Pets Of The Week: Oughta Be In Pictures ? CBS Detroit

(Photo: Michigan Humane Society)

(Photo: Michigan Humane Society)

DETROIT (CBS Detroit)?Looking for a reason to smile? Check out this mug on Lucy, one of our fabulous pets of the week, available through the Michigan Humane Society.

Lucy, the?7-year-old Beagle/Shepherd mix with a huge grin, is fully grown at 56 pounds and is a very smart and active older lady.

She loves to play and to have your attention. She would do best with a family that has a fenced-in yard where she can run around off-leash. Come meet her today!

See Lucy and the rest of our pets of the week HERE.

Source: http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/10/19/pets-of-the-week-oughta-be-in-pictures/

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Congo rebels call for negotiations with Kinshasa

BUNGANA, eastern Congo (AP) ? Fighting may resume soon in eastern Congo if President Joseph Kabila's government does not negotiate with the M23 rebels, said the insurgents' president, Bishop Jean-Marie Runiga, Saturday.

"We see that the Congolese army troops are moving, they are preparing a final assault against us. If the government does not come to the negotiating table we will have to defend ourselves," said Runiga at a press conference in Bunagana, a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo at the border with Uganda that is controlled by the M23.

The fact that the M23 rebels control a town so securely that it can hold a public press conference with journalists travelling from the provincial capital of Goma, is an indication of the group's success. The M23 say they have also established an alternative government over the areas of eastern Congo that it controls.

Asked by the Associated Press if they thought of taking the initiative and attacking themselves, the M23 president said that they "could take Goma at any moment. ... If we want to wage war, we can. We have the strength."

Runiga has been spending the past weeks in Kampala, where he said he worked with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to try to open a dialog with the Kabila government in Kinshasa.

"Museveni invited us to negotiate with Kabila and asked us to stop fighting. That is why there has been a ceasefire for two months. But Kinshasa does not want to negotiate or to try to find a solution to the crisis quickly. They rather talk with Rwanda," said the M23 president.

A leaked United Nations experts report accuses Rwanda and Uganda of supporting the rebels. It reportedly charges that the Rwandan minister of defence, General James Kabarebe, is directing the M23 rebels.

Runiga said the report is wrong and deplored that neighboring countries are blamed for what are mainly internal Congolese problems. He said the M23 is the result of bad governance in Kinshasa.

"The U.N. report was created by Kinshasa intelligence services. It is a strategy to make people forget that the country is not well managed," he said.

According to Runiga the M23 is receiving new Congolese army defectors every day and does not need the military support of Rwanda and Uganda.

He announced that the military branch of the M23 group has been renamed the Congolese Revolutionary Army (Arm?e R?volutionaire

Congolaise) and its leader, Colonel Sultani Makenga, has been promoted to general to reflect the growing number of troops under his command.

Runiga strongly denied accusations by a recent Human Rights Watch report that the M23 rebels recruit children into their ranks.

"There are children without parents who come to us to join our ranks but we turn them back and pay for their school fees," he said.

The M23 is a rebellion that was created by Congolese army deserters in May. The members are mainly ethnic Tutsis. Its leaders demand that agreements made with the Congo government when they were integrated in the army in 2009 are respected.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/congo-rebels-call-negotiations-kinshasa-150235039.html

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ONTD_Political - Potemkin Village

Until last week, the county of Gaomi in the eastern province of Shandong was a poor farming community. It was here that Mr Mo ate tree bark and scrabbled for wild vegetables to survive a tough childhood.

When reporters tracked down Mr Mo, 57, to his family home in the wake of his prize, they found his 90-year-old father working the farm, unperturbed by the hullaballoo.

But now, ambitious Communist party chiefs see a glorious future for the county as tourists flock to pay homage to the Nobel prize winner.

On Tuesday, Fan Hui, a local official, paid a visit to Mr Mo's father to ask him to renovate the family home.

"Your son is no longer your son, and the house is no longer your house," urged Mr Fan, according to the Beijing News, explaining that the author was now the pride of China. "It does not really matter if you agree or not," he added.

Mr Fan has earmarked the family home as the main attraction of the "Mo Yan Culture Experience Zone", but also has plans to create a theme park based on Mr Mo's 1987 work, Red Sorghum.

Unwanted and unprofitable, Sorghum is no longer planted in the area, but this not regarded as an obstacle.

