Twitter Rundown for Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Military: C-130 Tankers To Resume Firefighting
Air Force C-130 tankers will resume firefighting flights Tuesday after a deadly crash of another tanker plane over the weekend, the U.S. Northern Command said.
GOP-Led States Threaten To Turn Down Medicaid Expansion
Gov. Rick Scott of Florida became the latest Republican governor to say his state will not take part in the Medicaid expansion program under President Obama’s Affordable Care Act.
Taxes, Penalties And The Affordable Care Act
President Obama and Mitt Romney seldom see eye to eye — but on an aspect of the debate over healthcare, they agree.
Vietnam Vet Wants Recognition For Dogs Of War
Alan Driscoll served as a an Air Force dog handler in Vietnam and he says the dogs that serve in wars deserve appreciation.
The Regular People That Make ‘Beasts Of The Southern Wild’ Shine
As a five-year-old school girl in Houma, Louisiana, Quvenzhané Wallis probably didn’t expect she’d be acting in a critically-acclaimed film — Nor did her co-star Dwight Henry. We speak with both about “Beasts Of The Southern Wild.”
Kelly Frey, the editor of Oklahoma’s big daily newspaper The Oklahoman, is from El Reno, Okla. and describes what it’s like to grow up in “tornado alley.”
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Are home-based shelters really enough to hold back an F5 category tornado, which can have winds upwards of 300 miles per hour? And what about people who don’t have home-based shelters?
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