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10 Things to Know for Monday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday:1. OBAMA OFFERS STARK VIEW, AND ENCOURAGING WORDS, FOR BLACK GRADSAs an African-American man, he tells Morehouse's Class of '13, 'I might have been in prison. I might have been unemployed. I might … [Read More...]
Tornado levels homes in Oklahoma City trailer park
EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — One of several tornadoes spawned by a powerful storm system rumbling through the Plains and Midwest has leveled several mobile homes in an area southeast of Oklahoma City.Reports of injuries in the mobile home park near Shawnee about 35 miles southeast of Oklahoma City … [Read More...]
Taylor Swift leads at Billboard Music Awards
Taylor Swift is red hot.The singer, who is nominated for 11 Billboard Music Awards, was the show's early leader with six wins, including top country artist, country song for "We Are Never Getting Back Together" and country album for "Red." She topped it off with a colorful performance of her hit … [Read More...]
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Recent Commentary
Follow-up commentary on our plastics predicament in America
By Frosty Wooldridge. In my last column, you witnessed in the video the insidious proliferation of plastics throughout the world. You saw graphically how trillions of plastics feed into living creatures and ultimately stuff their guts—killing them. As you could see in the video, the stakes … [Read More...]
Get government out of student-debt business
By Dr. Shawn Ritenour. As millions of students and their parents are preparing for life after commencement, they’re also preparing to deal with massive student loans. Increasingly, people are concerned about the student debt situation brewing on college campuses. The present state of student … [Read More...]
Yes, Mr. President. Benghazi Matters
Hillary Clinton asked a darn good question during her January 2013 testimony about the Benghazi terrorist attack: “What difference does it make”? This question has been in search of an answer for eight months and was perhaps best addressed by Eric Nordstrom, the State Department's regional … [Read More...]