Mr Fan said the "Red Sorghum Culture and Experience Zone", which includes the "Red Sorghum Film and Television Exhibition Area", would see villagers seed 1,600 acres of the crop. "(We need to grow it) even if it means losing money," he told the Chinese media.

He noted that the prize had been a big boon. Without a mountain or a river, Gaomi had previously been too plain to be a tourist destination.

As Gaomi's restaurants rush to add "Red Sorghum" to their signs, villagers have been instructed to raise a glass to Mr Mo before meals, and Li Danping, a local poet, said the county is now "the higher ground of Chinese literature, the sacred land of the country".

Mr Mo's books are widely sold-out and his fans are already descending in droves, suggesting there will be demand for the proposed development.

"One visitor dug up a radish [from Mr Mo's vegetable patch]," reported the Beijing News. "He slipped it into his coat and showed it to villagers afterwards, saying: 'Mo's radish! Mo's radish!' "

"A visiting mother picked some yams and told her daughter: 'I'll boil them, so you can eat them and win the Nobel prize too!'" Mr Mo's brother, Guan Moxin, was forced to intervene to stop the family's corn harvest, which was left lying out in the sun to dry, being swept away by the village tidying committee.

Mr Mo himself has been non-commital amid the excitement. Asked by China Central Television whether he was happy, he responded: "I do not know".

Asked by Xinhua, the state news agency, whether his win would ignite a passion for literature in China, he said: "I think it will last for a month at most, maybe less, then everything will return to normal".

He said he planned to use his ?750,000 of prize money to buy a "big house" in Beijing. But then he realised that property prices have soared so high he could only afford a two-bedroom apartment.

His brother, however, suggested that he is unlikely to be thrilled at the plans for a tourist park.

"He will oppose any renovations even though he has won the award. It is too public, people should be low-key," Mr Guan said to a Chinese paper.

Mr Mo's wife, Du Qinlan, said the writer had not earned very much money over his career, and his biggest treat is "a plate of dumplings".

The British author David Mitchell also recently tasted the zeal of China's literature fans. When Mr Mitchell visited Shanghai on a book tour in August he was chased down the street by a mob of fans desperate for him to sign copies of his novel, Cloud Atlas. One particularly dogged admirer blocked his path and forced him to sign a life-size portrait of himself.

"This has never happened before," Mr Mitchell said at the time. "I have no idea why the book is so popular. If you find out can you let me know?" he added.


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Palestinian push for U.N. upgrade likely to succeed: Jeremic

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Palestinians' push for upgraded status at the United Nations is likely to succeed, the president of the U.N. General Assembly said on Friday, while warning the United States against cutting U.N. funding over the issue.

Having failed last year to secure full U.N. membership due to U.S. opposition, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said last month he would ask the 193-nation General Assembly to approve a less ambitious promotion of the Palestinian Authority's observer status to "non-member state," like the Vatican. It is currently considered an "entity.

Vuk Jeremic, the Serbian president of the General Assembly, said Abbas was consulting with U.N. member states and was expected to call for a meeting on the Palestinian issue as early as next month, shortly after the November 6 U.S. presidential election.

"Most people expect that it is going to be the second half of November," the 37-year-old former Serbian foreign minister told Reuters in an interview.

"If they decide to go for it after these consultations, which is what President Abbas announced in his speech in September, most people expect that this is going to pass."

The United States and Israel have warned the Palestinians against seeking a status upgrade, suggesting that it could have financial implications for the Palestinian Authority.

U.N. diplomats and officials say they are also worried about a possible reduction of U.N. funding from the United States, which supplies 22 percent of the regular U.N. budget.

Jeremic said he did not want to lecture Washington, but voiced concern about a possible suspension U.N. funding due to the Palestinian issue, which he said would have "dire financial implications" for the United Nations.

"I don't think this would be in the interests of the United States to cut the financial aid, but I am not in a position to say to the United States what is it they should do," he said. "They know what is best for them, and that's what they are going to do."

The U.S. Congress froze some $200 million in much-needed financial aid to the Palestinians after they took their statehood campaign to the United Nations last year. Western officials say further aid reductions are likely, along with a possible freezing of U.N. funding.

The United States cut funding to the U.N. education and science agency, UNESCO, last year after it admitted the Palestinians as a full member.

