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...running for a post to oversee the state's energy resources, he faced similar attacks and lost. "Their coordinated attacks on my sexuality really resonated in parts of Oklahoma," he says. "How do you respond to a ridiculous anti-gay-only message?" One answer: don't. During the home stretch of Houston's mayoral race in December, Annise Parker simply ignored attacks on her sexuality, and won. (Read: "What Houston's Gay Mayor Means for Texas...
...Dust Bowl years of the Great Depression, farmers who fled West out of the prairies found a paradise of citrus groves in Southern California: miles upon miles of navel and Valencia oranges, planted in a vast swath of Riverside and San Bernardino counties, which stretch from East Los Angeles to the Arizona and Nevada borders. Starting in the 1970s, that area, now known as the Inland Empire, became a mecca for a new kind of homesteader: young families lured by cheap land and an easy commute to L.A. By 2008, it was home to 4.1 million people...
Residents were urged to find alternative sources of drinking water as authorities tried to stop 40,000 gal. (almost 151,500 L) of leaked diesel fuel from contaminating a stretch of the Yellow River--China's second longest and a source of fresh water for millions. Some 700 workers were reportedly mobilized to control the spill, which was not made public for several days...
...returns, we worked with a dedicated social worker in Indwe to ensure that the conditions under which she was originally trafficked did not reappear. A suburban-Chicago couple has given her a full scholarship, enabling the otherwise impossible goal of finishing school. She is HIV-negative. It is a stretch to call her lucky. But she has another chance at life...
...things that was good today was that we backchecked hard, we handled their stretch player,” Stone said. “They had very few good chances today…Regardless of the score, we were consistent in how we played. We never took our foot...