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Obama overtakes Clinton in Dem superdelegates

Sat, 10 May 2008 23:05:56 EDT

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among superdelegates Saturday when he added more endorsements from the group of Democrats who will decide the party's nomination for president.

Obama added superdelegates from Utah, Ohio and Arizona, as well as two from the Virgin Islands who had previously backed Clinton.

Mother's Day celebration reaches 100th anniversary

Sat, 10 May 2008 23:07:35 EDT

GRAFTON, W.Va. - On this 100th anniversary of Mother's Day, the woman credited with creating one of the world's most celebrated holidays probably wouldn't be pleased with all the flowers, candy or gifts.

Anna Jarvis would want us to give mothers a white carnation - she felt it signified the purity of a mother's love.

Happy Mother's Day: Woman pregnant with her 18th child

Sat, 10 May 2008 23:08:54 EDT

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Mother's Day draws a crowd in the home of an Arkansas woman - she is pregnant with her 18th child.

Michelle Duggar, 41, said she is six weeks along in her pregnancy and that everything is going well.

This weekend, Duggar will join her husband and their 17 children to celebrate Mother's Day with brunch at a hotel in downtown Little Rock.

Female police officers break stereotypes

Sat, 10 May 2008 23:10:38 EDT

They put their lives on the line every day for a society that acknowledges their existence, but sometimes would rather they look the other way (at least when they have a radar gun).

They have a badge.

They are well trained in personal defense. They have skills with deadly weapons.

And they are female.

Council agenda largely old business

Sat, 10 May 2008 23:11:57 EDT

With public input yet to come on a proposal to add five years to the life of Marshalltown's tax abatement program, old business will dominate the city council's meeting Monday.

The council is expected to set a public hearing on the tax abatement extension for May 27.