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Is the tea party becoming the new Grand Old Party?
By LIZ SIDOTI
AP National Political Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Is the tea party the new Republican Party?
The grass-roots network of fed-up conservative-libertarian voters displayed its power in its biggest triumph of the election year: the toppling of Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska’s GOP primary. Political novice Joe Miller is the fifth tea party insurgent to win a GOP Senate nominating contest, an upset that few, if any, saw coming.
Published in The Messenger 9.2.10 Read More ...
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McWherter says Clinton may visit more than once
By ERIK SCHELZIG
Associated Press Writer
NASHVILLE (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton’s appearance for Mike McWherter next week in Tennessee may not be his last of the campaign, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate said.
Published in The Messenger 9.2.10 Read More ...
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Selecting a teenage driver’s first car
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among U.S. teenagers, accounting for more than one in three deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The good news is that, with a sturdy car and some well-ingrained safety lessons, many of these crashes are largely preventable.
Published in The Messenger 9.1.10 Read More ...
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Safety tips when kids ride along
Vehicle accidents account for thousands of injuries to young childrenevery year. Safety is of the utmost importance when children are riding in any vehicle.
Despite numerous safety warnings, many drivers do not heed all of the precautions that can keep children safe and sound. The majority of safety guidelines focus on securing children within the vehicle.
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Is the family ready for a pet?
Whether your household is partial to dogs, cats, fish or reptiles, deciding if the family is ready to welcome a pet into the mix is a big undertaking and one that requires a lot of forethought.
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Obamas’ daughters stay busy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Twelve-year-old Malia Obama wears braces, toots a flute and is after her father to save the tigers. Younger sister Sasha, who is 9, shoots hoops like her basketball-loving dad and dances hip-hop.
Both girls get up at 6 a.m. to get ready for school.
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White House sets dance series
WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama has announced that several of the world’s best-known dance companies will perform in the White House East Room next week for the Obama administration’s first event celebrating dance.
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AP source says it is unlikely 2 men were plotting terror
By EILEEN SULLIVAN
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI probe of two men arrested in Amsterdam after suspicious items turned up in one of the men’s luggage is finding they were probably not on a test run for a future terror attack, a U.S. official said Tuesday, casting doubt on earlier suggestions even as Dutch authorities held the pair on suspicion of conspiring to commit a terrorist act.
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BP’s Hayward won’t testify
By FREDERIC J. FROMMER
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Outgoing BP CEO Tony Hayward has refused the Senate Foreign Relation Committee’s request to appear at a hearing next month on the release of the man convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Read More ...
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Raids executed in Memphis heroin case
MEMPHIS (AP) — Twenty-two people have been charged with being part of a heroin trafficking ring targeted by early morning raids across the Memphis area Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney’s office announced. Read More ...
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Archaeologists find Confederate POW camp
By RUSS BYNUM
Associated Press Writer
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Preserved for nearly 150 years, perhaps by its own obscurity, Camp Lawton began yielding treasures from the Civil War almost as soon as archeologists began searching for the short-lived Confederate prison camp.
Published in The Messenger 8.25.10 Read More ...
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Ansel Adams trust sues over garage sale negatives
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A group representing Ansel Adams sued a Fresno man Monday for selling prints and posters under the name of the famed nature photographer, the latest salvo in a dispute over glass negatives bought at a garage sale and purported to be Adams’ lost work.
Published in The Messenger 8.25.10 Read More ...
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Civil War memorial moved to museum in Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A weather-worn Civil War memorial that was carved by a Union soldier to honor 13 comrades killed in a Kentucky battle was moved Wednesday to a new home in the Frazier International History Museum.
Published in The Messenger 8.25.10 Read More ...
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Aquarium team hopes to rescue Conasauga logperch
By PAM SOHN
CHATTANOOGA (AP) — Move over, sturgeon.
The Tennessee Aquarium is taking on another rare-fish rescue, similar to the one the aquarium’s Conservation Institute has been working for the past decade with the Tennessee River sturgeon.
Published in The Messenger 8.25.10 Read More ...
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Moon may be shrinking — very slowly
WASHINGTON (AP) — The moon may be shrinking.
Not to worry though, lovers and crooners, it won’t be disappearing any time soon.
New research indicates cracks in the moon’s crust that have formed as the interior has cooled and shrunk over the last billion years or so. That means the surface has shrunk, too, though not so you’d notice just from gazing at it.
Published in The Messenger 8.25.10 Read More ...
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