A 1990s U.S. law prohibits U.S. funding to U.N. organizations that grant full membership to any group that does not have "internationally recognized attributes" of statehood.

Jeremic stressed that the Palestinians were not seeking U.N. membership, but to be recognized as a "non-member state."

Such an upgrade could nevertheless be uncomfortable for Israel. Being registered as a state rather than an entity would mean the Palestinians could join bodies such as the International Criminal Court and file complaints against Israel for its continued occupation.

The Palestinians need a simple majority for the upgrade, but predict that between 150 and 170 nations out of the 193 U.N. member states will vote in favor.

(Additional reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by David Brunnstrom)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/palestinian-push-u-n-upgrade-likely-succeed-jeremic-194045149.html

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EU leaders call Mali crisis a threat to Europe

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU leaders said on Friday the crisis in Mali, where Islamists have seized control of much of the north of the country, was an "immediate threat" to Europe, and threatened to impose sanctions on the armed militia there.

It was the first time EU heads of state and government had pronounced collectively on the crisis, which broke out in March when soldiers toppled the president, leaving a power vacuum that enabled Tuareg rebels to take control of the north. Islamists, some allied with al Qaeda, have since hijacked their revolt.

"This situation poses an immediate threat to the Sahel region as well as to West and North Africa and to Europe," EU leaders said in a statement after a summit in Brussels on Friday.

EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said this week "terrorists and drug traffickers" might have a free hand in Mali unless the government regained control.

Regional leaders and international organizations were meeting on Friday in Mali's capital Bamako to discuss whether the Islamists should be dislodged by military intervention or a more gradual political approach.

The United Nations Security Council last week gave African leaders 45 days to draw up a plan for military intervention to retake control of the north.

France, Mali's former colonial ruler, has six hostages held by the Islamists, and has been pushing hard for military action.

French President Francois Hollande is said to believe there is a risk that al Qaeda's North African arm, AQIM, is cementing its base in the West African state, creating a launch pad for an attack on French soil.

Diplomatic and security sources say there is "credible" evidence of planned attacks following botched bombings by AQIM at French embassies in Mali and Mauritania.

However, diplomats say that foreign military intervention in Mali is months away.

The European Union will step up its humanitarian response to the crisis, and examine support for the envisaged international military force, said Friday's statement by the European Council, which represents EU member states.

"The EU will maintain the option to adopt targeted restrictive measures against those involved in the armed groups in northern Mali and those hindering the return to constitutional order," the statement said.

(Editing by Andrew Roche)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/eu-leaders-call-mali-crisis-threat-europe-120438839.html

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Rep. Waxman Seeks Legislation to Improve Reporting for Antibiotics ...

California Congressman Henry Waxman, a Democrat serving as Ranking Member on the Energy and Commerce Committee, on Tuesday announced he?s introducing legislation that would improve the data that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration collects on antibiotics used in animal agriculture, a practice that is increasingly under the microscope.

Waxman announced his bill ? the ?Delivering Antibiotic Transparency in Animals (DATA) Act? ? in Santa Monica with a handful of chefs, Dr. Brad Spelberg of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Jean Halloran of Consumers Union.

?We need reliable information about the use of antibiotics in agricultural operations,? said Rep. Waxman. ?The more we learn, the graver the threat becomes from overuse of antibiotics by industrial-scale farms.? We need this information so scientists and Congress can stop the spread of drug-resistant infections from farm animals to humans.?

Waxman?s proposal would require drug makers to report more comprehensive information to FDA regarding how their drugs are used on farms. Recent estimates have indicated that the vast majority of antibiotics sold in the United States are given to food animals. Many of those antibiotics are important to human medicine and there is broad scientific consensus that overusing these drugs promotes antibiotic resistance, which is a growing public health threat.

Currently, drug makers only report their total sales, but don?t have to distinguish which species the drugs are intended for or indicate what portion were used exclusively for food animals. The legislation would for the first time require feed mills, where many farmers are able to buy antimicrobial drugs in bulk, to report data to FDA. According to Waxman?s office, ?The bill will require feed mills to submit data to FDA on the types, purposes, and quantities of antibiotics being given to animals through feed.?

