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Jesse Helms, 1921-2008
The SwampSen. Jesse Helms high-fives Johnathan Prevette, 6, of Lexington, N.C., during pre-race activities at Charlotte Motor Speedway near Concord, N.C., October 1996. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, file) by Frank James Jesse Helms, a conservative stalwart who for...Tags: Politics, United Nations, National or Ethnic Minorities, Agricultural Research and Technology, Parliament
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Obama vs Jesse: not just jealousy?
The Swampby Frank James The ever thoughtful Shelby Steele has an interesting take on why Jesse Jackson obviously isn't feeling Sen. Barack Obama the way so many other African Americans are. The editors of The Wall Street Journal's op-ed page gave......Tags: Minority Groups, Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Justice and Rights, National or Ethnic Minorities
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"DWTS:" Misty May-Treanor is Joining!
The TV Zone(Holly Stein photo) Do we need to mine deeply to figure out what the HUGE news from this ayem's "GMA" announcement is? Misty May-Treanor is gonna be a "DWTS" contestant. Plus a little more news outta this announcement, and......Tags: Hugh Hefner, Toni Braxton, Weeds (tv program), William Shatner, Susan Lucci
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Peggy: Tries to explain going off-message
Spin CycleEx-Reagan speechwriter and conservative icon Peggy Noonan, by the way, didn't call the Palin selection "bullshit" in her WSJ column this morning. She wrote: "Because she jumbles up so many cultural categories, because she is a feminist not in......Tags: Alaska, Arts and Culture
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Palin means 'It's Over': Peggy Noonan
The Swampby Frank James updated at 9:00 pm Peggy Noonan has written an explanation to her "It's over" comment which can be found on the Wall Street Journal site. Bottom line: she wasn't referring to Sen. John McCain's presidential aspirations......Tags: Texas, Mitt Romney, Politics, John McCain, NBC (tv network)
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Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton: High ceilings
The Swampby Mark Silva Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin: A couple of women celebrating "cracks in the glass ceiling'' this year -- Clinton was the first woman to win a major party's presidential primary election, the Democrats' in New Hampshire, and......Tags: Kissimmee, Politics, John McCain, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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Marlins Stadium Update No. 335i
The Business of Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsThe Marlins weren???t commenting today, but you know they have to pleased the Florida Supreme Court revised its opinion in the Strand v. Escambia County case from a year ago and ruled that bonds could be issued on large public......Tags: Court Administration, Local Government, Politics, Services and Shopping, Crime, Law and Justice
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Doughnuts as a symbol of consumer culture
Dining@LargeMy earlier post on Krispy Kreme's woes reminded me of a press release I got on a new book, Glazed America: A History of the Doughnut by Paul R. Mullins, associate professor and chair of anthropology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis:...Tags: Consumers, Purdue University, Commuting, Indiana University, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
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Obama, McCain debate: Closing a deal
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated at 11 pm It's entirely possible that we may have seen a draw tonight, in the first of the presidential election debates of the season. John McCain started tonight with a skaky voice on economic......Tags: White House, Politics, John McCain, Polls, Hempstead (Nassau, New York)
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Nixonland, RIP
Spin CycleFormer Hillary spokesman and Fox commentator Howard Wolfson, in a sharp post at TNR reviewing a new book by Rick Perlstein, predicts that this election will mark the end of "Nixonland" -- the 40-year political generation ushered in by......Tags: Richard Nixon, Politics, John McCain, George W. Bush, Arts and Culture
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Inaugural cast: Aretha, Yo-Yo and more
The Swampby Frank James The congressional committee handling the arrangements for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration has released the program for the event which will include famous entertainers like Aretha Franklin, Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman and a...Tags: White House, Local Government, Politics, Nancy Pelosi, Lake Forest
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Five NBA games to be played on Christmas Day/Night
WatchdogI briefly referenced the NBA's unprecedented, Christmas quintupleheader in my newspaper column, but here's the full schedule: Orlando vs. New Orleans, ESPN, 12 p.m. Phoenix vs. San Antonio, ABC, 2:30 p.m. Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston, ABC, 5 p.m.......Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Politics, John McCain, Regional Authority, Susan Lucci
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