Kansas health ranking slides amid mixed gains and risks
The 2006 health report shows Kansans improving by 2.1 percent from 2005, ranking 17th nationally for overall health while reducing smoking and fatalities. Yet poverty among children rose to 18 percent and obesity neared 24 percent, with ninth-grade graduation dipping to 76.9 percent and violent crime up to 387 per 100 000.
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American Public Health Association
Partnership For Prevention
Morgan Quinno Press
Kansas
Pelosi aide comments on Syria talks after Assad visit
Nadeam Elshami, spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, says the administration rejected the Iraq Study Group's bipartisan recommendation to engage Syria and instead presses a war of words with both parties over the issue following Pelosi's visit with Syrian President Bashar Assad.
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Syria
Nadeam Elshami
House
Nancy Pelosi
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Bashar Assad
Bush Administration
Doonesbury Letter Guidelines at The Telegram
The Telegram outlines submission rules for letters to the editor including signatory requirements with address and phone, confirmation before publication, editorial review for libel and length, and a 500 word limit. General thank you notes are acceptable. form letters, poems, or business testimonials will not be printed. Letters may be sent by email fax or mail to the Garden City KS address and contact.
First Amendment text quoted on religious freedom and assembly
The First Amendment prohibits Congress from establishing a religion or restricting free exercise of religion. It also protects freedom of speech and the press, and guarantees the right to assemble peaceably and petition the government for grievances.
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Chocolate Jesus row exposes faith clashes and free speech
Kathleen Parker argues that death threats over a nude chocolate Jesus expose religious sensitivity in America. She contrasts Catholics and Muslims, praises free expression, and critiques Catholic League head Bill Donohue while noting money and media influence in modern protest.
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Jesus
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Donahue
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Amsterdam
Theo van Gogh
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U.S
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Syria
Sears Tower
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Isaac
Jacob
Gore in Washington Pushes Global Warming Alarm
Column recounts Al Gore's Capitol Hill appearances promoting climate action after An Inconvenient Truth wins an Oscar. It contrasts Gore's warnings with Inhofe’s rebuttals, notes public reception, and cites IPCC findings that even drastic cuts may not avert future climate changes.
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Washington
House
Senate
B.C
Athens
James Inhofe
Flat Earth
Gore
U.N
Inhofe
GOP plan to label 2008 war ends with GOP veto block
Charley Reese argues Republicans will push a 2008 Iraq withdrawal bill, expect Bush veto, and use GOP obstruction to claim Democrats acted, urging voters to replace Republicans. He condemns Bush and Rove, cites GSA head Larita Dean, Hatch Act concerns, memory lapses, and calls the Bush era a danger to the Constitution.
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Congress
Iraq
Sam Francis
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George W. Bush
Herbert Hoover
House
Senate
Larita Dean
General Services Administration
GSA
Karl Rove
Democrats
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White House
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