According to a breakdown of the legislation provided by Consumers Union, which is strongly supporting the proposal, the bill would only require reporting for drugs given to food-producing animals ? excluding pets and horses ? and would only apply to antibiotics that are considered important for human medicine. Perhaps most importantly, the law would require feed mills to report on what the antibiotics are used for, whether it be growth promotion or disease prevention, control or treatment.

Over the summer, FDA said it was considering adding similar reporting to the requirements under the Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2008. In a Federal Register notice, the agency noted that ?collecting data on antimicrobial drugs used in food-producing animals will assist FDA in tracking antimicrobial use trends and examining how such trends may relate to antimicrobial resistance.?

The congressman?s effort follows his colleague Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY), who has repeatedly introduced the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA), a bill that has more than 100 cosponsors in the House, but has not gained the traction needed to advance in Congress. The legislation would phase in a ban on the use of medically important antibiotics on healthy food-producing animals, while containing to allow their use on the treatment of sick animals.

Meanwhile, antibiotic resistant pathogens remain a problem for the meat and poultry products that Americans consume every day. For the most recent report from the federal government on antibiotic resistant pathogens on food products, see: New Data on Antimicrobial Resistance a Mixed Bag.

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Source: http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2012/10/rep-waxman-seeks-legislation-to-improve-reporting-for-antibiotics-in-agriculture/

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Cull 'not good deal' for taxpayer

The badger cull in England will cost the taxpayer much more than it saves, an analysis by a UK expert suggests.

While farmers may see economic benefits, the public costs of licensing and policing will exceed ?1m in each pilot area, claims Prof John McInerney.

Shooting badgers is not a good deal in economic terms, the former member of the government's Independent Scientific Group on cattle TB, says.

The NFU said it supported the policy as "TB is getting worse not better".

Professor John McInerney bases his estimates, which have not been published, on Defra's bovine TB impact assessment.

Based on culling in a 150 sq km zone (smaller than the pilot areas) over four years, he said the total costs amount to ?1.55m.

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No other country in the world has ever got on top of this disease without also tackling the reservoir of infection in the wildlife host, thereby breaking the cycle of infection between badgers and cattle?

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Of this, ?215,000 is the cost to farmers of paying for shooting the badgers, while the cost to the public purse for the likes of licensing and policing amounts to ?1.335m.

Assuming bovine TB falls by 16% over nine years, as estimates from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) suggest, the economic benefits will reach ?972,000, he said.

This adds up to a net saving for the farmer (?215,000 cost vs ?324,000 benefit) but a net cost to the public purse (?1.335m cost vs ?648,000 saving).

"Overall it's not a good deal," Prof McInerney, emeritus professor of agricultural policy, University of Exeter, said. "It's a good deal for farmers, given how much they pay towards it, but it's a bad deal for taxpayers in strict economic terms."

But he added: "That does not include any of the personal, social costs or stress, or the costs or value associated with badgers themselves."

Andrew Praill, of the British Veterinary Association and president of the British Cattle Veterinary Association, described the figures as "simplistic".

He said it was evident that farmers were committed to the policy as they were prepared to deposit funds to cover the costs of shooting badgers.

"There is fair evidence that the farmers are confident that they are going to end up with a positive result," he said.

Package of measures

Commenting on the estimate, revealed at a briefing by scientific experts in London, the NFU said it supported the government policy of culling badgers because "TB is getting worse not better".

NFU President Peter Kendall said: "34,000 cattle were culled in Great Britain last year alone because they reacted to a TB test. No cattle vaccine is available, and one with the ability to provide near whole herd immunity is years away.

"Badger vaccine is being used and will continue to be used as part of the package of measures in this policy to try and halt the spread of TB.

"But we must remember that no other country in the world has ever got on top of this disease without also tackling the reservoir of infection in the wildlife host, thereby breaking the cycle of infection between badgers and cattle."

Parliamentary debate

Two pilot culls have been given the provisional go-ahead in Gloucestershire and Somerset, which will involve the shooting of free-running badgers over large areas for the next four years.

The Gloucestershire zone covers 300 sq km, while the Somerset pilot zone is 250 sq km.

Farmers say the cull is necessary to stop badgers spreading TB to cattle, a problem which cost farmers and the government an estimated ?150m last year.

The policy has caused heated debate, with backbench MPs securing a parliamentary debate on the issue in the wake of an e-petition which has been signed by more than 150,000 people.

