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The issue of our security
We are bombarded with news broadcasts, intelligence reports, hearsay and rumor about the need for more security to protect us from those whose intent is to do us harm.
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Drought coming
This afternoon as we sprawled in the recliners, Larry began reminiscing about his youthful summers on a tobacco harvester.
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Terrorists among us
The Christmas Day Bomber, the shooting at Ft. Hood, and 9/11 should leave no doubt that there are terrorists among us.
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Diabetes and Summer Gardens?
Winter has nearly passed and it is time to start thinking about spring and summer gardens.
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News from Rep. Smith
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The Economic Development Sub Committee on Appropriations completed its first week of budget hearings on Friday, February 26th.
Lima Beans for Supper
by Mary Ann Ellis
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(This story is fiction with big chunks of truth stirred in.) The woman lay curled on the floor, bright blood trickling into her black curly hair. The man stood over her, flexing his fists.
Christianity versus Islam
by James Boyd
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We hear a lot about “change” these days. “Change” seems to be the marching orders of the day, at least in the mind of some people.
News from Rep. Tommy Smith
by Tommy Smith
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We completed day 20 of the 40 day session last Thursday. The 2010 amended budget, which carries the state’s spending through June 30, 2010, was approved by the House and Senate and now goes to a c...
Being a kid again
by Jamie Gardner
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Wasn’t the snow wonderful? How many of you got out and played in the snow Friday night and early Saturday morning?
Facebook
by Mary Ann Ellis
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“You really should get a Facebook account,” a former student told me when he visited after school one day.
national news
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two guns used in high-profile shootings this year at the Pentagon and a Las Vegas courthouse both came from the same unlikely place: the police and court system of Memphis, Tenn....
By DEVLIN BARRETT
Sun Mar 14 06:24:42 -0500 2010
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A memo drafted for a congressional panel says that investigators with Toyota Motor Corp. and the federal government were unable to make a Prius speed out of control as its owner said it did on a California freeway, casting doubt on the driver's story....
By ELLIOT SPAGAT and KEN THOMAS
Sun Mar 14 06:25:01 -0500 2010
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Utility crews pushed through fallen trees and windblown debris to reach downed power lines Sunday, working to restore electricity to more than a half-million homes and businesses after strong winds and heavy rain wreaked havoc in parts of the Northeast....
By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI
Sun Mar 14 06:25:32 -0500 2010
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- The governor of Kandahar province demanded more security around Afghanistan's largest southern city Sunday after a series of explosions killed dozens of people in the Taliban heartland - the target of the war's next major offensive by Afghan and international forces....
By NOOR KHAN
Sun Mar 14 06:31:43 -0500 2010