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Cate Belleveau of Puposky, third from right, was invited to a reception by the American ambassador to Kyrgyzstan.

Puposky woman teaches in Kyrgyzstan

The back-to-school signs are up announcing sales on backpacks, pencils and all other obligatory student education tools. But this year presents a special challenge for this teacher in sorting all...

news / local / education Sun, Oct 03, 2010 - 12:00am

Sonia Sotomayor is confirmed as Supreme Court justice

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is lauding the barrier-breaking confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court. Said the president: "With this historic...

news Thu, Aug 06, 2009 - 2:53pm

Bomb squad called to Ohio airport detonates pickled mangoes

COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio airport summoned a bomb squad to detonate a suspicious item that turned out to be pickled mangoes. X-ray equipment used by federal security screeners in...

news Wed, Jun 24, 2009 - 9:32am

President Barack Obama appears on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Thursday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Obama apologizes for Special Olympics gaffe on Tonight Show

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has apologized to the chairman of the Special Olympics for his late-night television talk show quip equating his bowling skills to those of athletes...

news Fri, Mar 20, 2009 - 10:37am

Daylight-saving time returns

It's time to spring forward for another year

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Once again the old calendar on the wall says it's time to change the clock, trading an hour's sleep for more evening sunshine. Most Americans will set...

news Sat, Mar 07, 2009 - 1:05am

Obama unveils 2010 budget

President Barack Obama's 2010 budget leaves a deep deficit, but also socks away $634 billion for health care reforms. It also boosts funding for national forests operations and for American...

news Fri, Feb 27, 2009 - 2:01am

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