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...officials suggest that in the coming weeks, General Stanley McChrystal will request additional soldiers to stabilize the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. That will pose a dilemma for President Obama, who authorized the deployment of 21,000 fresh troops in March. As the U.S. death toll continues to rise, public support for the war has plummeted...
...dramatically improved performances prompted complaints from other runners--showed Semenya had three times the level of testosterone of a typical woman. The sport's authorities are trying to determine whether she has a genetic condition that blurs her gender and gives her an unfair advantage. South Africans, who overwhelmingly support the runner, welcomed her home on Aug. 25. Her family and President Jacob Zuma firmly maintain that Semenya is female...
...marked the creation of United Cerebral Palsy Inc. and its annual Weekend with the Stars telethons. The Easter Seals telethon, to benefit people with disabilities and special needs, also stands as one of the biggest TV fundraisers. (During the original donation campaign donors would emboss "seals" of support on the envelopes they mailed in with their contributions...
...cents of every donated dollar, it's hard to know how much donated money to bank on. Most telethons only collect between 60% and 75% of pledged dollars. During a 1983 Democratic National Committee fundraiser, 800,000 of the 1 million callers rang in just to declare their support for their Republican President Ronald Reagan. Still, Lewis' MDA program remains one of the most enduring hallmarks in telethon history. And in 1998, it joined the computer age when it became the first telethon to be seen worldwide via Internet simulcast. The program's pledged donations have grown from $1 million...
FEMA spokesman Clark Stevens explains the process: "Fire-management assistance grants [from FEMA] provide impacted states with the financial support they need during a major fire event. These grants, requested by a governor, cover an array of firefighting expenses such as field camps, equipment use, repair and replacement, tools, materials and supplies and mobilization and demobilization activities." Stevens adds, "Since Aug. 28, Governor Schwarzenegger has requested and been granted five fire-management-assistance grants." He says FEMA will continue to work closely with California to make sure the state has the financial resources to combat wildfires. In short, if California...