Easley: Budget pleas 'falling on deaf ears' (WAVY 10) (4 clicks)
June 29 2008
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Gov. Mike Easley says his message to balance the state's budget appears to be "falling on deaf ears" in the General Assembly. Easley's staff met with House and Senate budget leaders Sunday.

Easley: Budget pleas 'falling on deaf ears' (ABC11 Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville) (5 clicks)
June 29 2008
Gov. Mike Easley stepped up the pressure -- and rhetoric -- on state lawmakers Sunday, saying his message to balance the budget appears to be "falling on deaf ears" in the General Assembly.

Easley: Budget Pleas 'Falling On Deaf Ears' (NBC 17 Raleigh) (3 clicks)
June 29 2008
RALEIGH, N.C. - Gov. Mike Easley says his message to balance the state's budget appears to be "falling on deaf ears" in the General Assembly.

Counselors getting ready to help campers at Cradle Beach have fun (The Buffalo News) (4 clicks)
June 29 2008
It's been almost 10 years, and Danielle Shaw still cannot get enough of Cradle Beach.

Pair get prison term for stealing disability check of deaf victim (The Republican) (6 clicks)
June 29 2008
SPRINGFIELD - Through an interpreter for deaf people, a young man told Hampden Superior Court Judge Constance M. Sweeney this week what it felt like to be held captive in a car by two men and robbed of his disability check.

Deaf cheerleaders bring new beat to KU camp (Lawrence Journal-World) (5 clicks)
June 29 2008
Through the vibrations of a drum, six cheerleaders from the Kansas School for the Deaf commanded people’s attention at Kansas University’s Spirit Camp. “We can do everything except hear,” said Marie Qualls, 21, the head coach of the KSD team. Qualls, a 2005 graduate from the state school, decided to bring her team to KU’s camp for the first time this year.

Deaf players add twist to Taylor's team (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette) (3 clicks)
June 29 2008
This is not where a body ought to be, at 10:30 on a summer morning. We ought to be outside. We ought to be poolside. We ought to be working on our tans, those of us who actually tan.

Girl pulled from school pool dies (11 News Houston) (4 clicks)
June 29 2008
A 9-year-old deaf girl who was pulled from the pool of T.H. Rogers Elementary Thursday has died.

After admitting robbing deaf man, 2 Springfield men get 5-8 years each in prison (The Republican) (4 clicks)
June 29 2008
SPRINGFIELD - Through an interpreter for deaf people, a young man told Hampden Superior Court Judge Constance M. Sweeney what it felt like to be held captive in a car and robbed of his disability check by two men.

School for the Deaf graduates seven students (WKTV Utica) (5 clicks)
June 29 2008
ROME - Seven students graduated from the New York State School for the Deaf on Friday afternoon. What sets this graduation apart from others is that the entire ceremony is presented in sign language.

NAD President To Keynote At Deaf Bilingual Coalition Conference (Medical News Today) (12 clicks)
June 29 2008
NAD President Bobbie Beth Scoggins has accepted an invitation to be one of six keynoters at the inaugural Deaf Bilingual Coalition (DBC) Conference in Milwaukee, WI, June 27-30. Dr. Scoggins will be speaking about early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) systems and how the deaf community can become involved in these systems and support deaf children and their families.

Agency To Reaffirm Gallaudet Accreditation (CBS 13 Baltimore) (6 clicks)
June 29 2008
Gallaudet University, the nation's only liberal arts college for the deaf, will have its accreditation reaffirmed after raising admissions standards and taking steps to improve its academics, according to its accrediting agency.

Knife revolution (BBC News) (9 clicks)
June 28 2008
Surgeons pick their top medical innovations.

3,494 and counting: Ballhawk in league all his own (USA Today) (5 clicks)
June 28 2008
Zack Hample can beg for a baseball in 32 languages, including Swahili, Swedish and sign. The baseball-seeking savant from Manhattan has tricks galore to help him snare a prized souvenir at a major league game, like lowering his glove on a string to pluck up a ball resting far below on the warning track during batting practice. Or his "fumbling with a slice of pizza" ploy to sneak past an usher ...

I'VE GOT IT!: 3,494 and counting: Ballhawk Zack Hample is in league all his own (Provo Daily Herald) (3 clicks)
June 28 2008
Pat Graham Zack Hample can beg for a baseball in 32 languages, including Swahili, Swedish and sign.

A boy and his dogs, with power (Detroit Free Press) (6 clicks)
June 28 2008
If you're looking for a new novel to occupy your summer, look no further. "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle," all 566 pages, is surprising and rewarding. It's worth savoring, both its story and its storytelling. Set mostly in the '70s on a farm in Wisconsin, David Wroblewski's debut is about a family that breeds and trains dogs.

School for the Deaf graduates seven students (WKTV Utica) (5 clicks)
June 28 2008
ROME - Seven students graduated from the New York State School for the Deaf on Friday afternoon. What sets this graduation apart from others is that the entire ceremony is presented in sign language.

