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Obituaries this week

Post author By Falcon
Post date May 17, 2016

Pastor Gilbert Lavern Hockett, Oklahoma City, OK, age 74, died Saturday, May 14, 2016

Mary Lucia Jean Lietsch, 74, Burlington, died Monday, May 16, 2016

Audrey F. Jaeger, 89, Burlington died Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Henry Donald “Don” Sullivan, 72, Burlington died Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Gilbert Graydon Wagner, 82, Burlington, died Saturday, May 14, 2016

Sally Williams (Sari Yodbarus), 74, Mediapolis, died Thursday, May 19, 2016

Eva Darlene Whitehead, 80, Carman, IL, died Thursday, May 12, 2016

Bernice Holmberg, 88, Burlington, died Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Barb Davis, 64, Burlington, died Friday, May 20, 2016

Alan H. Koenig, 66, West Burlington, died Thursday, May 19, 2016

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Maine’s Time Limit on Welfare Helps People Out of Poverty

Post author By Falcon
Post date May 16, 2016

Click here: Maine’s Time Limit on Welfare Encouraged One Woman to Pull Herself Out of Poverty

Maine's Welfare Rolls (TANF; Temporary Aid for Needy Families ) drop 62% in 5-years. — Maine’s Welfare Rolls (TANF; Temporary Aid for Needy Families ) drops 62% in 5-years.

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Former Falcon High Jumper Ties West Point Record

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Post date May 16, 2016

Click here: Jeff Giannettino Claims IC4A High Jump Crown with 2.15-meter (7-foot) jump.

Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington – Notre Dame’s Jeff Giannettino clears the bar at 6’-10” in the high jump to set a new meet record at the Falcon Relays in West Burlington Monday. — Photo by Dan Hockett
FILE PHOTO West Burlington – Notre Dame’s Jeff Giannettino clears the bar at 6’-10” in the high jump to set a new meet record at the Falcon Relays in West Burlington Monday, March 30, 2015.

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‘WE NEED A MEDIC!’ Hillary, Bernie delegates clash at NV Democrat convention

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Post date May 15, 2016

Click here: ‘WE NEED A MEDIC!’ Hillary, Bernie delegates clash at NV Dem convention

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Even Communist Countries can’t make Water Parks work

Post author By Falcon
Post date May 13, 2016

Click here: The haunting pictures of an abandoned Vietnam water park, opened in 2004, reclaimed by nature

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Federal judge rules Obamacare funding unconstitutional

Post author By Falcon
Post date May 13, 2016

Click here: Federal judge rules Obamacare is being funded unconstitutionally

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Be a Man. Get Married.

Post author By Falcon
Post date May 10, 2016

Is bachelor life really the good life? Playing the field, traveling the world, and focusing on career sounds better than tying the knot. But is it possible that married men have more sex and make more money than their single counterparts? Brad Wilcox, sociologist at the University of Virginia, explains.