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Obama remains the answer
North Carolina and Indiana primary voters have moved the seemingly endless Democratic presidential race significantly closer to its end.But Tuesday's split verdict did little to answer the question of whether Sen. Barack Obama or Sen. Hillary Clinton...
Courting Hillary Democrats
"I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on" than Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton has told USA TODAY. She cited an Associated Press article "that found how Sen. Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening...
Monty Siekerman won’t let himself say, ‘Why me?’
Monty Siekerman says the pain never goes away. It gets easier to deal with, maybe even manageable. But the hurt owns a home in his heart. His wife of 42 years, Carole, died two years ago. And on what would have been her birthday this past December, he...
A GOP problem in an unexpected place
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. - The 1st Congressional District, the northernmost in the most culturally Southern state, has given the nation William Faulkner and Elvis Presley, and next Tuesday will have a special congressional election that will test the Republican...
Michelle Obama vetoes Hillary
Close-in supporters of Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign are convinced he never will offer the vice presidential nomination to Sen. Hillary Clinton for one overriding reason: Michelle Obama. The Democratic front-runner's wife did not comment on...
Instilling lofty dreams in these black students
SUNFLOWER, Miss. - Joaquin Burse wants to go to Harvard and be a laser tech.You might think that's a lofty goal. Truth is, you have no idea how lofty it is.Because Joaquin, 13, is black and lives here, in the heart of Mississippi's Delta, where median...
Dann stays against the odds
Against the odds and all reason, Attorney General Marc Dann remains in office.The entire Capitol Square political establishment has demanded his resignation, and Democrats are threatening to impeach him. Still, Dann stays.He has no hope of re-election...
Shooting similarities don’t extend to public reactions
How to explain the difference?On Jan. 4, a Lima police SWAT team raid left a mother of six shot dead. Police broke into the home of Tarika Wilson, 26, to carry out a drug raid against her boyfriend, Anthony Terry, who since has pleaded to charges and...
No authority to aid Burma
It's bad enough that American government officials like to fall over each other in the rush to unconstitutionally hand out money when a disaster strikes, now they are considering doing so even though the nation they want to help is rejecting the offer.While...
Diploma to reward Zeeke’s dogged efforts
They say that every dog will have his day.Zeeke's will be May 18.On that day the big, charismatic golden retriever will walk with J.J. Coate in ceremonies at Ohio Northern University and receive a bachelor of science degree in canine companionship with,...
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