NAD President To Keynote At Deaf Bilingual Coalition Conference (Medical News Today) (12 clicks)
June 28 2008
NAD President Bobbie Beth Scoggins has accepted an invitation to be one of six keynoters at the inaugural Deaf Bilingual Coalition (DBC) Conference in Milwaukee, WI, June 27-30. Dr. Scoggins will be speaking about early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) systems and how the deaf community can become involved in these systems and support deaf children and their families.

Pair get prison term for stealing disability check of deaf victim (The Republican) (6 clicks)
June 28 2008
SPRINGFIELD - Through an interpreter for deaf people, a young man told Hampden Superior Court Judge Constance M. Sweeney this week what it felt like to be held captive in a car by two men and robbed of his disability check.

Agency To Reaffirm Gallaudet Accreditation (CBS 13 Baltimore) (6 clicks)
June 28 2008
Gallaudet University, the nation's only liberal arts college for the deaf, will have its accreditation reaffirmed after raising admissions standards and taking steps to improve its academics, according to its accrediting agency.

Agency to reaffirm Gallaudet accreditation (WAVY 10) (5 clicks)
June 28 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's only liberal arts college for the deaf will have its accreditation reaffirmed. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education removed Gallaudet University from probation last November, when it gave Gallaudet a warning as the university worked toward reaccreditation.

Gallaudet University to Receive Reaccreditation (FOX 5 Washington D.C.) (1 click)
June 28 2008
Gallaudet University, the nation's only liberal arts college for the deaf, will have its accreditation reaffirmed after raising admissions standards and taking steps to improve its academics, according to its accrediting agency. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education had placed the northeast Washington school on probation and later gave it a warning as the university worked toward ...

Carle Breaks Ground on School for Deaf (FOX Champaign) (3 clicks)
June 28 2008
Expansion in Urbana Carle Foundation Hospital broke ground on a state-of-the-art school for the deaf. Story Provided By ABC Newschannel 15

UA program helps deaf children hear (KVOA Tucson) (4 clicks)
June 28 2008
Three-year old Samantha Soto is profoundly deaf in her left ear and wears a cochlear implant on her right ear. She can hear, interpret and communicate because of therapy like the REACH program through

Deaf community attends Timberfest (Today's Sunbeam) (3 clicks)
June 28 2008
ALLOWAY TWP. A social event for the deaf community drew hundreds of people this week to the Tall Pines Campground here. Included as part of the four-day event was a lumberjacking festival, but to the people who attended, it was much more.

After admitting robbing deaf man, 2 Springfield men get 5-8 years each in prison (The Republican) (4 clicks)
June 28 2008
SPRINGFIELD - Through an interpreter for deaf people, a young man told Hampden Superior Court Judge Constance M. Sweeney what it felt like to be held captive in a car and robbed of his disability check by two men.

3,494 and counting (Yahoo! Sports) (2 clicks)
June 28 2008
DENVER - Zack Hample can beg for a baseball in 32 languages, including Swahili, Swedish and sign.

School for the Deaf graduates seven students (WKTV Utica) (2 clicks)
June 28 2008
ROME - Seven students graduated from the New York State School for the Deaf on Friday afternoon. What sets this graduation apart from others is that the entire ceremony is presented in sign language.

what?s happening (The Olympian) (2 clicks)
June 28 2008
Tuesday

Sinclair Courseview celebrates its first year (The Pulse-Journal) (1 click)
June 28 2008
Residents flocked to the Sinclair Community College Courseview Campus on June 20 to experience science and the arts at the school's first Midsummer Fest.

Gambia: We Need More Sign Language Interpreters (AllAfrica.com) (4 clicks)
June 28 2008
Mr. Dodou Loum, the Executive Director of Gambia Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (GADHOH), has lamented that the deaf community in The Gambia are depending on only four (4) sign language interpreters countrywide to facilitate communication between the deaf and the rest of the hearing population.

Starting assignment (Carroll County Online) (4 clicks)
June 28 2008
Growing up without entering the deaf community and attending mainstream schools like Century High, Chris Jones never needed sign language. Not that he didn’t want to learn it. The desire had been there for years.

Signing school's special status (St Albans Observer) (3 clicks)
June 28 2008
A ST ALBANS special school has become the first signing school for deaf children to achieve specialist status. Heathlands School encourages the all-round educational development of young people who require sign language to access the curriculum.

Gallaudet Regroups (Washington Post) (2 clicks)
June 28 2008
A year and a half after student protesters shut down Gallaudet University for several days and accreditors warned of major problems, the school for the deaf got good news yesterday: Its accreditation will be reaffirmed.

One Special Housemate (Manila Bulletin) (2 clicks)
June 28 2008
PBB teen Priscilla Navidad is all revved up for a life of opportunities amid her hearing disability. New devices open communications for deaf Five years ago, the staff at Ken Gan’s auto repair shop told him they needed to find a better way of communicating with customers who were deaf.