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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: Barack Obama, White House, FEMA, Mary Fallin, Government
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Feedback for 5/21: Tribune Co., chicken coops
A mystery at Tribune Co.? •Sheryl: "Patent on modified seeds is upheld," article in the May 14 Daily Press written by David G. Savage: The e-mail address is inconclusive. "Tribune Newspapers" is extremely general. Why the cloak and dagger...Tags: Newspapers, West Point, Newspaper and Magazine, Tribune Company
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Kerry heads to Mideast to advance Syria plan that depends in large part on Russia
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is headed back to the Middle East to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is being...Tags: Barack Obama, Missile Systems, Ceremonies, Jerusalem (Israel), Mohamed Morsi
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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, Barack Obama, White House, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: White House, Barack Obama, Elections, Burma, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (tv program), Kissimmee, Bob Dylan, Panera Bread Company, Butztown
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Sean Penn urges US to pressure Bolivia to free American businessman held nearly 2 years
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Actor Sean Penn on Monday urged the U.S. government to pressure Bolivia to free an American businessman detained without charge since 2011 in a case that has drawn accusations he was the victim of corrupt local prosecutors. Penn...Tags: Blackmail and Extortion, Evo Morales, Chris Smith (New Jersey Politician), Prosecution, Jimmy Carter
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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, Haiti, Coral Springs, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice
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Apple uses companies outside US to avoid paying billions in US taxes, Senate inquiry finds
AP Business WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Apple Inc. employs a group of affiliate companies located outside the United States to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. income taxes, a Senate investigation has found. The world's most valuable company is holding...Tags: Barack Obama, Republic of Ireland, Hewlett-Packard Co., John McCain, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Barack Obama, Conservation, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Petroleum Industry
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Report: Suburban Poverty Rises Sharply But CT Regions More Stable
The Hartford CourantMetro Hartford's suburbs have among the lowest poverty rates of the largest 100 U.S. urban areas and is in the middle of the pack in growth of suburban poverty, a new report shows. But the region, which includes Hartford, Middlesex and Tolland counties,...Tags: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Brookings Institution, Sociology, Social Issues, Stamford
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