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In the last 12 months, did you or your children: Eat less than you felt you should because there wasn't enough money for food? Not eat, even though you were hungry, because there wasn't enough money for food? Lose weight because there wasn't enough money for food? Or, not eat for a whole day because there wasn't enough money for food?
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The South’s report card on AIDS -related issues isn’t good. This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that the South leads the nation in the percentage of AIDS -related deaths. CDC figures also show that 46 percent of new HIV and AIDS cases were in Dixie, a figure that might be higher were it not for the social stigma that many still attach to being tested.
The South’s report card on AIDS -related issues isn’t good. This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that the South leads the nation in the percentage of AIDS -related deaths. CDC figures also show that 46 percent of new HIV and AIDS cases were in Dixie, a figure that might be higher were it not for the social stigma that many still attach to being tested.
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Go, Corps, go
Give Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue a modicum of credit: He won’t give up. You’d think a sense of impending loss would force Gov. Bob Riley’s water-war foil to attempt contrite behavior. But, no, Georgia’s embattled governor seems intent on taking the tri-state water down to its final day, whenever that may be.
Give Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue a modicum of credit: He won’t give up. You’d think a sense of impending loss would force Gov. Bob Riley’s water-war foil to attempt contrite behavior. But, no, Georgia’s embattled governor seems intent on taking the tri-state water down to its final day, whenever that may be.
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The Army's pain: Causes and solutions of suicide
In nearly all corners of America’s military, the strain felt by the U.S. soldier is in full bloom. The causes are unmistakable. Two ongoing wars. Rising casualty rates. Multiple and prolonged deployments. Reports of sagging morale among troops in Afghanistan. And, earlier this month, the indescribable tragedy of Fort Hood.
In nearly all corners of America’s military, the strain felt by the U.S. soldier is in full bloom. The causes are unmistakable. Two ongoing wars. Rising casualty rates. Multiple and prolonged deployments. Reports of sagging morale among troops in Afghanistan. And, earlier this month, the indescribable tragedy of Fort Hood.
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Fighting reform that U.S. needs: Drug companies go on offensive
In October, Goldman Sachs — remember that name? — did an analysis of health-care legislation. The conclusion was that the best scenario for stockholders and insurance companies was for health-care reform to fail. However, the prescription drug industry, no doubt fearing that reform aimed at reducing the cost of their products would eventually pass, chose not to put its hopes in lobbyists working to convince Congress to preserve the status quo.
In October, Goldman Sachs — remember that name? — did an analysis of health-care legislation. The conclusion was that the best scenario for stockholders and insurance companies was for health-care reform to fail. However, the prescription drug industry, no doubt fearing that reform aimed at reducing the cost of their products would eventually pass, chose not to put its hopes in lobbyists working to convince Congress to preserve the status quo.
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The message of Kids Count: We must strive to help children
Pessimists and heavy-handed detractors have sharpened their scalpels since this year’s Kids Count data dripped melancholy over segments of Calhoun County. The data released last week says Calhoun County’s child-poverty rate is higher than the state’s.
Pessimists and heavy-handed detractors have sharpened their scalpels since this year’s Kids Count data dripped melancholy over segments of Calhoun County. The data released last week says Calhoun County’s child-poverty rate is higher than the state’s.
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Farmers: No fans of Ida
As assessments of Ida — part hurricane, part tropical storm, part rain event — rolled in, it became apparent that the recent storm that dropped record amounts of water wherever it went was not a minor matter. Ida hit agriculture hard.
As assessments of Ida — part hurricane, part tropical storm, part rain event — rolled in, it became apparent that the recent storm that dropped record amounts of water wherever it went was not a minor matter. Ida hit agriculture hard.
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Let the world watch: See the justice system work
Pitting the U.S. justice system against jihadist terrorists is the mismatch of all time. How much of a mismatch will soon become known now that Attorney General Eric Holder has announced plans to try five alleged 9/11 plotters in New York City federal court near the site of the World Trade Center attacks. One of the five is Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the man who has confessed to hatching the 9/11 plot.
Pitting the U.S. justice system against jihadist terrorists is the mismatch of all time. How much of a mismatch will soon become known now that Attorney General Eric Holder has announced plans to try five alleged 9/11 plotters in New York City federal court near the site of the World Trade Center attacks. One of the five is Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the man who has confessed to hatching the 9/11 plot.
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There is nothing the Pentagon would like better than to pick a winner for the U.S. Air Force's $40 billion tanker contract. Likewise, there is nothing Defense Secretary Robert Gates would like better than for the bidding war to be over. When that happens, work on the planes could commence. That has to be the overriding goal.
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The author of an autobiography proclaiming her steadfastness, grit, determination and vigilance in the face of adversity shouldn't threaten to walk off the set in the middle of a TV interview.
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The press is either free or it is not. Like pregnancy, there is no middle-ground alternative. Anything — or anyone — that inhibits an open and unencumbered press damages a core principle of democracy.
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In many states, if parents are not happy with the way local schools are educating their children, they can organize a charter school that uses public money but private management to do the job.
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From time to time, pollsters focus on the South, the bell-weather region for finding out what Sarah Palin's "real Americans" think is going right and wrong. The other day, researchers for the Winthrop Poll, a survey run by the social and behavioral research lab at Winthrop University in South Carolina, released their latest data. The findings are, well, interesting.
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As the Great Recession has roiled most sectors of state government, it makes perfect sense that the number of Alabama state employees has dropped precipitously.
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One day removed from America's celebration of the U.S. soldier, it's time the nation zeroes in on one of the military's most urgent, and disheartening, issues. Earlier this month, Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, announced a five-year, $3.2 billion goal of ending homelessness for America's veterans.
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