Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture

Carol Padden

	Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture
	Published: 01 September, 1990
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Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture

Obama says he's decided on running mate (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_el_pr/veepstakes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080821/capt.cps.njb97.210808213939.photo00.photo.default-512x354.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=cNp9zcFPK.GFMCuKxF9wCA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential candidate US Senator Barack Obama speaks during a discussion on economy at John Tyler Community College in Chester, Virginia. Nigeria's anti-graft agency said Thursday it has opened an inquiry into the organisation by the head of the stock exchange of a fundraising dinner linked to Obama.(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)" border="0" /></a>AP - Barack Obama said Thursday he's chosen his running mate, but coyly kept all the details to himself as he campaigned with one leading contender and planned a major rally to present the Democratic ticket Saturday in Illinois.

Obama raps McCain for losing count of seven homes (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_houses"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.6c4ef62c078b4783aa1f6e28b32bf142.mccain_houses_wx204.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=0VMFSO5KgemOMGwztANc2w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this Feb. 5, 2008 file photo, Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., watches Super Tuesday election returns from the kitchen area of his home in Phoenix, Ariz. Days after he cracked that being rich in the U.S. meant earning at least $5 million a year, McCain acknowledged that he wasn't sure how many houses he and his wealthy wife actually own. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)" border="0" /></a>AP - John McCain may have created his own housing crisis. Hours after a report that the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting didn't know how many homes he and his multimillionaire wife own, Democratic rival Barack Obama launched a national TV ad and a series of campaign stops aimed at portraying McCain as wealthy and out of touch.

US, Iraq close in on deal for pullout of US troops (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080730/capt.3cda3b5db2de4a139b16fec1c903d229.iraq_us_troops_amma108.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=.wME1JotX5v1hSoJ1_UdKg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="A U.S. Army soldier from Hammer Company, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment stands guard near two suspected terrorists in Nahr al-Imam, about 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Wednesday, July 30, 2008. Twenty men were detained in the pre-dawn sweep. Nearly 50,000 Iraqi police and soldiers were involved in a U.S.-backed operation against al-Qaida in Iraq in one of its last major strongholds near the capital, a senior provincial official said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Iraq and the U.S. pushed close to a deal Thursday setting a course for American combat troops to pull out of Iraqi cities by next June on the way to broader withdrawal from the long and costly war by 2011.

Officials: Threats sent to McCain offices (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_office_threat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080820/capt.d38e0a8b17ba40f49a32b39916dadc02.mccain_2008_nmlcr102.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=VoqGqbEm9Ya2UOTTeSHi3w--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.,talks about various issues, including immigration and border security, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008 during a town hall meeting at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, N.M. (AP Photo/The La Cruces Sun-News, Shari Vialpando)" border="0" /></a>AP - Authorities say a threatening letter containing an unidentified white powder was sent to a John McCain campaign office in the Denver suburb of Centennial, and a similar letter was sent to a McCain office in Manchester, N.H.

US softball team loses 3-1 to Japan, denied gold (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_sof_us_japan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.edab923efdc8413aa350ed61b414c35c.aptopix_beijing_olympics_softballl_oly602.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=ZJvKHkteCZKbeD0b3uIYTg--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="The Japanese women's softball team celebrates winning the gold medal against the USA by tossing their coach Haruka Saito in the air at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)" border="0" /></a>AP - Losing for the first time since 2000, the U.S. softball team was denied a chance for a fourth straight gold medal Thursday, beaten 3-1 by Japan in the sport's last appearance in the Olympics for at least eight years — and maybe for good.

Fire brought down 7 WTC on 9/11, not explosion, report finds (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_go_ot/attacks_collapse"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.b400b93d105c4071b1357216b4c4f9a4.attacks_collapse_wx104.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=LjRuhBR8fLQgcl4qaipqWA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="In this Sept. 18, 2001 file photo, a red crane looms over the smoldering wreckage of World Trade Center Building 7 in New York. Federal investigators said Thursday they have solved one of the undying mysteries of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks: the collapse of World Trade Center building 7, a source of long-running conspiracy theories.(AP Photo/Roberto Borea, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Federal investigators said Thursday they have solved a mystery of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks: the collapse of World Trade Center building 7, a source of long-running conspiracy theories.

