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  • September 2008

    • Ala. Group Offers Jews $50K Move-In Bonus

      CNN  |  Sep 25, 08 4:17 AM CDT

      Ala. Group Offers Jews $50K Move-In Bonus

      (Newser) - A dwindling Alabama Jewish community is spending $1 million to stop itself from disappearing, as have many others in the South, CNN reports. A local group in the town of Dothan is offering a $50,000 shalom to Jewish families who choose to relocate to the community and hopes to attract at least 20. Ads in Jewish newspapers have met a huge response from all over the world.   More »

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      Jews  • Alabama  • small towns  • synagogue  • rabbi

    • Why Palin Is Mac's 'Meal Ticket'

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 17, 08 9:19 AM CDT

      Why Palin Is Mac's 'Meal Ticket'

      (Newser) - The number of enthusiastic Republicans have doubled in polls since John McCain picked Sarah Palin for his ticket, and Palin figures in slightly more news coverage than her running mate. That might be expected, but she is mentioned 10 times more than  Democratic counterpart Joe Biden. Tim Rutten offers up three reasons the hockey mom has become McCain's "meal ticket" in the Los Angeles Times . More »

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      John McCain  • Election 2008  • celebrity  • Sarah Palin  • religious right  • small towns  • nostalgia

    • GOP's Heartland Appeal Just Plain Heartless

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 10, 08 12:23 PM CDT

      GOP's Heartland Appeal Just Plain Heartless

      (Newser) - Sarah Palin can’t say enough about the virtues of small-town Americans, the good, honest folk “who do some of the hardest work,” skip college and join the military. But they have to work so hard and skip college because they’re not doing very well, Thomas Frank writes in the Wall Street Journal—and they’re not doing well because they keep electing Sarah Palins. More »

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      John McCain  • Sarah Palin  • Republicans  • agriculture  • Midwest  • small towns

  • May 2008

    • For Some US Towns, Internet Access is DIY

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 19, 08 3:07 PM CDT

      For Some US Towns, Internet Access is DIY

      (Newser) - Around the world, firms and governments are ramping up the speed and availability of internet access. But in the US, telecoms are focusing mainly on big-city markets. To avoid professional brain drain, some smaller cities and towns are investing in more powerful infrastructure, the Wall Street Journal reports. But the risks, and burdens, are great, and some private providers are resisting new competition. More »

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      Comcast  • broadband Internet  • competition  • Internet access  • bandwidth  • small towns  • fiber optic cables  • utilities

    • Giant Sinkhole Eats Texas Town

      New York Times  |  May 9, 08 3:48 AM CDT

      Giant Sinkhole Eats Texas Town

      (Newser) - A gigantic sinkhole is gobbling up a small East Texas town, the New York Times reports. The hole—dubbed "Sinkhole de Mayo" by the residents of Daisetta—opened up suddenly, and quickly grew to the size of several football fields, swallowing trees and trucks. Many of the town's thousand residents have already packed their bags. The hole opened when an underground salt dome collapsed, possibly due to increased saltwater from nearby oil drilling. More »

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      Texas  • oil drilling  • small towns  • geologist

  • April 2008

    • Obama Rips Clinton's Reaction to 'Bittergate'

      Associated Press  |  Apr 14, 08 4:46 AM CDT

      Obama Rips Clinton's Reaction to 'Bittergate'

      (Newser) - As Barack Obama reiterated that he regretted calling American heartlanders gun loving and bitter, he also lashed Hillary Clinton for her reaction backing hunting, AP reports. “She is running around talking about how this is an insult to sportsmen,” Obama told a Pennsylvania audience yesterday. “She’s talking like she’s Annie Oakley. She's out there like she's on the duck blind every Sunday." More »

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      Barack Obama  • Obama 2008  • Pennsylvania primary  • Indiana primary  • blue-collar vote  • small towns

    • Why 'Bittergate' Is So Bad for Obama

      Politico  |  Apr 13, 08 4:45 AM CDT

      Why 'Bittergate' Is So Bad for Obama

      (Newser) - The uproar over Barack Obama's description of small-town Americans as "bitter" has hit the candidate so hard that there's talk of a Hillary Clinton comeback, and Politico's Mike Allen can think of plenty of reasons why. For starters, Obama has alienated a swath of blue-collar voters just nine days before the Pennsylvania primary. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Obama 2008  • Pennsylvania primary  • Indiana primary  • blue-collar vote  • small towns

    • Obama: 'Bitter' Words Were Ill-Chosen

      Associated Press  |  Apr 12, 08 1:34 PM CDT

      Obama: 'Bitter' Words Were Ill-Chosen

      (Newser) - Barack Obama acknowledged today that he’d chosen his words poorly when he said small-town working-class voters are “bitter” and “cling to guns and religion.” “I didn’t say it as well as I should have,” Obama said, but he insisted that working-class frustration is real. Hillary Clinton–who called the comments “elitist and out of touch”–and John McCain immediately pounced. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Obama 2008  • Pennsylvania primary  • Indiana primary  • blue-collar vote  • small towns

    • Obama Slammed for Calling Small Towners 'Bitter'

      Reuters  |  Apr 12, 08 6:16 AM CDT

      Obama Slammed for Calling Small Towners 'Bitter'

      (Newser) - Barack Obama is catching flak for comments made to an audience of wealthy Californians about small towners, Reuters reports. Talking about people in towns where jobs have vanished, the candidate said, "It's not surprising they then get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations." More »

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      Barack Obama  • Obama 2008  • blue-collar vote  • fundraiser  • small towns

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