Women In Politics

Marriage retreat helps couples in crisis
About three years ago, Bob and Darlene Wayman were divorced. Having brought in children from previous marriages, the couple couldn’t make their blended family work.

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Therapy Helps Kids with Special Needs Learn Skills
Columbia, SC (WLTX) – For every parent, seeing your child sit-up or walk for the first time is an important moment. But for some, it only comes with hard work and physical therapy.

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Essence Fest helps sustain New Orleans amid spill
For all the talk of the BP oil spill scaring tourists away from Louisiana and the beaches of Mississippi, Alabama and western Florida, one city in the region has stayed full of visitors since the crisis began.

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Financial Reform Deal: Barney Frank’s Role Helps Obama
Barney Frank, the acerbic chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has helped score a big win for the Obama Administration with financial reform

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Cisco helps build prototype for instant cities
San Jose networking giant helps build an advanced-technology city in South Korea to serve as a model as world governments look to handle rural-to-urban migrations.

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Jill Biden helps dedicate downtown DC sculptures
WASHINGTON — Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President Joe Biden, is giving her blessing to new, colorful sculptures lining a once dreary part of Washington’s New York Avenue.

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PREP TRACK ROUNDUP: Rookie sprinter helps Mariner make history
EVERETT — It was a first-year sprinter that helped Mariner overcome an age-old losing streak Thursday. Keivare Russell won the 100- and 200-meter events and Mariner won its first-ever dual meet against Kamiak. The Marauder boys won 93-52 with the Kamiak girls winning 82-66.

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Jill Biden helps dedicate downtown D.C. sculptures
The National Museum of Women in the Arts dedicated the sculptures Wednesday. The pieces by French sculptor Niki de Saint Phalle include women in colorful bathing suits and one depicting basketball star Michael Jordan.

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