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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: Ed Asner, The Mary Tyler Moore Show (tv program), 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: Career and Workplace, Employees, Voting, Purdue University, Elections
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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: World War II (1939-1945), Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Japan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, American Legion
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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: Human Interest, World War II (1939-1945), U.S. Army, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Japan
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Goldberg: Obama's 'idiot' defense
Although there's still a great deal to be learned about the scandals and controversies swirling around the White House like so many ominous dorsal fins in the surf, the nature of President Obama's bind is becoming clear. The best defenses of his...Tags: Woodrow Wilson, CBS Corp., Barack Obama, September 11, 2001 Attacks, John F. Kennedy
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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: Productivity, Safety of Citizens, Labor Markets, Bill Clinton, Unemployment Benefits
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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: Entertainment, Heart Attack, Ku Klux Klan, Theft, Media Industry
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Ben Jealous: Black farm ownership overcoming decades of discrimination
There is no way to make up for decades of discrimination that crippled the proud history of black farm ownership. But we can do our best to move forward. In 1999 the U.S. Department of Agriculture agreed to settle the civil rights lawsuit Pigford v...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Discrimination, NAACP, Justice and Rights
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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: Internal Revenue Service, White House, Taxation, American Enterprise Institute, William Randolph Hearst
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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: Human Interest, Culture, Entertainment, Ceremonies, 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: IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Parties and Movements, John F. Kennedy, Politics, George W. Bush
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Review: "A Curious Man" by Neal Thompson
In 1933, Robert Ripley crash-landed into Chicago, opening his first "Odditorium" exhibition at the World's Fair. At the showing, writes Neal Thompson in “A Curious Man,” a fascinating and fun biography of the "Believe It or Not!" creator,...Tags: Heart Attack, Newspapers, Newspaper and Magazine, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Arts and Culture
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