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12 Totally Useless Facts You May or May Not Want to Know About Me
My dad wanted to name me Buck if I wouldve been a boy. When I waited tables in high school I beat the fry cook in an arm wrestling match. My biggest vice is that I like salt way too much. I st...
Posted on 1/12/12 at 8:00 PM
I just fumbled away our 15 minutes of fame
A staffer for National Public Radio's "Talk of the Nation" just called the newsroom looking for Tom Lawrence, who wrote stories for today's Daily Republic about the recent heat wave. The stories focus...
Posted on 7/20/11 at 3:02 PM
My favorite cool treat on a hot day -- homemade ice cream
Mother Nature couldn't have planned a better time to blast us with heat and humidity. After all, July is National Ice Cream Month. In 1984, President Ronald Reagan said so. He also claimed the third S...
Posted on 7/20/11 at 6:00 AM
Tourism overload
Hello... or maybe howdy would be more appropriate... from Branson, Mo. Just got checked in to my hotel, which seems to be on the main strip filled with all sorts of touristy goodness. I passed Yakov's...
Posted on 3/12/10 at 6:33 AM
‘Ring of fire’ eclipse will block out sun in SD
By Marcus Traxler , May 19, 2012
Appeals court upholds key voting rights provision
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, rejecting an Alabama county's challenge to the landmark civil rights law.By PETE YOST , May 18, 2012
Forecasters: Heat will stay on this summer
WASHINGTON — And the heat goes on. Forecasters predict toasty temperatures will stretch through the summer in the U.S. And that’s a bad sign for wildfires in the West.By SETH BORENSTEIN , May 18, 2012
Obama voices his support for gay marriage
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared unequivocal support for gay marriage on Wednesday, becoming the first president to endorse the politically explosive idea and injecting a polarizing issue into the 2012 race for the White House.May 09, 2012
Postal Service: Will keep rural post offices open
WASHINGTON (AP) — The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service sought Wednesday to tamp down concern over wide-scale cuts, revealing it will seek to keep thousands of rural post offices open with shorter hours.May 09, 2012
UN fact finder to recommend return of Black Hills to tribes 
WASHINGTON (AP) — A United Nations fact finder surveying conditions of Native Americans and Alaska Natives says he will recommend in his report that some of their lands are returned. He named the Black Hills of South Dakota as an example.
May 04, 2012
US: TransCanada reapplies for oil pipeline 
By MATTHEW DALY , May 04, 2012
TransCanada ready to apply for a new permit for Keystone oil pipeline 
The move will revive one of the year’s most contentious political issues — which has divided the Democratic base between environmentalists and some unions, and has unified Republicans in support of what they view as a critical source of energy supply for the U.S. — just months before the November elections.
By JULIET EILPERIN , May 04, 2012
Secret Service dealing with aftermath of sex scandal 
By CALVIN WOODWARD , April 30, 2012
Senate Approves Bill to Reauthorize Violence Against Women Act 
WASHINGTON — A measure that would reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act was approved by the Senate on Thursday with broad bipartisan support, despite some Republican objections to key provisions.
By Rosalind S. Helderman , April 27, 2012
Senate eyes plans to trim Postal Service 
Overhauling the Postal Service does not break along traditional partisan or ideological lines. Central to the cost-cutting measures are plans to close hundreds of processing facilities and more than 2,000 post offices, an issue that pits lawmakers from smaller, rural states against colleagues from larger, more urban areas.
By Ed O’Keefe , April 23, 2012
Economy and Obama’s chances both on rise 
WASHINGTON — The improving economy is swinging the pendulum in President Barack Obama’s favor in the 14 states where the presidential election will likely be decided.
By PAUL WISEMAN , April 23, 2012
Feds will pay tribes $1 billion for mismanagement of trust lands 
The agreement announced Wednesday is in addition to the $3.4 billion settlement in a class-action lawsuit brought by the late Elouise Cobell.
April 11, 2012
US corn surplus exceeds expectations 
CHICAGO — The U.S. corn surplus on Aug. 31 will be larger than analysts expected as more wheat is used to feed livestock and as farmers start the harvest early after a warmer-than-usual spring in the Midwest, the government said Tuesday.
By Jeff Wilson , April 10, 2012
Soybean reserves shrink as exports increase 
By Jeff Wilson , April 10, 2012
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