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Similar counties, but stimulus impact miles apart
Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:41 AM EST
RICHLAND, Wash. - If you want to win the stimulus sweepstakes, it helps to have one of the planet's nastiest toxic waste sites in your back yard.
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Back home to Elkhart, "primed" for 2010
Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:29 PM EST
ELKHART, Ind.
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Of bats and billions: Following stimulus funds
Wed Nov 11, 2009 7:27 AM EST
Halloween has come and gone, but your U.S. government is focusing some attention and a bit of money provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 on bats. Not the baseball kind, but the furry, flying, cave-dwelling creatures more often associated with trick-or-treating than federal spending.
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Stimulus targets stubborn foe — lead in homes
Thu Oct 8, 2009 10:37 AM EDT
ELKHART, Ind. - Anthony and Carolyn Hunt don’t know how many jobs a $3 million federal stimulus grant to prevent lead poisoning in young children will bring to their county, but to them that’s beside the point.
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Have you ever used your concealed weapon to avert a threat?
Tue Oct 6, 2009 2:36 PM EDT
For some stories I'm writing about concealed weapons and folks who carry them, I'm interested in interviewing people who have actually used their concealed weapons to avert a threat to themselves or others.
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No overflow crowd for free look at Moore's new film
Fri Oct 2, 2009 11:09 AM EDT
Despite free tickets, rabble rouser filmmaker Michael Moore’s new indictment of capitalism failed to rouse a full house in Elkhart, one of the 10 down and out American cities where Moore arranged gratis showings.
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Work picking up for this 'Face of Elkhart'
Wed Sep 30, 2009 11:37 AM EDT
John Brecher / msnbc.com Terry Gonyon in the kitchen of the eight-bedroom home he lost to foreclosure. Terry Gonyon can’t explain exactly why jobs are picking up, but he’s not asking any questions.
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Grim new concerns for one of Elkhart's 'Faces'
Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:54 AM EDT
Jim Seida / msnbc.com file Jennifer Holderread is growing more concerned as her husband runs through his unemployment benefits and her own job seems less secure.
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Dribble of donations takes wind out of Relief Sale
Wed Sep 23, 2009 2:28 PM EDT
The region's severe economic downturn has cast a pall over one of its largest and most revered charitable events, the yearly Michiana Mennonite Relief Sale set for Saturday at the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds.
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Coast Guard debunks 'Russian sub' photo
Wed Sep 2, 2009 3:36 PM EDT
A photograph purporting to show a Russian submarine surfacing off New Jersey actually shows dredging equipment, the Coast Guard says. Msnbc.com's Mike Stuckey reports.
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Guns near Obama fuel 'open-carry' debate
Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:49 PM EDT
Images of gun-toting citizens near public appearances by President Obama have exposed subtlety and nuance in America’s ongoing debate over firearms. Msnbc.com's Mike Stuckey reports.
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In many states, young kids may hunt alone
Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:25 AM EDT
Just before Tyler Kales was led from a Mount Vernon, Wash., courtroom to begin serving his sentence earlier this month, he apologized to the family of his victim.
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Chris Burkhead: Family firms making hay
Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:05 AM EDT
ELKHART, Ind. - Chris Burkhead says there’s no secret to his family’s continued success in the battered manufacturing sector: Do quality work, respond to customers’ needs and constantly improve efficiency on the production line.
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Sergio Velasco: from high times to long hauls
Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:23 PM EDT
GOSHEN, Ind. - Sergio Velasco is running on empty.
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Angie Recchio: banking on Elkhart's future
Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:40 PM EDT
ELKHART, Ind. - Outsiders puzzled that a smart, career-oriented young woman would return after college to a place that many of her school chums couldn’t wait to leave should consider Elkhart native Angie Recchio’s story.
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Jennifer Holderread: Keeping her spirits up
Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:38 PM EDT
Faces of Elkhart: Jennifer Holderread's family has been hard hit by layoffs in the RV industry, but she says townspeople are pulling together to make it through the tough times.
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Terry Gonyon: Hard times hammer handyman
Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:21 PM EDT
ELKHART, Ind. - If you think Terry Gonyon is the kind of guy who has trouble being industrious or working hard, check out the stove he built.
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Adam Williams: redemption and resolve
Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:16 PM EDT
ELKHART, Ind. - Adam Williams’ improbable journey to Elkhart began in a hail of bullets on a dark road in the Mississippi Delta at 2 a.m. one morning in 1992.
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As economy declines, so do divorces
Mon Jul 6, 2009 10:46 AM EDT
To the list of cutbacks that Elkhart County residents are making in these tough economic times, add divorce.
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Online comments: So much cyber-graffiti or something else?
Seeded on Wed May 13, 2009 4:01 PM EDT (The Seattle Times)
Another great piece on my favorite subject: Why do so many otherwise respectable publications think the silly drivel of anonymous respondents is something that deserves pixels?
Channel your pain: Hard times haiku
Fri May 1, 2009 5:30 PM EDT
Thanks to the media (yes, like us), we are buffeted by bad news: A steady drumbeat of articles about lay-offs, foreclosures, battered budgets, businesses in decline, more layoffs.
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Strained health agencies eye flu’s budget impact
Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:17 PM EDT
With the swine flu outbreak rapidly spreading, state and local health officials are queasily considering what effect a pandemic could have on their budgets, already due for deep spending cuts amid the lingering recession.
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Math smiles on move-up buyers
Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:52 AM EDT
BOTHELL, Wash. - After two years of married life in a 680-square-foot, one-bedroom Seattle condo, Lori and Chris Kirsten were ready to spread out in a real house with room for a home theater and a yard where the Labrador retriever they had always wanted could roam.
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Job losses fuel foreclosure woes in Ind. county
Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:36 PM EDT
GOSHEN, Ind. - In a house as full of sorrow as it was empty of belongings, Gabriela Aguirre described how she and her husband, Alfredo, reached boldly for the American Dream, clutched it tightly for three years and then watched it slip from their grasp along with Alfredo’s job.
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Many online posters are incapable of basic civility
Seeded on Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:33 PM EDT ()
This is a great piece on a thorny issue. I'm involved in Newsvine and other forums because of my job, but not at all sure that I would be otherwise for this very reason.
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