Wales has chosen to follow a policy of vaccinating badgers, while Scotland does not have a TB problem.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19981171#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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The Town of Minto Savours the Flavours of Success | Ontario ...

Last week the small Town of Minto proved you don?t have to travel to the big city to savour big flavours with their local food and chef showcase: Savour the Flavours.

Only 14 hours after tickets went on sale, Savour the Flavours had sold out. With 300 tickets available and a regional population of only a little over 8000, it was clear that this was a fall culinary event not to be missed!

Thanks to the Minto Chamber of Commerce, I had the opportunity to attend and find out just what everyone was so eager about.

Savour the Flavours pairs local producers with chefs from the region to create a potluck style dinner made up of various sample-sized dishes.

The event was held at the Harriston Curling Club. Combining cozy small town charm with fine dining flare, the rink was outfitted with round dining tables draped with white table cloths; proper silverware and wine glasses shared table space with figurines of autumnal vegetables and plastic ketchup and mustard bottles filled with South Street Cafe?s Honey-Citrus Vinaigrette and Feige?s Honey-Mustard and Poppyseed Dressing.

South Street?s Durham Wheat Flatbread with Smoked Trout Mousse

Over 34 producers, chefs and businesses participated in the event, ranging from fine dining establishments such as Artisanale (Guelph) and Cork (Elora) to small-scale craft food and drink producers like Cedarwood Honey (Minto Township) and MacLean?s Ales (West Grey), not to mention local farmers like ReRoot Organics (Harriston) and Windy Field Farms (Grand Valley).

The purpose of the annual event is to educate and promote local food and to showcase the diversity of high quality products being created around the Town of Minto. And there was no question about the quality.

Earthy mushroom croustades with a fresh green salad served at the table kept some of us seated while others lined up to fill their plates at the vendor booths.

Windy Field Farms? Mushrooms

Every dish was well-crafted and showcased unique and delicious flavours.? A few of the dishes that really stood out for me included: Cork?s Pumpkin Polenta Terrine, Veky?s Kale Salad, Harriston Bakery?s Maple Pecan Butternut Squash Pie with Mapleton?s Organic ice cream, and Maclean?s Pale Ale. (You can find the full menu listed below!)

Chef Ben from Cork

Glancing about the rink in a near-swoon caused by the exceptional (and abundant!) local fare piled onto my plate, I noticed I was not alone. At every table people were gesticulating about the food, mouths and plates full. Those in line (going back for seconds or thirds perhaps?) were also chatting excitedly in anticipation.

The people here?the one?s responsible for making Savour the Flavours a sold out event?knew they would taste some of the freshest and highest quality ingredients, while at the same time supporting the local community?no commutes or Michelin stars required!

The event was a clear reminder that despite all the hype and fanaticism around big city trends and fine dining events, there is an abundance of talented and creative growers, chefs and businesses offering delicious food to be found in the less traveled regions of Ontario.

Your challenge, if you wish to accept it, is to find them. You can get a head start by marking October 3, 2013 in your calendar for the next Savour the Flavours event!

Appetizers

  • Helen McFadzean?s Mushroom Croustades with Mushrooms from Windy Field Farms
  • Martin?s Family Green Salad with South Street Honey-Citrus Vinaigrette or Feige?s Honey-Mustard & Poppyseed Dressing

Mains

  • Artisanale?s Warm Roasted Chicken and Crouton Salad
  • College Heights? Grilled Mediterranean Lamb Chops served with Boulang?re Potatoes
  • Cork?s Pumpkin Polenta Terrine with Roasted Garlic and River?s Edge Goat Cheese
  • CrumbleFeige?s Various Cuts of Black Angus Beef, Beef Tongue Soup and Cauliflower and Broccoli Salad
  • Harry Stones? Chicken Alfredo with Garlic Bread
  • South Street Cafe?s Savoury French Profiterole, Rustic Pork Rillette, and Pickled Oven Roasted Tomato
  • The Harvest Table?s Pulled Pork with Apple Barbecue Sauce served on Baguette
  • Veky?s Curried Beet Soup, Beef Carpaccio, and Kale Salad
  • Woodpecker?s Butternut Squash Soup and Potato Soup

