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Hayden and Erica Hall were born and raised in Clarksdale, and went off to get experience in different tastes and styles before coming back home to open Oxbow Restaurant and Catering.

The military is a facet of our lives that most only hear about relative to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Next week marks the 45th anniversary of a ruthless, unprovoked and as yet, unpunished attack on an American warship in international waters which resulted in a tremendous loss of life and left more permanently injured.

Wisconsin's Democratic members of Congress remain confident about defeating Republican Gov.

American Samoan Department of Education has been awarded a total of 24 fully paid Fellowships for 21 students, 2 teachers and 1 CU Supervisor for this year's National Close Up Program, made possible through a grant from the Department of Interior.

Actor Johnathon Schaech is best recognized for his on-screen work, including his famous role of 'Jimmy Mattingly' in THAT THING YOU DO opposite Tom Hanks-but he is currently on the way to being recognized for his work to make a difference for school children across the country.

Architect Frank Gehry offers changes in Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial design in Washington Architect Frank Gehry's model of the Eisenhower Memorial is viewed on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 15, 2012, before a meeting of the Eisenhower Memorial Commission.

Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor, said Friday that he could back a broad deficit plan that increased taxes, a stance that puts him at odds with other prominent Republicans.

During a forum Thursday on Capitol Hill, the Mexican Ambassador to the United States announced his country was conducting its own investigation into the disastrous federal gun-walking operation known as Fast and Furious, The Los Angeles Times reports.

The R Street Institute, a new insurance free market think tank, has launched an insurance issue-oriented blog on InsuranceJournal.com . The blog, titled Right Street Blog, is being authored by Eli Lehrer, president of R Street Institute, and Ray Lehmann, deputy director, from the group's office in Washington, D.C. Other members of the ... (more)

Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard said his two-day swing through Washington, D.C., this week was prompted by an invitation to a partisan conference on business, but he expanded his trip to promote his book on the Republican takeover of the Alabama Legislature.

It was April 25-26, 2012, at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC. Front and center was the 24th annual Congressional Fire Services Institute seminars and dinner.

Six-term entrenched incumbent Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is attacking his conservative challenger, Dan Liljenquist, over his alleged support for tax hikes in Washington.

Read more: National , Politics , Legal , Gay Marriage , Defense of Marriage Act , DOMA , Heart of DOMA Unconstitutional , Federal Appeals Court , Court of Appeals , Supreme Court , Marriage Law , First U.S. Circuit Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, right, finishes his speech denouncing gay marriage as a group of pastors from across ... (more)

Miss Ellen Whitney Shatzen and Mr. Erik Lewis Johnson, both of Arlington, Va., were united in marriage at 4 p.m., on March 24, 2012, at Walker Chapel United Methodist Church in Arlington, Va., in a double-ring ceremony officiated by the Rev.

Phone calls to Prague? Emails to Ecuador? The United States government can currently sift through any international communication that crosses outside of American territory, but all that might soon change.

Austal brought together representatives of over 50 suppliers from 25 states to build support for the future of the U.S. Navy's LCS program.

The leaner trade group is bringing some 1,000 members to Capitol Hill next week to make the case for increased lending to home buyers and builders as well as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reform.

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