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Polish far-right "flash mobs" scare liberal thinkers
Reuters* Masked young men ambush academic lectures, conferences * Liberals say far-right intimidating, could turn violent * New tactics combine soccer hooliganism and politics * Right-wing says it is defending Polish values By Marcin Goettig WARSAW, April...Tags: National Security Agency, Soccer, Politics, Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief
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Northern May 2013 graduates
More than 250 students will receive degrees during Northern State University’s spring commencement, exercises, which begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the NSU Barnett Center. ESPN sports journalist and best-selling author Buster Olney will deliver...Tags: Financial and Business Services, Medical Specialization, Religion and Belief, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Marketing
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Russian law on NGOs comes under fire at U.N. rights forum
Reuters* Western concern at new Russian law on "foreign agents" * U.S. calls for rescinding law, halting inspections * Justice minister defends Russia's record at U.N. debate By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, April 29 (Reuters) - Russia's new law on non-...Tags: Politics, Arts and Culture, Parties and Movements, Elections, Prosecution
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Colonial Virginia gentry embraced stranded North African
As the political epicenter of British America’s richest and most populous colony, the town of Williamsburg played host to a rich cross-spectrum of humanity during the 1700s. Planters, merchants and tradesmen of all shades and stripes came from...
Tags: Islam, Politics, Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief, Executive Branch
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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com. For more information on Dr. Blythe, go to pediatricassociates.com.
April 29, 2013
Q: My 5-year-old daughter just had her adenoids and tonsils removed because of snoring...Tags: Genetics, Procedural Sedation, Parmesan Cheese, Urinalysis, Meningitis
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Turkeyfoot historical center looking to modernize
Daily American Staff Writer, @daalyssacMembers of the Turkeyfoot Valley Historical Society are working in the dark until they receive funding to modernize their early 20th century building. The upper floor of the building has no electricity. "It's cold in the wintertime, hot in the...Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Arts and Culture, Culture, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Review: Darcy James Argue's Secret Society taps into Brooklyn
What does Brooklyn sound like? While the fashionably clad, underemployed youth of Lena Dunham's "Girls" may spring to mind given the New York City borough's pop cultural footprint, bandleader Darcy James Argue paints a broader picture of a time and...
Tags: Entertainment, Girls (tv program), Brooklyn (New York City), New York City, Lena Dunham
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SW Indiana's Gibson County celebrates its bicentennial by paying homage to 19th century roots
PRINCETON, Ind. (AP) — A southwestern Indiana county has marked its bicentennial year by honoring the pioneer-era beginnings that saw its borders carved out of the Indiana wilderness. Local members of the National Society of the Daughters of the...Tags: French and Indian War, Arts and Culture, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Culture
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Freedom planted under Hampton oak
Few of the thousands of fugitive slaves who lived in Hampton’s vast Civil War refugee camps were taken by surprise when — on Jan. 1, 1863 — they received word that President Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation. A hundred...
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation Oak, Arts and Culture, Barack Obama, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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Maynard praised as tough, capable prison administrator
In a career that's spanned more than four decades in four states, Gary D. Maynard has dealt with inmate sex scandals, prison riots, suicides and shrinking public safety budgets. Last week, the Maryland corrections secretary faced a bank of TV cameras...
Tags: Black Guerrilla Family, Politics, Arts and Culture, Executive Branch, Safety of Citizens
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Edwin R. "Ed" Itnyre, 85
Edwin Recher "Ed" Itnyre, 85, of Boonsboro, Md., passed from this life Friday, April 26, 2013, at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Md. Born Jan. 25, 1928, in Boonsboro, he was the son of the late Earl R. and Margaret E. (Recher) Itnyre. Ed...
Tags: Kensington, U.S. Army, Human Interest, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Petroleum Industry
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U.S., county celebrated bicentennials in 1976
"Rediscover America 1976 Bicentennial Celebration, United States of America-Washington County, Maryland, 1776-1976" was the full name of an event that would involve most of the members of the Washington County Historical Society and the community, as a...Tags: Human Interest, Auction Service, Abraham Lincoln, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Gerald Ford
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