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Earth-like planet just a ‘stroll’ away? Sci-fi knew that all along
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesWe're in no danger of a Crisis on Infinite Earths, but the discovery of an Earth-like planet just 13 light-years ...... -
Unions suffer sharp decline in membership
WASHINGTON (AP) — Union membership plummeted last year to the lowest level since the 1930s as cash-strapped state and local governments shed workers and unions had difficulty organizing new members in the private sector despite signs of an improving...
Tags: Washington, DC, Employment Opportunities, Scott Walker, Republican Party, Regional Authority
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For Obama and Roberts, second time's the charm
Inaugurations are more comfortable the second time around. For President Barack Obama and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., it's not likely there will be a repeat in their encore performance of Chief Justice Roberts' flub of the words in the presidential...
Tags: John G. Roberts, Jr., Arts and Culture, University of Chicago, Barack Obama, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Religious tensions play out in inaugural
There may be no clearer reflection of this moment in American religious life than the tensions surrounding prayers at President Barack Obama's inauguration. Efforts by the Presidential Inaugural Committee to bridge the conservative-liberal divide by...Tags: Protestantism, Republican Party, Minority Groups, Roy Blunt, George H.W. Bush
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Despite bullets in Miami, FDR conquered Central Florida in open motorcade
Preparations for the 57th Inauguration on Jan. 21 inspire recollections of storied presidential visits to Central Florida. When Grover Cleveland arrived in 1888, for example, his reception was a bit chilly: The Orlando Ice Works presented him with a...
Tags: Polio, Barack Obama, Rollins College, George Washington, Grover Cleveland
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Obama's quest for greatness
WASHINGTON -- The "legacy thing" may be harder than Barack Obama imagines. Beginning his second term, Obama has a focused, though unstated, agenda: to achieve presidential greatness in the eyes of historians and Americans. In this, he will almost...
Tags: Washington, DC, Medicare, Environmental Issues, Wars and Interventions, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Lessons for Obama from reading inaugurals past [Video chat]
Editor's note: Join Hector Tobar and book critic David L. Ulin on the Jacket Copy blog for a live video chat on the literary legacy of American inaugurations in general, and President Obama's 2013 inauguration in particular, on Tuesday at 10 a.m. Pacific....
Tags: Barack Obama, Sonia Sotomayor, Woodrow Wilson, John F. Kennedy
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Hidden functions can increase an item's value
A toy with hidden parts that give it a second use can add to its value, so look carefully at unfamiliar playthings. A teddy bear sometimes has a hidden music box inside or is made to be used as a muff. A tiny bear with a removable head can actually be a...Tags: Auction Service, Northwood, Toy Industry, Music, Entertainment
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Letters: Fiction vs. nonfiction
Re “What students read,” Editorial, Dec. 27 It's a mistake to believe that fiction is intrinsically superior to nonfiction. The ideas expressed in great speeches over the years, for example, hold their own against the classics because they...Tags: Arts and Culture, Literature
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Revisionism Tokyo-style
This month 75 years ago, the people of Nanking, China's ancient capital city, were in the midst of one of the worst atrocities in history, the infamous Rape of Nanking. The truth of what actually happened is at the center of a bitter dispute between China...
Tags: Criminals, China, Wars and Interventions, Politics, Nanjing (China)
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Liberals Nip at Obama as He Battles Republicans
You can already hear the rumbling in the distance -- a train of noisy liberal Democrats barreling straight for the White House. They should arrive just in time for President Barack Obama’s second inauguration. The president already has his hands...
Tags: Republican Party, Public Finance, Jerusalem (Israel), Politics, White House
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Ed Asner Returns To Former American Shakespeare Theatre
Hartford CourantEd Asner surveyed the building and grounds of what used to be the American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford Tuesday morning. It’s turf the seven-time Emmy Award winner (“The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Lou Grant,” “...Tags: Michael Shannon, John Houseman, Will Geer, Long Island, Barbara Barrie
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