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The following colleges and universities recently announced area students’ academic achievements during the 2023 fall semester. The University of Alabama TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Four local students have been named to the 2023 fall semester president’s list at The University of Alabama with an academic record of 4.0 (all A’s). They are Jane Lipp of New […]
because they think it's a long shot right now. it is a long shot. and it's going to be hard to be in the republican majority with a democratic president. it's like harry sade it's easy to be in the minority especially in the senate because you have a lot of power to be in the majority in the senate, especially republicans, they're going to have to work with democrats, with a democratic president. that blurs the lines for them when they want to create contrast in the next two years, particularly with republicans trying to defeat barack obama in 2012. it will make their job more diffic...
be here at the united nations in just a few hours with problems at home and flagging poll numbers, the president's address at the u.n. sure to give him awn opportunity to focus on his foreign policy accomplishments and the future. expected to use his speech to remind them how far his he will highlight america's progress in iraq and afghanistan and promote u.s. efforts to kick-start the world economy. the president will defend his attempt to jump-start mid east peace talks after more than two years. also high on the agenda, slowing the spread of nuclear weapons. >> i think he's going ...
verify with a prospective employee with a legitimate job offer. we have that under a drug testing law in iowa. if you show up and you want a job, go through all of the hoops and they can say to you, i have gone through all the hoops, you have to take a drug test before we can put you to work. that's what we do in iowa. no complaints, no lawsuits. and i encourage them to do that. we should be able to provide as employers an illegal-free workplace so modernizing e-verify so it can be used on current legacy employees and with a legitimate job offer is a legitimate thing to do. and the t...
work. a caller phoned the city friday to report dust clouds there. >> it was an older building, we suspect there had may be possibly a lead contamination problem. >> reporter: the director department of the environment is r says they are now testing people just as they did the playground equipment. >> one of them was about 11,000 micro grams per square foot which is not a whole lot in an outdoor environment but enough to be a concern for us. >> reporter: mobile units were out here tonight, with local nurses drawing blood. health officials urge women to get tested. >> it does confirm ...