Earthquake Devastates Port au Prince in 7.0 Magnitude Disaster
The 7.0 quake devastated Port au Prince, killing and injuring thousands as aftershocks hit. Structures from the National Palace to schools collapsed, leaving many trapped. International aid mobilized, with the Red Cross and governments pledging relief. the death toll and damage grew uncertain amid widespread chaos.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
National
U.N
France
International Red Cross
Paul Conneally
United States
Cen
Gordon Brown
Louis-Gerard Gilles
CBS
Frank Thorp
Kansas sets record corn and soybean harvests in 2009
The USDA reports Kansas harvested a record 598.3 million bushels of corn in 2009, up 23 percent from 2008, and 160.6 million bushels of soybeans. Nationally, corn totals reach a record 138.2 billion bushels. Prices fell on the news, while western Kansas elevators anticipate a record corn intake exceeding 13 million bushels.
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Kansas
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Chicago Board of Trade
Larry Goerzen
Garden City Co-op
Ken Jameson
Western Kansas Elevator
White House credits stimulus with 2M jobs
President Obama touts a White House estimate that the stimulus has created or saved up to 2 million jobs. The analysis accompanies the $787 billion package report to Congress as Obama plans to visit a Lanham Maryland training center for green tech and union electricians.
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Washington
Barack Obama
White House
Congress
Obama
Lanham
Union
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Christina Romer
Council
CIP committee weighs paintball course for area youth
CIP volunteers discuss youth projects including a paintball course and a teen center. They stress younger leaders must guide vision while officials note costs around 15000 dollars and fundraisers could help. A parallel CIP focus covers the municipal pool State Theater streets and sidewalks.
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Chad Knight
Capital Improvement Planning
CIP Committee
Garden City Family Ymca
Knight
CIP
Arkansas River
John Washington
Garden City Recreation Commission
Washington
City Public Works
Sam Curran
Curran
Mary Street
Garden City
Nancy Harness
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Mid- Kansas Co-op
Moundridge
Western Harvest
Laurie Sisk
Spencer Delgado
Arkansas
Annie
Gctelegram.com
Inspiring Minds
Horace Walpole, 4Th Earl of
Orford
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