From a RedNecks Point of view

With fundraising stalled just a year before an expected groundbreaking, organizers of a planned African-American museum in Nashville have started talking to state officials about extending their deadline.  

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is wooing the Native American vote in the Republican-leaning Northern Great Plains states, but his opponent, Republican John McCain, has yet to lace up his running shoes, Indian Country leaders say. Obama has two full-time paid Indian...  

Editor, It's that time of year again when America celebrates its origins with the recognition of Columbus Day, and if you grew up in the mainstream, you probably don't think twice about it. But if you grew up as an American Indian, you do, especially if you know your history.  

TOPEKA, Kan. Oct. 12, 2008 - Andrew McDermid, of Grand Ledge, Mich., earned his fourth career Championship in a shortened American Sedan race at the 45th SCCA National Championship Runoffs at Heartland Park Topeka.  

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (AP) -- The announcement came in 1800 in the back of a Connecticut newspaper just above a farmer's reward for a stray cow. A man named Noah Webster was proposing the first comprehensive "dictionary of the American language."  

More than 1.2 million Australians have tuned in to watch the premiere of the US version of TV comedy Kath and Kim. The American take on the hit Australian series has been slammed by many critics, but  

'In God we trust" it says on the American one dollar bill. The only problem is that when it comes to the question of where to put our dollars, people tend to believe in just about anything but that.  

Five years ago, the African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey was being called the "wandering museum in search of a home."  

NEW YORK -- If you're wondering what was going through Britney Spears' head during her erratic era, you are not alone -- so does she. "I sit there and I look back and I'm like, 'I'm a smart person. What the hell was I thinking?'"  

SINGAPORE: American teenager Phillip Soven has won his fifth consecutive Wakeboard World Cup title in Singapore. The new venue at Marina Bay did not affect Soven as he thrilled the 7,500 crowd.  

Paraguay remained four points clear at the top of the South American World Cup qualifying group at the halfway stage after defeating Colombia 1-0 on Saturday.  

Two runs crossed the plate in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series, but in Game 2, the ball was flying out of domed Tropicana Field as if the wind was somehow blowing out. Not even halfway through the game, the teams already had combined for an...  

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Jacky Mirmlitsch didn't get it at the beginning. When the Widefield High School freshman started coming to practices for the Students American Discovery Marathon Team in March, she would walk unless she was supervised.  

An American computer game designer reached space Sunday, fulfilling a long-deferred childhood dream that began with the flight of his astronaut father.