Saber-toothed cat fossils discovered in Venezuela (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_sc/venezuela_saber_toothed_cats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.6abe0231a266417da4882e6325eda335.venezuela_saber_toothed_cats_xlat101.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=VtYOGchQs3kzlHIfLZwxCw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="In this undated photo released by Ascanio Rincon, a fossil of a type of saber-toothed cat is seen. An ancient tar pit exposed when state oil workers laid a pipeline has yielded a rich trove of fossils, including a type of saber-toothed cat that paleontologists never found in South America before, and scientists say it holds the promise of many discoveries to come.(AP Photo/Ascanio Rincon)" border="0" /></a>AP - An ancient tar pit exposed when Venezuelan oil workers laid a pipeline has yielded a rich trove of fossils, including a type of saber-toothed cat that paleontologists had never found before in South America. Scientists say the find holds the promise of many discoveries to come.

Seinfeld to be pitchman for Microsoft (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_en_tv/microsoft_seinfeld"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.b7cbbdc3ba034673ab1a66f08e5b5ab5.people_seinfeld_microsoft_nyet573.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=aWjwZODVNIaeDYwGCkQlxw--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="In this May 27, 2008 file photo, Jerry Seinfeld attends the premiere of 'Sex and the City' at Radio City Music Hall in New York. The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008, that Seinfeld will be a key pitchman in a planned $300 million fall ad campaign for the software giant. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Junior Mints, Yoo-hoo, Drake's Coffee Cakes, puffy shirts: These are all things Jerry Seinfeld has endorsed — at least in his alter ego on his classic sitcom. Now, add Microsoft software.

Fla. deputies Taser Plop-Plop the unruly emu (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_fe_st/odd_tasered_emu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.e55a2c37e2244cc7ad1c4e9a352eae74.odd_tasered_emu_flpan101.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=mz7v07bcjicmnXhryoe8BA--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="Animal control officer Rochelle Ferrera rubs Plop-Plop, a female emu under the chin, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008,at the Bay County Animal Control Center in Panama City, Fla. Bay County Sheriff's deputies were forced to use a Taser to subdue Plop-Plop on Monday after she escaped from a farm last weekend. (AP Photo/The News Herald Panama City, Fla., Jonas Hogg)" border="0" /></a>AP - Bay County Sheriff's deputies were forced to use a Taser to subdue an escaped emu named Plop-Plop. The large female bird escaped from a farm last weekend and on Monday, she holed up with some horses and goats in a pen.

Lowe pitches Dodgers past Rockies 3-1 (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bbn_rockies_dodgers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.a900c81ada704c02aab8c480f4b56f16.rockies_dodgers_baseball_cars101.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=f3E9pHfEmQ7rnhNmlTA.pA--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="Los Angeles Dodgers starter Derek Lowe pitches to the Colorado Rockies in the first inning of a National League baseball game in Los Angeles, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Derek Lowe cooled off Colorado by allowing one run in 6 1-3 innings, James Loney homered and had two RBIs, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Rockies 3-1 Thursday to salvage the finale of a three-game series.

Obama sharpens attack on McCain (Reuters)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/ts_nm/usa_politics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080820/i/ra1762745100.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=PadJ30hwHLFeDcjpP3qu_g--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="Presumptive U.S. presidential nominees Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) are shown in this combination of file photographs from campaign stops from July 18, 2008 in Warren Michigan (McCain) and August 4, 2008 (Obama) in Lansing, Michigan. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/Files" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama attacked Republican John McCain on Thursday for not knowing how many houses he owns and said it proves his presidential rival is out of touch with the economic struggles of most Americans.

Russia promises to start Georgia pullback (Reuters)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/ts_nm/georgia_ossetia_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080822/2008_08_21t091214_450x306_us_georgia_ossetia.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=ObY2AD_d6wTG88PTiSjb9A--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Elderly ethnic Georgians wait to be evacuated to Gori by Russia's Emergencies Ministry from the village of Kheiti, near the breakaway region's capital Tskhinvali, August 21, 2008. (Denis Sinyakov/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Russia said it would complete a pullback of troops in Georgia by the end of Friday but it stopped short of the extensive withdrawal demanded by the West, saying it would keep a force deep inside Georgia's heartland.

