Stories from Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Greenville High School has named its students of the Month for November, 2012. They are Mitchell R. Clark and Kaley Ann White. Clark is the son of Majorie Clark and Jeff Clark of rural Greenville. His activities and achievements include being a member of Beta Club and serving as president; a member of band FCCLA, Choir; FBLA, Spanish Club, Boys State, and is an A+ student...

Get better way to count votes Yeah. I'm pretty upset about the elections. I tell ya. We're the most powerful country on Earth, you know, and supposed to be the most powerful country on Earth anyway and we can't even have an election without all these problems. ...

Clifford Moore DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Clifford Moore, 65, of Doniphan, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Funeral arrangements are pending with Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan, Mo.

By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER WASHINGTON -- Why was there an Israel-Gaza war in the first place? Resistance to the occupation, say Hamas and many in the international media. What occupation? Seven years ago, in front of the world, Israel pulled out of Gaza. ...

By DAN K. THOMASSON Scripps Howard News Service The question to be asked about the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi is simple: Have the lessons learned three decades ago about who and what are needed to physically protect American interests overseas been forgotten? The lapses during the Carter administration -- which resulted in both the Iranian hostage crisis in 1979 and Moscow bugging of the U.S. ...

One of my favorite things to do is to visit classrooms and talk with children about two of their favorite things -- storytelling and writing. I love doing that. But my latest visit to Forest Grove Elementary in Pacific Grove, Calif., was especially a pleasure -- partly because of the teacher...