Desserts

  • Cedarwood?s Lavender Honey
  • Filsinger?s Organic Pear Butter on Crackers
  • Harriston Bakery?s Maple Pecan Butternut Squash Pie with Home-Whipped Topping
  • M&M Meats Mini Cream Puffs, Mini Eclairs, ?Just Cheesecake? with Fruit and Double Caramel Cream Cheesecake
  • Mapleton?s Organic unique selection of ice creams
  • Scoop-It?s Carrot Pineapple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Beverages

  • Carrick Wine?s Partridge Eye White, Forty Hills Red and Gravel Run Cider
  • Neustadt Brewery?s Neustadt Lager and 10W30
  • Maclean Brewery?s Maclean?s Pale Ale
  • Elizabethan Tea Catering?s selection of teas
  • Filsinger?s Organic Grape Juice
  • Infusion Coffee?s Serious Sumatra, Peruvian Pleasure and Colombian Swiss Water Decaf coffees
  • Wellesley Apple Cider
  • Wellington County Dairy Producer?s Chocolate Milk

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Source: http://ontarioculinary.com/events/savourmintoflavours

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Family Tree Tuesday ? Cokie Roberts

Cokie Roberts

Cokie Roberts is an American journalist and author. She is a contributing senior news analyst for National Public Radio as well as a regular round table analyst for the current This Week With George Stephanopoulos. She also works as a political commentator for ABC News, serving as an on-air analyst for the network. Roberts serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations such as the Kaiser Family Foundation. She is the author of the national bestseller We Are Our Mother?s Daughters as well as Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation.

Roberts was born Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs on December 27, 1943 in New Orleans, Louisiana to the late Hale Boggs and Lindy Boggs. She is the youngest of three children. Her sister was the late Barbara Boggs Sigmund and her brother is Thomas ?Tommy??Hale Boggs, Jr., a prominent Washington, D.C. attorney and lobbyist. Roberts received her nickname ?Cokie? from her brother, who could not pronounce ?Corinne?.

Hale Boggs

Hale Boggs was an American Democratic politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was first elected to the U.S. House for the Second District serving from 1941-1943, at the time he was the youngest elected member of Congress at the age of 26. After an unsuccessful re-election bid in 1942, he joined the United States Navy as an ensign and served the remainder of World War II. Boggs was elected again to congress in 1946 and was then re-elected thirteen times. On October 16, 1972, he was aboard a twin engine Cessna 310 with Representative Nick Begich of Alaska when it disappeared during a flight from Anchorage to Juneau. Neither the wreckage of the plane nor the pilot?s and passengers? remains were ever found. The accident prompted Congress to pass a law mandating Emergency Locator Transmitters in all U.S. civil aircraft. Both Boggs and Begich were re-elected that November. By special election Boggs? wife Lindy was elected as a Democrat to the 93rd Congress to the second district left vacant by Boggs? death.

Lindy Boggs

Lindy Boggs served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1973-1991 and later as United States Ambassador to the Holy See from 1997-2001. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Louisiana and she was the first female to preside over a major party convention as a permanent chairwoman at the 1976 Democratic National Convention.

Barbara Boggs Sigmund was mayor of Princeton, New Jersey from 1983-1990 and a candidate for U.S. Senate from New Jersey in 1982. Sigmund founded Womanspace, a Mercer County, New Jersey non-profit agency that provides services to victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence. She had lost an eye battling cancer and wore an eye patch that became iconic when she attended events as the mayor, sporting an eye patch that matched her outfit. She died of cancer in 1990.

Cokie married professor and fellow journalist, Steven V. Roberts in 1966. He was a senior writer at U.S. News & World Report?for seven years where he is now a contributing editor. Roberts appears regularly on ABC Radio, Washington Week in Review, CNN, Hardball with Chris Matthews, and often fills in as substitute host of The Diane Rehm Show?on National Public Radio. Cokie and Steven write a nationally syndicated newspaper column and are contributing writers for USA Weekend. Their daughter, Rebecca Boggs Roberts is also a journalist. She was one of the hosts of POTUS ?08 on XM Radio, which offered live daily coverage of the 2008 presidential election. She also served as a substitute host for Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, and Weekend Edition Sunday?on National Public Radio.

Did you know Cokie Roberts? is a Mayflower descendant? Her 11th great grandfather was William Brewster!

Check out Cokie Roberts? family tree and see how you may be related!

Source: http://www.geni.com/blog/family-tree-tuesday-cokie-roberts-377805.html

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