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  • **FILE** Voter Salema Dahdah steps out the voting booth at Saint Monica Lanes in Philadelphia on Nov. 2, 2010. (Associated Press)

    ID law could impact 10 percent of Pennsylvania voters

    Nearly 10 percent of Pennsylvania's registered voters do not have photo identification cards from the state transportation department, and could be ineligible to vote in November under the state's new Republican-backed voter ID law.


  • A recently carved eagle representing the school's mascot stands guard in front of what was Joplin High School. It was carved by a Tennessee artist from the remnants of an oak tree that was sliced in two and stripped of its bark by the twister. (Associated Press)

    Joplin schools pick up pieces

    The twister that laid waste to much of Joplin, Mo., last month hit the school system especially hard: It killed seven students and one teacher and destroyed three school buildings, including the only public high school. Seven other buildings were badly damaged.


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