Appeals court sends wiretap case back to lower court (Reuters)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/pl_nm/security_usa_wiretap_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_21t160817_302x450_us_security_usa_wiretap.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=KNakf8W68NA47kYzrFfwJA--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="A phone is seen in a file photo. (Catherine Benson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A federal appeals court on Thursday declined to rule on whether lawsuits seeking to target President George W. Bush's warrantless wiretapping are covered by secrecy laws or can be challenged in court.

Fannie and Freddie debt gains, deep share dive abates (Reuters)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/bs_nm/fannie_freddie_shares_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080822/2008_08_20t154325_450x312_us_fannie_freddie_shares.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=FHwmtPalDc_gYdreDqpeSA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A home that has been foreclosed and repossessed by the bank up for sale in Burbank, California, July 20, 2008. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Investors' growing belief in the likelihood of a federal bailout of home-funding giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac triggered a rally in the debt prices of the two companies on Thursday while a steep fall in their shares prices abated.

Iraq says no firm dates in draft U.S. troops deal (Reuters)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/pl_nm/iraq_rice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080822/2008_08_21t140833_450x364_us_iraq_rice.jpg?x=130&y=105&q=85&sig=pkBW_IieYPH2VZ.XTQ4ABg--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice shakes hands with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari after a news conference in the heavy fortified Green Zone in Baghdad August 21, 2008. (Ali Abbas/Pool/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A draft agreement between the United States and Iraq contains no fixed dates for U.S. forces to withdraw, but Iraq would like combat troops out by the end of 2011, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said on Thursday.

Al Qaeda north African wing claims Algeria bombs (Reuters)

Reuters - Al Qaeda's north African wing has claimed responsibility for two car bombs in Algeria which killed 12 people and wounded 42 this week, the Al Jazeera television network said on Thursday.

Jamaica sweeps the sprint golds in Beijing (Reuters)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/ts_nm/olympics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_21t105546_450x306_us_olympics.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=YrnfIeEkwIEr22mWNs_U1A--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="The Japanese softball team celebrates after winning the gold medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 21, 2008. (Danny Moloshok/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Jamaica made a clean sweep of Olympic sprint golds on Thursday with victory in the women's 200 meters humbling the United States, the traditional track and field superpower.

U.S. regulation stops short of defining abortion (Reuters)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/pl_nm/abortion_usa_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_21t153335_450x315_us_abortion_usa.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=tZFoLO1pUvF5LEFxp9760w--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Abortion rights demonstrators (R) share the plaza with pro-life demonstrators (L) in front of the Supreme Court to mark the 35th anniversary of Roe vs Wade, the landmark legislation which allowed abortion rights, during a rally in Washington January 22, 2008. (Mike Theiler/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Health officials released a controversial regulation on Thursday to protect health professionals who do not want to provide abortions or certain other health care services.

Suicide blasts kill 64 at Pakistan arms factory (AFP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/ts_afp/pakistanunrestmilitarysuicide"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080821/capt.cps.nja35.210808181630.photo00.photo.default-410x512.jpg?x=104&y=130&q=85&sig=y2KTCmpEL..kVBLlgiaZJQ--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="Map locating the double suicide attacks in Wah, Pakistan. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Pakistan's main army munitions factory, killing 64 workers in the deadliest attack on a military installation in the country's history.(AFP Graphic/null)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Pakistan's main army munitions factory Thursday, killing 64 workers in the deadliest attack on a military installation in the country's history.

Relatives face grim mission to identify Madrid crash victims (AFP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/ts_afp/spainairaccident"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080821/capt.cps.njc02.210808214642.photo05.photo.default-512x280.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=DaEnm7Q3fKbc.fdJVVBPNg--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="A bus displays a black ribbon on its windscreen in Las Palmas in honour of the victims of the August 20 Spanair crash. Distraught relatives struggled Thursday to identify the charred remains of 153 victims of the Madrid jet disaster as investigators scoured the wreckage for clues to Spain's worst air crash in decades.(AFP/Desiree Martin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Distraught relatives of the 153 victims of the Madrid airline disaster struggled Thursday to identify charred remains of their loved ones as investigators scoured the wreckage for clues.

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