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George Sheldon
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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is moving at a historic pace to try to diversify the nation's federal judiciary: Nearly three of every four people he has gotten confirmed to the federal bench are women or minorities. He is the first president who hasn't selected a majority of white males for lifetime judgeships. More than 70 percent of Obama's confirmed judicial nominees during his first two years were "non-traditional," or nominees who were not white males. That far exceeds the percentages in the two- term administrations of Bill Clinton (48.1 percent) and George W. Bush (32.9 percent), according to Sheldon Goldman, author of the authoritative book "Picking Federal Judges.
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Today's Obituaries Allison, Charles L. Asbury, Phyllis J. Auxier, Margaret J. Bailey, Mary F. Barker, Harold G. Bostic, George R. Brown, Dana D. Coffindaffer, Barbara S. Couch, Charles E. Counts, Sheldon K. Fielding, Lura A. Gibson, Joseph R. Goff, Bernard L. Haaland, Erlen Hagy, Cathlene Hart, Rev. William S. Hartwell, Opal M. Harville, Thomas Jr. Hughes, Margaret L. Jarrell, James L. Jiles, Fred A. Jr. Kelly, Darrell Kincaid, Effie Law, Avon Mussetto, Mabel Myers, Marion J. Nicholas, Willia D. Offutt, Mary M. Porter, Alice M. Sigmon, Shirley A. Vickers, Jimmie White, Harry J. Charles Luther Allison
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Although recent data from the American Institute of Architects shows that business has slowed down around the United States, local architects say they are well positioned to cope with a lackluster economy. There's definitely a downturn in the market," said George "Bing" Sheldon, a principal with SERA Architects. "We're not as badly hurt as the places where there's real volatility, such as Florida, Nevada and southern California.
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ST. GEORGE -- Sheldon and LaVerna Johnson don't have millions of dollars, and they're not tree-huggers. That's why it would surprise most to look at this retired couple and see the solar panels lining their roof. Two years ago, the couple installed 24 solar panels on the south side of their home, providing the ability to generate 3,000 watts of energy. The Johnsons are apparently the first people in St. George to use the devices.
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Much like the ham and eggs they dish up on a Sunday morning every other year, Republicans and Democrats in this small Wyoming County town have concocted a unique and appealing recipe for clean elections and good government. Together -- that's right, together -- they host a breakfast and auction, a kind of biennial bipartisan reminder of why politics in their small slice of the world is so different than, say, Albany or Washington.
... are more Republicans than Democrats in Sheldon, and yet this is Town Supervisor John Knab's 12th...That may be one reason why Wayne George, a dairy farmer and the Republican who's running ...
