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Bill McCollum

Digital News Report – Florida is one of 37 states that holds an election for a new governor this fall. The campaign has been focusing on the Republican Primary battle between GOP regular Bill McCollum and a corporate executive upstart, Rick Scott.
So far voters have been treated to little more [...]

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Digital News Report – “Father, what if thee should get found out again?” said Simeon second as he buttered his cake.
“I should pay my fine,” said Simeon quietly.
“But what if they put thee in prison?”
“Couldn’t thee and mother manage the farm?” said Simeon smiling.
“Mother can do almost everything,” said the [...]

Great Depression Soup Kitchen

Digital News Report – Unemployment benefits have become a political hot-potato and many Senators who supported the last extension of benefits said that would be the last extension. On Friday H.R. 4213 failed to receive the support of 60 senators to move forward.
“I am saddened that people in Hawaii, [...]

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Digital News Report – Americans throughout the United States have been hit hard during this recession with many of them losing their homes. A government program developed by the Obama Administration may help prevent homeowners from losing their homes.
The President’s loan modification program is designed for homeowners who run into financial trouble. [...]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement regarding a move by the House majority late last night that effectively stalls funding that would support flood-recovery efforts in Tennessee and for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which Secretary Gates said is essential to their success and must be passed before [...]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement regarding a move by the House majority late last night that effectively stalls funding that would support flood-recovery efforts in Tennessee and for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which Secretary Gates said is essential to their success and must be passed before [...]

WASHINGTON- The University of Hawaii’s National Disaster Preparedness Training Center will receive $4,800,000 to fund training programs designed to prepare first responders, policy makers and urban planners for tsunami, hurricanes and other natural and man made disasters, Senators Daniel K. Inouye and Daniel K. Akaka announced today.
The money comes through a grant from the U.S. [...]

Closed fishing area encompasses 54,096 square miles

Digital News Report – Lawsuits from victims of the Gulf oil spill lawsuit are starting to spring-up across the country. The law offices of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein has filed suit against BP Plc late Tuesday in Nashville’s U.S. District Court.
Besides BP, the firm is [...]

Coast Guard Photo

Digital News Report – On CNN, a top official of the oil businesses involved in the gulf oil spill admitted that “they” were not sure what happened to cause the catastrophic collapse and explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. That puts us all in the same boat.
Methane is odorless, so [...]

Digital News Report – Downtown Nashville has been flooded after receiving record amounts of rain, 13 inches in only two days. The flooding has been so severe that the rain storm has been attributed to causing at least 15 deaths in Tennessee and adjoining states.
The rains caused the Cumberland River to overflow into the streets [...]