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The Senate Finance Committee has approved President Obama's nominee to be Treasury Secretary paving the way for his confirmation by the full Senate. President Obama is hoping for a quick confirmation of his top financial adviser, so that his adminis
Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is when a consonant is a vowel. When I was out on my book tour, someone at the Third Coast Coffee Roasting Company in Austin asked me whether the w is ever a vowel. I was stumped, but I promised to look into it. Guest-
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By Deborah Tate Washington 24 January 2006 The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, as expected, has voted to send the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the full Senate for confirmation. T
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 22 March 2007 A U.S. Senate committee has followed the lead of its counterpart in the House of Representatives and authorized subpoenas to compel White House aides to testify in public and under oath about the dismissals
(MUSIC) That July was the hottest month ever in West Virginia. Many workers became tired and weak in the heat. John Henry was concerned his friends might lose their jobs. So, he picked up their hammers and began doing their work. One week, he did his
(MUSIC) Today we tell a traditional American story called a tall tale. A tall tale is a story about a person who is larger than life. The descriptions in the story are exaggerated much greater than in real life. Long ago, the people who settled in un
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 27 June 2007 A U.S. Senate panel has issued subpoenas to the White House, Vice President Dick Cheney's office, the Justice Department and the National Security Council for documents relating to a controversial wiretapping
By Al Pessin Washington 24 March 2006 A report issued by the U.S. Department of Defense Friday quotes an Iraqi document as saying Russia provided intelligence to Iraq during the decisive early weeks o
US Woman's Afghan Experience Inspires Novel Farishta means 'angel' in Dari, the widely spoken language in northern Afghanistan. It's also the title of a novel by Patricia McArdle, a retired American diplomat who spent a year in Afghanistan. Over her
Sentiment Mixes with Science Fiction in 'Real Steel' Battling robots in the boxing ring help a wayward father reconnect with his young son in the new sci-fi action film Real Steel, starring Hugh Jackman. In the not too distant future, prizefighters n
Yemeni officials say they are releasing about 170 detainees with suspected ties to al-Qaida, two weeks after al-Qaida said it would use Yemen as its base of operations for the Arabian peninsula. One Yemeni official, who asked to remain anonymous, to
By Deborah Block Washington, DC 05 December 2006 watch Nobel Prize Science Winners On Sunday, (December 10, 2006) this year's Nobel Prizes are being presented in Stockholm, Sweden. The annual awards are given to people who have made outstanding cont
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 05 November 2006 Palestinian women mourn during funeral of brothers Ayman and Raed Yassin in Beit Lahia, November 4, 2006 Israel's prime minister, Ehud Olmert, on Sunday said the military operation in Gaza is not open-ended,
By Catherine Maddux Washington 07 February 2006 From East Africa all the way to the southern most part of the continent, drought has ruined crops, leaving millions of people dependent on international
By Paula Wolfson White House 14 September 2006 The stage is set for a confrontation between the White House and the U.S. Senate on the sensitive and complex issue of how best to try and treat terror suspects. A key Senate committee has approved a pr
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 07 September 2006 A key Senate panel has postponed a vote on the nomination of John Bolton for a full- term appointment as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. The unexpected development came as the Senate Foreign Rela
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Michael Clarke Duncan, a prolific actor who was nominated for an Academy Award for starring in Green Mile, died in Los Angeles, the U.S. state of California, on Monday. He was 54. Duncan had suffered from a myocardial