August 2008
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Obama deals gently with Palin on equal pay issue
CHARLES BABINGTON (AP) – Barack Obama seems to have only one problem with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican candidate for vice president: She holds the same positions as John McCain, the GOP presidential candidate who tapped her. That may seem like a “well, duh” observation on his part, but Obama has tiptoed carefully around [...]
McCain orders convention curtailed for Gustav
DAVID ESPO (AP) – John McCain tore up the script for his Republican National Convention on Sunday, ordering the cancellation of all but essential opening-day activities as Hurricane Gustav churned toward New Orleans. “This is a time when we have to do away with our party politics and we have to act as Americans,” he [...]
Marylanders helped pave the way for Obama’s journey
C. Fraser Smith, Baltimore Sun – Sen. Barack Obama is the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee by virtue of his own talent, but he stands on the shoulders of Americans who built, over many decades, a more welcoming social and political landscape in this country. At a party before Mr. Obama’s acceptance speech, Rep. Steny H. [...]
Zimbabwe doctors’ advice: Don’t get sick
ANGUS SHAW (AP) – The advice of doctors to Zimbabweans is, don’t get sick. If you do, don’t count on hospitals — they’re short of drugs and functioning equipment. As the economy collapses, the laboratory at a main 1,000-bed hospital has virtually shut down. X-ray materials, injectable antibiotics and anticonvulsants have run out. Emergency resuscitation [...]
Founding Father’s DNA may be key to woman’s past
Jonathan Mummolo, Washington Post – It’s been four years since Bettye Kearse set out to prove a story that has been handed down through generations of her family: that she, an African-American, is a direct descendant of Founding Father James Madison. But after a prolonged attempt to arrange DNA testing with Madison family descendants in [...]
