Hawaii plans quiet, sobering 50th anniversary

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — President Barack Obama is hardly the consummate Western outdoorsman.

Claudette had winds of at least 50 mph, but was not expected to cause significant flooding or wind damage.

PHOENIX — The White House, facing increasing skepticism over President Barack Obama’s call for a public insurance plan to compete with the private sector, signaled Sunday that it was willing to compromise, and would consider a proposal for a nonprofit health cooperative being developed in the

Gators brought Louisiana farmers and hunters $71 million in 2007, modest revenue even at that peak. This year, revenue is expected to be closer to $10 million in 2009, a drop like locals say they’ve never seen.

Many students may not be able to repay

On a recent Tuesday, as Rhonda Hurt strolled past penny slots at the M Resort in Henderson, Nev., a pair of gold signs left her agape. One read Vice Shop and marked a gift store shilling $46 hoodies and bottles of Miller Lite. The other read Pharmacy ‘” and it really was a pharmacy. The American Gaming Association said it knew of nothing quite like the M Resort pharmacy, where about 8,000 slot club points will cover a $25 co-pay. The suburban resort’s chief executive, Anthony Marnell III, dreamed up the pharmacy to lure locals ‘” in particular, Henderson’s substantial population of retirees.

Conservatives target Obama health care reform proposals

The federal government plans to spend $78 billion over the next decade to provide veterans free in-state undergraduate education and allowances for books and housing. But across the country, veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are asking for more than cash to ease the transition between military and civilian student life.

Instruments are detecting an inch or two of movement as the Juan de Fuca plate grinds and sinks beneath the North American plate. When the plates snap, scientists say, it could produce a massive 9.0 or greater earthquake and a tsunami.