In The Days

OAK HARBOR –
An Oak Harbor mom is upset with a book her fifth grade daughter, brought home from school.

It’s called “What’s the Big Secret” and it’s available at many public schools.

“I can’t even stand that she had already read this, without me even knowing.

Jennifer Swedeoson had planned to have “the birds and the bees” talk with her ten –year- old daughter, Kaleigh when she reached middle school. But that timeline all changed when Kaleigh brought this book home from school yesterday.

“I start flipping through, this is all right, but then it starts talking more about sex, and I get into it and it’s completely too graphic for her .

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Update: In a pants-on-fire moment, the White House press office today denied anyone there had issued threats to remove Carla Marinucci and possibly other Hearst reporters from the press pool covering the President in the Bay Area.

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Despite the rising death toll from weeks of unrest, people across Syria continue to protest the government of President Bashar al-Assad. See events by day.

BEIRUT—Syria sent more military tanks and troops into the southern city of Deraa on Saturday, a day after a crackdown on protests across the country killed 66 people, despite a condemnation from the United Nations and a U.S. asset freeze on members of President Bashar al-Assad’s family.

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Despite Israeli efforts for denunciation of Hamas-Fatah reconciliation agreement, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the unity deal.

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Barak says unity deal unlikely to reach its potential; Peres calls on Palestinians to “unite, but unite for peace.”

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David Wilkerson, founder of Times Square Church in Manhattan, N.Y., died in a car accident in East Texas on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. He was 79.

The Rev. David Wilkerson, the founding pastor of Times Square Church in Manhattan, N.Y., died in a severe car crash in East Texas Wednesday afternoon. His wife, Gwendolyn Wilkerson, was injured and airlifted to a local hospital.

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Photo by: REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-Ghany

Only 36% would maintain treaty, while 82% of Egyptians view US unfavorably; Tantawi is most popular man in Egypt.

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President Obama released his original birth certificate Wednesday, saying the controversy surrounding the issue had become a “sideshow.”

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Four families in Yoder are building a sand bunker and stockpiling ammunition and weapons

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The euro struck a 16-month high against the dollar and the Swiss franc notched a record high versus the US unit Tuesday amid heightened investor nerves over this week’s busy economic calendar.

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