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Actor Ed Asner, 83, treated for exhaustion in NW Ind.
GARY, Ind. (AP) — Ed Asner's publicist says the 83-year-old actor, who has been touring the country performing a one-man show for more than three years, has been hospitalized with exhaustion. Publicist Charles Sherman tells The Associated Press...
Tags: The Mary Tyler Moore Show (tv program), Ed Asner, Celebrities
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Portage man, 102, still regrets vote for Hoover
PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) — Catherine Bryan guided her husband of 67 years toward the ballot booth with a playful nod and a gentle push. "Now go do your civic duty again," she told him. Kenneth Bryan, who's 102 years old, didn't need any Election Day...Tags: Purdue University, Politics, Elections, Employees, Voting
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Niles veteran recalls Japan's surprise attack 70 years later
BUCHANAN — Certainly, Earl “Judd’’ Walls knows what transpired 70 years ago at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The problem, he says, is that few others do. “I think most of them have (forgotten),’’ he said Wednesday, in...Tags: Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Unrest, Conflicts and War, American Legion, World War II (1939-1945), Japan
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After seven decades, Pearl Harbor fresh in vets' minds
The crude oil was already 30 inches deep on Battleship Row by the time 18-year-old Harold Helser arrived on the shore, looking for a way to help. Overhead, Japanese planes continued to drop bombs and strafe with their machine guns, as the Dec. 7, 1941,...Tags: Europe, U.S. Army, Weaponry, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Documentary (genre)
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Obama administration needs to change the conversation
By WILLIAM P. HOJNACKI I am very disappointed in the way that the Obama administration is dealing with the Republicans in the ongoing discussions concerning the federal budget. The administration has, once again, allowed the Republicans to set the agenda...Tags: Bill Clinton, Labor Markets, Budgets and Budgeting, Government, Safety of Citizens
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Superman, a hero with staying power
My nomination for American hero of the 20th century is someone who lived half his life in disguise and the other half as the world's most recognizable man. He appeared on more radio broadcasts than Ellery Queen and in more movies than Marlon Brando, who...
Tags: Nazi Party, Theft, Superman (fictional character), Heroism, Man of Steel (movie)
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Factbox: IRS's rich history of scandals, political abuse
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - A crisis engulfing the U.S. Internal Revenue Service over its scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status adds to a long history of scandal and abuse - both real and alleged - at the tax agency. Here are some high-...Tags: William Randolph Hearst, Politics, Internal Revenue Service, Taxation, U.S. Congress
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My Word: One step closer to freedom from fear
Years ago, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed four fundamental freedoms that all people everywhere ought to enjoy: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. Of the four, freedom from fear is the most difficult...Tags: Politics, FBI, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Freedom of the Press
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Naperville honors barbershop singers
Barbershop singing has remained on a short list of activities that might be enjoyed equally by teenagers and octogenarians since a revival of the turn-of-the-century music took off in the 1930s. A Naperville chapter of men's barbershop vocalists who...
Tags: Culture, The Happiest News!, Arts and Culture, Music, Parent Organizations
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Obama the latest in line of US presidents to face suggestions of political bias in IRS actions
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service controversy dogging President Barack Obama is hardly the first time a White House and the tax agency have been accused of political meddling and bias. Nor is it the first time that political and...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Crime, Law and Justice, George H.W. Bush, Richard Nixon, Internal Revenue Service
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Letters: What Keynes really thought
Re "Niall Ferguson's blooper," Opinion, May 7 Jonah Goldberg fails to address what is revealing about Niall Ferguson's ad hominem blooper on John Maynard Keynes' sexuality, for which the Harvard historian has given "an unqualified apology," according to... -
Why Maitland's billboard decision matters
The most outrageous thing about the Maitland City Council's attempt to ditch its 75-year ban on billboards is not that one of the 70-foot monstrosities could soon loom over a quiet neighborhood. And it's not that the City Council voted 3-2 in favor of...
Tags: Winter Park, Elections, Politics, Religion and Belief, Christianity
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