Plan" or "Thank You, Jimmy Carter" – Tanya (Jane Adams) lands Ray (Thomas Jane) the "white whale"
It was an average, sunny, Saturday afternoon. | Highway 101 north was backed up with travelers headed to the beach. For many, it wasn't unlike any other Saturday. | But at St. Jude's Catholic Church in Westlake Village, a unique celebration was scheduled. It was Ernie Manalio's 100th birthday, and friends had organized a party to honor his life.
The U.S. Senate's failure to enact a national energy policy means "pain" for the country and its utility companies, according to Ralph Izzo, chairman and chief executive officer of Public Service Enterprise Group. | "What it means is that we're going to see energy regulation by the courts,"
More than one local pastor has quipped that Dallas has more Baptists than people. | That must have seemed close to true in the roughly five decades during which the Rev. W.A. Criswell served as pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas, making the city a focal point of conservative Baptist theology and influence. | Under Criswell, First Baptist Dallas would become the largest congregation about 26,000 members
Temp: 93.0 F (34.0 C) | For information on Ga. Highways, call the Georgia Department of Transportation District Communications Office at 770-718-3924 or visit www.georgianavigator.com. | Arcado Road from Cedar Road to Arcadia Industrial Circle will require intermittent lane closures between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. through June 2011 for roadway improvements and bridge replacement.
ShowDateTime(showDate) | by Bob Kravitz, bob.kravitz@indystar.com • | Email • Print • Discuss • Digg this story! • | House that boycotted the Moscow Games and killed hundreds of athletes' | spot on the U.S. team.Then he went to Washington for the "celebration." | remembered my first gymnastics class when I was 11 years old -- Sept. | of becoming an Olympian." | through this mourning period."
I find it totally amazing that there are still rambling letters blaming Bush for everything under the sun and over the rainbow. Those who believe the socialist we have now in the Oval Office is trying to fix everything from the previous administration are simply not dealing with reality.
We're calling him Dr. Ration. He is Don Berwick, MD, whom President Barack Obama just appointed as the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which runs the huge Medicare and Medicaid government health programs. | This was a recess appointment, meaning it bypassed the usual Senate approval process. Berwick thus avoided hearings in which Republicans would have questioned him closely.
A federal appeals court has struck down a conviction and life sentence of an African American man for a heinous rape eight years ago in Sacramento County, ruling that the prosecutor had no lawful reason to dismiss two African Americans from the jury pool.
I find it totally amazing that there are still rambling letters blaming Bush for everything under the sun and over the rainbow. Those who believe the socialist we have now in the Oval Office is trying to fix everything from the previous administration are simply not dealing with reality.
Crew members of the USS Missouri (SSN780) rehearse a commissioning ceremony Thursday at the sub base. | Crew members of the Missouri rehearse for Saturday's commissioning ceremony Thursday at the Naval Submarine Base in Groton. | The Secretary of the Navy is responsible for finding the right person to imbue a ship with her spirit, traditionally a woman who has contributed to the country. She often has a connection with the ship's namesake.
We're calling him Dr. Ration. He is Don Berwick, MD, whom President Barack Obama just appointed as the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which runs the huge Medicare and Medicaid government health programs. | This was a recess appointment, meaning it bypassed the usual Senate approval process. Berwick thus avoided hearings in which Republicans would have questioned him closely.
Keywords: window.yahooBuzzBadgeType= 'text'; | Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, is interviewed in "Countdown to Zero." (Magnolia Pictures)
After reading the article Invoking Reagan may propel GOP, I started thinking about Spokanes local races. Who might fall into the category of a local Ronald Reagan? The only individual I could conclusively say would be our local Ronald Reagan is Michael Baumgartner.
Keywords: electrifying your home is a distant dream for over two-thirds of the country. | seats in Parliament. | press was permitted. | battalions moved in and protesters blood ran in the streets. | casualty of Western media whiteout. | reality is most elections in Africa only make life worse for the people. | continue to insist upon the process. | ground in todays Africa.
Countdown to Zero (Magnolia Pictures, PG) | Lucy Walker wants you to know that the very existence of the world as we know it is in peril-not from global warming this time but from nuclear weapons. Chances are if you're interested enough to read this review, let alone shell out the cash to see her documentary Countdown to Zero in the theatre instead of waiting for it to turn up on History Channel, you already know this.
The telephone rang; it was a Chellie Pingree “Congressional Town Meeting" a regular event with different voters getting the call each night. Just some early, taxpayer-funded campaigning for the incumbent. A “question” from a fawning young woman in Portland: You&rs..."
We must tread lightly when it comes to electric regulation. Recent moves to regulate the utility are shortsighted, politically motivated and prey on our desperation for relief.
In this heat wave, weather persons always give the heat index. | I agree with retired Atlanta Braves announcer Pete Van Wieren who, his co-workers said, hated any mention of it. While everyone else was talking about a heat index of 101, Van Wieren would say its 94 degrees and humid. | Its not just the heat index. Were always coming up with ways to quantify our misery.
The historic Cricket Theatre in downtown Collinsville was recently named on Places of Peril as one of Alabamas most endangered sites for 2010 by the Alabama Historical Commission. But the recognition is not all bad. The Collinsville Historical Association announced plans recently to restore the Cricket Theatre to its original condition.
Adam, along with many others, has criticized Jeffrey Lord's appalling smear of Shirley Sherrod. But apparently this isn't the first time that Lord has tried to run interference for Andrew Breitbart's vile, dishonest attack campaign on Sherrod. His previous effort isn't quite as offensive as asserting that the extrajudicial, state-sanctioned murder of an African American doesn't count as a "lynching"
There was a time in America when there existed a "bootstraps positivity" that claimed to cure all ills. Today, those mantras have been replaced with the language of deficit reduction.
As readers of this blog and my many books and writings know, I started out, way back in the 1970s as a hard shell opponent of then President Jimmy Carters give away of our Panama Canal. At the time, I...
Salem joined the 20th anniversary celebration Monday of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act with a bagpiper, a procession of disabled veterans, and speeches in front of the Capitol.
As readers of this blog and my many books and writings know, I started out, way back in the 1970s as a hard shell opponent of then President Jimmy Carters give away of our Panama Canal. At the time, I...
So it turns out Shirley Sherrod is not a racist, at least not anymore. The wrongly fired federal agriculture official was instead the victim of a despicable dirty trick by a conservative blogger.