Wis. man donates cheesehead hat signed by Obama
MADISON, Wis. (AP) A Wisconsin man who got his cheesehead hat signed by President Barack Obama has decided to donate it to a museum rather than sell it on eBay. Mansfield Neblett told The AP on Friday in an e-mail that he decided to donate the tria...
 0.8K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 58.0 Dems push for health care votes
WASHINGTON House Democrats are scrambling to secure enough support to pass President Barack Obama s historic health overhaul initiative, working to soothe last-minute concerns from rank-and-file Democrats ahead of a make-or-break vote. Voting is se...
3.7K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 135.0 Sticks, stones hurt more than words
Ms. Merskin s views (The World, Oct. 26) as a scholar have the feeling of censorship, and being supported by a newspaper editor is surprising. The scholar seems to have an agenda about strong white men in the movies. I am no expert on either movie ac...
2.5K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 58.0 Hurdles remain for health care bill
WASHINGTON Just a few unsolved problems and one final sales job stand between House Democratic leaders and a landmark vote on a remake of the nation s health care system. Unfortunately for the Democrats, the unresolved issues are among the most...
4.4K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 135.0 Liberals likely to accept compromise on health care
WASHINGTON (AP) They may not like it, but many House liberals look ready to accept a compromise health care bill, putting Democratic leaders well on the way to delivering on President Barack Obama s call for overhaul. After claiming for months they...
5.1K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 58.0 Oregon should not keep illegals
I d like to add some information to the article Glitch delays plan to deport inmates (The World, Oct. 17). First, let me thank you for printing an article that notifies readers of an issue that is seldom addressed in the media. It deals with illega...
1.7K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 92.0 House unveils health reform
WASHINGTON After months of struggle, House Democrats unveiled sweeping legislation today to extend health care coverage to millions who lack it and create a new option of government-run insurance. A vote is likely next week on the plan patterned cl...
6.0K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 58.0 Alienated and now radicalized
In the brief age of Obama, we have had truthers, birthers, Tea Party activists and town-hall dissenters. Comes now, the Oath Keepers. And who might they be? Writes Alan Maimon in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Oath Keepers, depending on where on...
3.1K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 58.0 Workers unite to fight law's misuse
NASHVILLE Toribio Jimenez says an asbestos removal company used a guest worker program to trap him in virtual servitude, then fired him when he complained, forcing him to work illegally. Robert Martin believes the same company kept him unemployed b...
5.6K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 522.0 U.S. should resolve immigrant issue
It seems there is much controversy in Coos County regarding health care and employment. As registered citizens, we are not responsible for health care and jobs for illegals and exiles. Since living in the community for over 70 years, I feel that is t...
0.6K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 58.0 Team O takes on the Fox
In theory, the national news media function in a free market of ideas: a self-regulating, relentless quest for what the old Superman comics called Truth, Justice, and the American way. In practice, Washington political journalism has become a subdiv...
3.2K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 58.0 Glitch delays plan to deport inmates
PORTLAND (AP) Oregon s plan to save money by transferring 175 prisoners to federal immigration authorities for deportation has been delayed by what Gov. Ted Kulongoski s office is calling a glitch. Earlier this year, Oregon legislators approved a ...
1.8K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 351.0 Glitch delays plan to deport inmates
PORTLAND (AP) Oregon s plan to save money by transferring 175 prisoners to federal immigration authorities for deportation has been delayed by what Gov. Ted Kulongoski s office is calling a glitch. Earlier this year, Oregon legislators approved a ...
1.8K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 351.0 We have our own home-grown terrorists
What you need to know about Michael C. Finton is that he parked a van in front of a federal building in Springfield, Ill., believing it was loaded with explosives. He then twice made cell phone calls that he thought would detonate the bombs. Finton n...
3.2K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 58.0 Not too scary books for Halloween
Kendal Rautzhan, columnist Few children are aware that the roots of Halloween began over 2,000 years ago as a Celtic festival of the dead at the onset of winter. The originators of Halloween offered gifts of wine and food for the souls of their ances...
4.4K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 58.0 Rescuing Bandar
WASHINGTON (AP) They became good buddies during the war, the young American soldier and his invaluable Iraqi translator, an easygoing guy who could spot dangers in the shadows and calm jittery nerves in the streets. When it was time to go home, Joe...
13.7K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 351.0 Immigrant issue is not resolved
When President Obama addressed Congress last month he made a promise. There are also those who claim that our (health care) reform effort will insure illegal immigrants. This, too, is false - the reforms I m proposing would not apply to those who ar...
1.0K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 702.0 Paperwork mess may lead to adopted teen's deportation
PORTLAND (AP) A lawsuit filed by the mother of an adopted Mexican teenager now in danger of deportation says the state failed to advise the adoptive parents they needed to file a citizenship application. The Oregonian reports Lisa Catt's $...
1.2K - Oct. 11, 2009; scored 58.0 Myrtle Point Hall of Fame capsules
Frank Grove (Coach): Grove graduated in 1944 from Powers High School, where he was a member of the 1944 state champion basketball team, and served in the Navy from 1944 to 1946. He competed in basketball and track and field for two years each at Lew...
8.6K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 58.0 Unions are ensuring Americans work
As a member of a union, the Ironworkers to be exact, I m getting a little tired of union bashing by the right and the uneducated about unions. We re not left wing or out to ruin America. We just have the guts to want a better life and we re not waiti...
1.6K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 58.0 | 
