Food stamp families have message for critics: Walk in our shoes
Some have advanced degrees and remember middle-class lives. Some work selling lingerie or building websites. They are white, black and Hispanic, young and old, homeowners …
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Romney stock trades clash with divestment pledge
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Presidential candidate Mitt Romney promised in 2007 he would shed any investments that conflicted with Republican positions on hot-button domestic and foreign …
Emergency jobs initiative gets challenge
Associated Press KINGSTON — Jamaica’s month-old government has launched the first phase of an emergency jobs program that was the centerpiece of its winning election …
Martelly rules out pardon for Duvalier
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haitian President Michel Martelly has backed off a suggestion from an interview a day earlier that he might be open to a …
Partnership aims to curb child abuse
LAUDERHILL — Noting a rise in incidences of child abuse and neglect which it attributes in large part to bad economic conditions and the stresses …
Ruling due on whether ‘Baby Doc’ case is dropped
Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haitian authorities will rule before month’s end on whether the prosecution of former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier moves to trial or gets …
Few major reconstruction projects have begun in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE — The billions of dollars in aid that flowed into Haiti after its shattering earthquake were meant to build a new nation with thriving …
Soul Singer Etta James, Dead At 73
LOS ANGELES — Etta James’ performance of the enduring classic “At Last” was the embodiment of refined soul: Angelic-sounding strings harkened the arrival of her …
Book reveals tensions between Michele and Obama staff
WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama is a behind-the-scenes force in the White House whose opinions on policy and politics drew her into conflict …
A nation paying tribute ‘ML’
When a gunman, on April 4, 1968, shot and killed the man affectionately known as “ML” by friends and close associates, he cut short the …