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Robust recruitment of female candidates boost Democratic election hopes in rough year
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- A woman nicknamed Rocky. A daughter of former migrant farmworkers. A child of politics.
• These female candidates for the House embody Democratic hopes in a rough election year.
• President Barack Obama's unpopularity is a drag on his fellow Democrats, and no one is talking seriously about breaking the GOP lock on the House in midterm elections, when the president's party traditionally loses seats.
• But Democrats, after robust recruiting of female candidates, are counting on women to knock out a few GOP men.
• That's where Rocky from New Mexico -- 39-year-old Roxanne "Rocky" Lara -- comes in.
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A greener White House: Project finishes installing solar panels on roof of president's home
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- An array of solar panels blanketing the roof of the White House is getting its day in the sun.
• Technicians have finished installing the panels at the nation's most famous address, capping a project that President Barack Obama hopes will send a clear signal that renewable energy is both feasible and environmentally shrewd.
• Citing security and other concerns, the White House won't say how many panels now encase the top of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. or how much they cost. But the panels are expected to generate 6.3 kilowatts of solar power whenever the sun shines, the White House said, improving the building's energy efficiency.
• Obama seeks to use his personal example to spur American families and businesses to do more to reduce reliance on foreign energy and cut emissions blamed for global warming.
• "Solar panels at the White House are a really important message that solar is here, we are doing it, we can do a lot more," Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said in a video released by the White House.
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