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  • August 2008

    • VP Longshot Sebelius Offers Bipartisan Lure

      New York Times  |  Aug 20, 08 10:47 AM CDT

      VP Longshot Sebelius Offers Bipartisan Lure

      (Newser) - Kathleen Sebelius, the dark horse among Barack Obama's potential running mates, is the best suited to carry his postpartisan torch, writes the New York Times . A popular Democratic governor in strongly Republican Kansas, her lieutenant governor is a Republican and she even married a GOP member. But Sebelius is a longshot because she has the same gaps in foreign policy and military experience as Obama, and many wonder whether choosing a woman would further alienate Hillary Clinton supporters. More »

  • July 2008
  • June 2008

    • Feisty Sebelius Has VP Chops

      Huffington Post  |  Jun 10, 08 6:05 PM CDT

      Feisty Sebelius Has VP Chops

      (Newser) - Among Barack Obama's potential running mates, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius brings a history of standing up to the Bush White House and credibility for having won over a historically Republican state, Sam Stein writes in the Huffington Post. "Kansans of all political stripes loved" Sebelius' blasting of Bush's war policy when it left the state without military reserves needed to pick up after 2007 tornadoes. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • McCain 2008  • GOP  • vice president  • vice presidential candidate  • governor  • Kansas  • Kathleen Sebelius

    • Storms Pummel Midwest, Scare Visitors

      Associated Press  |  Jun 6, 08 2:26 AM CDT

      Storms Pummel Midwest, Scare Visitors

      (Newser) - Severe weather lashed the Great Plains yesterday after forecasters warned of a possible tornado outbreak as bad as the 1974 one that spawned 39 twisters, AP reports. At least four tornadoes touched down in Kansas, causing widespread damage and spooking a pair of runaway circus elephants. Heavy rains caused rivers in Iowa to burst their banks. More storms are expected today. More »

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      Iowa  • weather  • storm  • severe weather  • tornado  • Kansas  • Nebraska  • twister  • Great Plains  • thunderstorms

  • May 2008

    • Abortion Digs on VP Hopeful Sebelius Are Ridiculous

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 28, 08 12:46 PM CDT

      Abortion Digs on VP Hopeful Sebelius Are Ridiculous

      (Newser) - Right-wingers may be gleefully lampooning Kathleen Sebelius as a money-launderer for an abortion doc, Tim Rutten writes in the Los Angeles Times, but one could make the equally ridiculous case that by writing about it Robert Novak is an Opus Dei operative plotting a national overthrow. Abortion couldn't hurt the Obama veep frontrunner anyway, as this election cycle has happily been immune to “single-issue appeals.” More »

    • Tornadoes Leave 2 Dead in Midwest

      Associated Press  |  May 24, 08 7:52 PM CDT

      Tornadoes Leave 2 Dead in Midwest

      (Newser) - Kansas authorities uncovered two bodies from a crumpled car today after nearly 20 tornadoes whipped through the state yesterday, the AP reports. Several more twisters landed in the countryside of northwestern Oklahoma, leveling a few barns, and Colorado residents are returning to the town of Windsor today after twisters damaged 596 homes there. More »

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      disaster  • tornado  • Kansas  • Oklahoma  • twister

  • March 2008
  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • Obama Hopes Kansas Roots Will Yield Votes

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jan 30, 08 12:04 PM CST

      Obama Hopes Kansas Roots Will Yield Votes

      (Newser) - Barack Obama has been hitting the pavement in staunchly Republican Kansas, the Los Angeles Times reports, returning to the town where his maternal grandparents lived during the Great Depression. The Democratic presidential candidate also picked up an endorsement yesterday from Democratic governor Kathleen Sebelius—something that might help the Illinois senator more than his local roots. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • John Edwards  • Super Tuesday  • Missouri  • Kansas

  • December 2007

    • Blizzard Death Toll Hits 22

      Associated Press  |  Dec 24, 07 3:38 PM CST

      Blizzard Death Toll Hits 22

      (Newser) - The death toll from a winter storm that pummeled the upper Midwest rose to 22 today, the AP reports. The worst of the storm is over for the region, but it left behind icy highways and downed power lines, especially in Wisconsin, Illinois, and upper Michigan. Remnants of the storm system could dump heavy snow snow on western New York tonight, forecasters said. More »

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      Texas  • Minnesota  • Wisconsin  • Kansas  • power outage  • snowstorm  • fatalities  • National Weather Service  • Great Lakes  • wind

    • Storm Drops a Foot of Snow on Kansas

      Associated Press  |  Dec 15, 07 1:36 PM CST

      Storm Drops a Foot of Snow on Kansas

      (Newser) - A foot of snow hit Kansas this morning as thousands huddled in shelters there, unable to return home after power outages, the AP reports. Oklahoma, which still has 181,000 homes and businesses blacked out, caught a break this morning when heavy snow warnings were canceled. But Missouri is still in the crosshairs as the storm moves across the Midwest and into New England. More »

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      Chicago  • Detroit  • Missouri  • Midwest  • severe weather  • Kansas  • Oklahoma  • ice storm

    • Winter Is Here to Stay

      Associated Press  |  Dec 14, 07 10:56 AM CST

      Winter Is Here to Stay

      (Newser) - In the wake of an ice storm that cut power to millions, the Midwest is bracing for a second, with a 2 to 6 inches of snow headed for Kansas and Oklahoma, reports the AP. For the half-million still without power and those in emergency shelters, the next hit could mean a longer wait out in the cold.  More »

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      Boston  • Kansas  • Oklahoma  • snow  • winter storm  • Northeast  • winter travel  • ice storm  • Providence, RI

    • 600K Lose Power in Icy Storm

      Associated Press  |  Dec 10, 07 6:55 PM CST

      600K Lose Power in Icy Storm

      (Newser) - An icy storm plunged more than 600,000 Midwesterners into freezing darkness today, crippling power and causing about 15 fatalities on slippery roads, the AP reports. Oklahoma fared worst, declaring a state of emergency as schools shut down and hospitals ran on backup generators. More is on the way, according to the National Weather Service—which posted ice and storm warnings for parts of several states tomorrow. More »

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      US Army  • weather  • Illinois  • storm  • Missouri  • Midwest  • severe weather  • Kansas  • FEMA  • state of emergency  • Oklahoma

  • November 2007

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