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Bush: Read more than you watch TV
The Swampby Mark Silva We've seen President Bush in classrooms before - we saw him there on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, at Emma Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Fla., listening to second-graders reading. And we saw him there again......Tags: Arlen Specter, Schools, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Armed Forces, Elementary Schools
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Uptown men's shelter will stay open under new management
Tribune reportersAn emergency response center for men that was in danger of closing will remain open, but it will be managed by a different social service agency, officials said. In November, the REST Warming Center for men, run inside Epworth United Methodist Church...Tags: Management Change, Joe Johnson, Social Services, Emergency Planning, Emergency Incidents
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SCREEN SCENE: A star is 'Unborn'
Tribune reporterWhether being chased by a spiky-tailed monster in "Cloverfield" or haunted by a supernatural force in "The Unborn," starlet Odette Yustman has submitted her application to become the next "it" girl of suspense film. Yustman, 23, shot "The Unborn," co-...Tags: Gene Siskel, Cloverfield (movie), Naperville, Charity, Sting
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After he's gone
The start of a new legislative session is traditionally a time of grand ambition. With a little vacation (and perhaps an election) behind them, lawmakers promise this will be the year they revamp public school financing, reform health care, rescue mass...Tags: Corruption, Dan Hynes, Medical Services, Executive Branch, Corporate Crime
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Two opposites from region are among lucky few to get inaugural tickets
Call Washington BureauJacqueline Hackett and Emily Berret are on opposite sides of the political spectrum. But they'll have at least one thing in common Jan. 20 -- a close-up view of Barack Obama's inauguration. Hackett, a Republican, and Berret, a Democrat, are among the...Tags: Arlen Specter, George Washington University, Jim Gerlach, 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, Tickets
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What's an un-elected chief to do?
Jeffrey Stonecash teaches political science in the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. He is co-editor of "Governing New York State."Gov. David Paterson does not face an easy situation as 2009 begins. His challenges are multiple, encompassing both long-standing and immediate problems in governing New York State, as well as institutional pressures made especially difficult by the way in...Tags: State Budgets, Local Elections, Foreign Aid, Government Debt, Budgets and Budgeting
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Hospice cuts would be painful
The Legislature is meeting now to decide how to deal with the state's $2.3 billion deficit. One of the proposed cuts is to eliminate the Medicaid payment for hospice care. A study by the Moran Co. proved that the state would incur at least $3.7 million in...Tags: Health Insurance, Connecticut, Social Services, Medicaid, Government Health Care
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Years before his 1999 disappearance, Kansas boy had briefly been in state protective custody
Associated Press WriterWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A boy whose disappearance went unreported for 10 years was once taken away from his adoptive parents, then returned days later, Kansas' social services agency said Thursday. Adam Herrman was in protective custody for two days...Tags: Kansas, Adoption, Family, House Building
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Kate Hudson denies rumors of kissing another woman
robert.kahn@newsday.comUnlike Katy Perry, Kate Hudson has not kissed a girl. Hudson, 29, said as much on a red carpet Wednesday, where she shot down an online report that she kissed an unidentified lady-friend on a jaunt to Miami. "A friend called me and said, 'Are you making...Tags: Owen Wilson, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Lance Armstrong, Robert Altman, Awards and Prizes
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Main Events Week of Jan. 9
Galactic The futuristic Mysteryfunk fusion outfit started as six-piece funksters and evolved into an instrumental quintet. Galactic's out-of-this-world style fuses jazz, funk, rock, hip-hop, blues, pop, electronica, country and world music. The New...Tags: Culture Room, Led Zeppelin, Kravis Center, Fort Lauderdale, Indiantown
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Florida's Medicaid funding faces major cuts
Tallahassee BureauPart of the Florida Legislature's prescription for weathering the worst recession in three decades amounts to this: If you're poor, don't get sick. Florida's hospitals and nursing homes will absorb a $170 million-plus cut in Medicaid payments in the...Tags: Long Term Care, Medicaid, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Services, Budgets and Budgeting
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International rice institute says credit crunch may lead to another rice crisis this year
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A drop in oil and fertilizer costs has halved the price of rice — a staple for almost 700 million of Asia's poorest — but it could jump again this year as farmers struggle to secure loans amid the credit...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Riots, Fertilizer
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