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Ready for a winning race

Bucks County Courier Times - Thu Dec 10, 3:17 am ET

CR North's Sarah Kiely enjoyed the 2008 Democratic National Convention in person. Now she's ready to lead the Indians to the top.

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Regents insist on trims in wording of professor’s plan
The Des Moines Register - Thu Dec 10, 5:15 am ET
A University of Northern Iowa professor says she was told to alter a request for a sabbatical because the wording was too political.
At 52, Malcome Farley has a new baby and a new attitude on the way
Denver Post - Thu Dec 10, 3:24 am ET
Malcolm Farley, 52, is one of Denver's best-known artists, his name being synonymous with action paintings of sports heroes. He grew up in Denver, ans started painting at age 4. He's married, again, and expecting a child with his wife, Amoy, 36. He sat down recently at Brooklyn's with Bill Husted.
Ready for a winning race
Bucks County Courier Times - Thu Dec 10, 3:17 am ET
CR North's Sarah Kiely enjoyed the 2008 Democratic National Convention in person. Now she's ready to lead the Indians to the top.
Lakers will meet Obama
Orange County Register - Wed Dec 9, 4:27 pm ET
The Lakers have set a date to be the first NBA champions celebrated at the White House by President Barack Obama: Jan. 25. The White House isn't prepared to confirm it – and probably won't until about a week before, because sometimes things...
Obama chooses Cody woman to be federal judge
Cody Enterprise - Wed Dec 9, 1:08 pm ET
Cody native and Wyoming first lady Nancy Freudenthal has a chance to make state judicial history.
Obama reveals new plan to create jobs, stimulate economy
Florida Today - Wed Dec 9, 7:35 am ET
Even as President Barack Obama announced plans to stimulate U.S. job growth Tuesday, the latest employment figures in Brevard County show layoffs are slowing while hiring is increasing at a moderate pace.
Margaret Buckner Young dies at 88; author, widow of civil-rights leader
Denver Post - Wed Dec 9, 3:09 am ET
Margaret Buckner Young, author, educator and widow of noted civil-rights leader Whitney M. Young Jr., died at her Denver home Saturday. She was 88.
TNDP Names Dave Garrison As Its Treasurer
The Chattanoogan - Tue Dec 8, 5:33 pm ET
Nashville attorney and longtime Democratic activist Dave Garrison has been named treasurer of the Tennessee Democratic Party.
Where is Senator Casey?
National Catholic Reporter - Tue Dec 8, 5:12 pm ET
Sen. Bob Casey is a hero to pro-life Democrats.
Gray’s Gotta Get Permits: Loose Lips Daily - City Desk - Washington City Paper
Washington City Paper - Tue Dec 8, 9:54 am ET
Morning all. Ethical clouds aren't clearing quickly for D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray . WaTimes reports that DCRA is demanding that Gray apply for permits for minor renovations done over the summer---done by a subsidiary of politically connected megadeveloper William C. Smith & Co.---as well as a fence and garage door installed some time ago.
D.C. Council Chairman focus of multiple investigations
WTOP Radio Washington, DC - Mon Dec 7, 10:56 pm ET
D.C. City Council Chairman Vincent Gray is the focus of two investigations being conducted by the D.C. Office of Campaign Finance. The investigations are looking into two separate allegations of wrongdoing.
Jesse Milan Jr. Steps Down as Black AIDS Institute Chair
redOrbit - Mon Dec 7, 11:10 am ET
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jesse Milan, Jr. steps down after seven years serving as Board Chairman for the Black AIDS Institute. Milan, replaced by incoming Chairman A.
Columbia sometimes too liberal
The Columbia Chronicle - Sun Dec 6, 9:44 pm ET
Columbia has historically been a liberal institution, from its founding in 1890 to its resurrection in the 1960s during a peak of political change. As an open-admissions college, Columbia attracted freethinking students and professors that cultivated an open mindset. Former Executive Vice President Albert Gall was even arrested during Chicago’s infamous 1968 Democratic National Convention. This ...
WEB EXTRA -- Motown vignettes: Bill Clinton, Ted Nugent, Patti LaBelle and others riff on Motown Records' 50th ...
Crain's Detroit Business - Sun Dec 6, 9:39 pm ET
For the 50th anniversary of the founding of Motown Records, The Associated Press over a period of months invited stars from the fields of music, politics and film to visit Studio A to talk about how the Detroit musical movement has...
LoDo muggings sure to change lives of both victims, suspects
Denver Post - Sun Dec 6, 3:11 am ET
For the victims, it was a terrifying experience — somebody shouts "get that white boy" and then they are surrounded by teens and young adults spitting out racial taunts, laughing, pummeling them with fists and kicking them in the head.
Obama's local supporters back Afghan troop buildup
Middletown Times Herald-Record - Sun Dec 6, 2:05 am ET
Local supporters of President Barack Obama are undeterred by his order to send more troops to Afghanistan, despite criticism by liberals and some Democrats that he betrayed his political base.
Alzada Clark was activist for poor, female workers
Memphis Commercial Appeal - Sun Dec 6, 1:00 am ET
In 1964, when a coalition of African Americans that included Fannie Lou Hamer challenged the credentials committee at the Democratic National Convention , Memphian Alzada Clark was among them.It was a time when Mrs. Clark worked as a union organizer, squaring off with the Mississippi power structure to fight for the rights of workers in furniture factories and at other low-paying jobs.She died ...
Once powerful teachers union faces tough times with Christie
The Star-Ledger - Sat Dec 5, 8:33 pm ET
It was August 2008 and the New Jersey Education Association, the powerful teachers union, was at the zenith of its influence. The union’s then-president was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, hobnobbing with the country’s political elite: senators, business...
Russell Means, fish-in activist, asserts treaty rights and discounts both the DNC and RNC
Indian Country Today - Sat Dec 5, 6:29 pm ET
DENVER—Six trout were caught – one over the legal limit of five – and some license plate numbers were recorded by law enforcement during a recent fish-in at a lake in South Dakota, according to a long-time Native activist.
Broad support network grows for Amanda Knox
Seattle Times - Sat Dec 5, 3:11 am ET
Over the past 18 months, a growing and broad network of friends, scientists, lawyers and writers staged a vigorous campaign in the media and online on behalf of Amanda Knox. The guilty verdict, entered by an Italian court, was not for a lack of trying.