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Celebrities abound in new ads
During commercial breaks today, the Super Bowl may look a lot more like the Celebrity Bowl.
The AdweekMedia Plan of the Year
The global economy may be in a shambles. The prospect of world peace may again be at its nadir. The U.S. government may now even own a majority of General Motors.
Millions set to lose jobless benefits — “I’m very scared,” one tells Yahoo News
For Dawn Deane, the difference between just keeping her head above water and falling under is the unemployment insurance check she receives each week. In June, Deane, who is 49, was laid off from her human-resources job at a Philadelphia nonprofit, where she made over $50,000 a year. Since then, jobless benefits have allowed her, [...]
50 years ago: Two students cross stubborn segregation line at E.C. Glass
“We drove up to the school in Mr. (Ed) Barksdale’s car,” recalled Owen Cardwell Jr. of the day exactly 50 years ago today, when he and Lynda Woodruff became the first black students to enter Lynchburg’s E.C. Glass High School. “We had no police escort — they just said to let them know if there was any trouble. Our fathers escorted us in ... It was very quiet and kind of eerie.”
Full Text: State of the Union
Below is the full text of tonight's State of the Union address released by the White House:
Full text of President Barack Obama’s 2012 State of the Union address
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryJanuary 24, 2012
White House releases speech excerpts
President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address Tuesday night. Below are excerpts of the speech, as prepared for delivery.
Big Rock man charged with attempted murder
A Big Rock man is facing attempted murder charges after a stabbing near Hinckley early Friday morning. The DeKalb County sheriff’s office received a 911 call at 1:39 a.m. Friday for a home near Hinckley, where a man in his early 20s had been stabbed in a fight. The man was taken to Kishwaukee Hospital in DeKalb, then flown to St. Anthony’s Hospital in Rockford, where police reported him in ...
Blue collar Lesslie, white collar Laurel Creek share common bond in SC primary
In the darkness Saturday morning, right when the polls opened at 7 a.m., Jim Hill was there to cast his ballot in Lesslie, where most collars are blue, place where people want the government to stay out of their lives.
Peninsula theft victim shares lesson
A White Rock woman who paid a high price for “the stupidest thing” is hoping others can learn from her mistake.
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