Garden City Spring Cleanup Begins March 30 2009
Garden City kicks off its 2009 Spring Cleanup on March 30 offering free curbside pickup for residential furniture and unwanted items. Officials also revisit proposals to curb plastic bag litter by residents and retailers, including a possible local ban and regional talks with Dodge City and Liberal.
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Garden City
Bob Halloran
Dodge City
Liberal
Plane crash passengers described by Oroville owner
Table Mountain Aviation owner Tom Hagler in Oroville, California, recalled seeing many children aboard the airliner that crashed in Montana. He described the group as a lot of kids and very cute.
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Tom Hagler
Table Mountain Aviation
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Schools favored in budget debate in Kansas
AP reports that public schools in Kansas are protected amid budget fights as Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and federal stimulus funds shield school aid. Republicans warn further cuts risk stimulus eligibility while noting 50 percent of the budget goes to education. Democrats defend keeping school funding intact.
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Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
Senate Ways and Means Committee
Jay Emler
Lindsborg
Sebelius
House Appropriations Committee
House
Senate Budget Committees
Get
Paul Davis
Lawrence
National Conference of State Legislatures
Council of State Governments
Yoder
Emler
GOP
El Salvador elects FMLN candidate Mauricio Funes
The 2009 Salvadoran presidential race ends with Mauricio Funes, a former journalist and FMLN hopeful, defeating ARENA in a tight race. Analysts cite voter yearning for change amid poverty, crime, and lingering postwar divides. Obama offers congratulations and promises cooperation on growth, poverty, energy, and security.
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Latin America
Mauricio Funes
Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front
FMLN
el Salvador
United States
National Public Alliance
ARENA
Funes
Kenneth Roberts
Cornell University
San Salvador
Legislative Assembly
Susan Purcell
Center For Hemispheric Policy
University of Miami
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Venezuela
Hugo Chavez
Nicaragua
Daniel Ortega
Bolivia
Evo Morales
Purcell
U.S
Barack
Obama
Elect Funes
George W. Bush
Tony Saca
Saca
Washington
Iraq
Philip K Howard on freedom beyond ideologues
Stanley Crouch lauds Philip K Howard a lawyer and author of Life Without Lawyers for challenging litigation as crippling freedom. He credits Howard's background from eastern Kentucky and his calm, confident stance in arguing that excessive lawsuits threaten individual rights and democratic progress.
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Howard
Kentucky
Obama
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