Although he's not quite 18 years old, Northeast High School senior Matthew Kiefer has already made his mark in Washington D.C. thanks to the Meridian Rotary club. At Wednesday's regular Rotary meeting, Kiefer came to thank the club and to talk a

Pakistan's military rejects US aid bill - Seattle Post Intelligencer
In this photo released by the Pakistan Inter Services Public Relations Department, Chief of Pakistan Army Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani, center, presides top military commanders' meeting in General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Wednesday, Oct

Is is possible to discuss issues and not identities? - Cumberland Times-News
Steve Baker’s letter (“You, too, can adopt a veteran or a senior citizen,” Sept. 26 Times-News) has illuminated for me a personal dilemma which I have long suspected, but not really confronted. But now I must. That being, with what group do I

Seniors To Get Daily Visits Thanks To Sheriff's Department - WTVF
FRANKLIN, Tenn. - Their job is to protect and serve, and the Williamson County Sheriff's Department is doing that with their newest plan to watch over the elderly. The new outreach program will use volunteers to check on senior citizens living alone

Does Medicare Care? - Investors Business Daily
Reform: Throughout the health care debate, insurance companies have been cast as greedy villains that gleefully deny medical claims. But when it comes to rejecting claims, they can't hold a candle to the government. Just days before Congress broke

Changing alliances shape climate-change debate - San Francisco Chronicle
Big-name companies such as Apple Inc. have resigned from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, dismayed by the group's efforts to block greenhouse gas regulations. Nike gave up its seat on the chamber's board. PG&E Corp. quit the group after a chamber

RECREATION CALENDAR - Louisville Courier-Journal
Thursday : 100-mile #3+. Begins at Clark Forestry, Henryville, Ind. Call (812) 752-3973. Thursday : 50-mile #2. Waterfront Park to Farnsley-Moremen Landing and back. Call (502) 526-1040. Friday : 102-mile #3+. Begins at Finley Firehouse, Scottsburg