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Army sniper from Lewiston, patrolling in Afghanistan, draws a bead …

Rabbit Raby of Lewiston is perched on Sniper Hill, which overlooks this village of 500 people in southern Afghanistan.Nearly a quarter-mile away, eight soldiers from his police mentoring team  Viper, part of the New York Army National Guard 27th Brigade Combat Team  head out on a foot patrol.Like ...

Smaller community banks flourishing in economy

By BRYAN SCHAAFWOOSTER -- While many large banks are seeking government bailout funds to stay afloat, smaller community banks are quietly flourishing in the current marketplace, according to Robert Palmer, president and chief executive officer of the Community Banking Association of Ohio.Some, like the Medina-based Western Reserve Bank, which recently ...

Big inauguration comes with a big price tag

City officials predict up to 2.5 million people will converge on the capital January 20, and they are taking unprecedented steps to accommodate the masses.Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-Washington, D.C., who has requested an additional $15 million from Congress to help the city cover costs.That would double the $15 million Congress ...

Drilling rule

19 is serving as an example of how the federal government should not conduct its business.Actually, it's an example of how agencies within the government fight against each other to the detriment of the American people.On the night of the elections, the Bureau of Land Management announced that it would ...

Protest over change of routes

Officials representing matatu associations want Mombasa council to halt the planned change of routes and bus stages until the festive season is over.Photo/FILEOfficials representing two matatu associations want Mombasa council to halt the planned change of routes and bus stages until the festive season is over.The Matatu Welfare Association national ...

1. Justice is for Suckers

Dick Cheney's recent admission on national television that he approved the waterboarding of a Terror War captive is, of course, the most prominent salvo in an on-going campaign to secure presidential pardons for the war criminals of the Bush Regime before the War Criminal-in-Chief leaves office next month.As many others ...

Clinton campaign debt now at $6.4 million

-- Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton had $6.4 million in presidential campaign debt at the end of November, according to a report filed Saturday with the Federal Election Commission.The amount, though still significant, represents the lowest level of debt the New York senator's failed presidential campaign has reported this year.Clinton's ...

Squeezed on All Sides, Parents Forgo Day Care

community of Riverdale Park, town officials have noted a distressing sign of the national economic downturn: more children left home alone to fend for themselves by working parents too strapped to afford child care.The problem was discovered by code enforcement officers who inspect apartments in the town of 7,000.In another, ...

In , Obama goes for experience, pragmatism

Vilsack, Richardson, Biden and Clinton sought the presidential nomination that Obama won.Tom Daschle, named health secretary, was the Senate Democratic leader from South Dakota until he lost his seat in 2004.From the House, Obama has plucked Reps.1, 2008, President-elect Barack Obama, left, stands with his Secretary of State-designate Sen.Trade Representative, ...

Smaller banks inking bigger business deals

The Justice Department ordered PNC Financial Services Group to divest 61 Western Pennsylvania branches before it can complete its acquisition of National City Corp., expected by Dec.31.We would love to purchase some of the National City branches that PNC has agreed to sell, said Robert McCarthy Jr., CEO of Parkvale ...