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Founding Father frenemies Hamilton and Burr 'Duel With the Devil'
History may be written by the victors, but Alexander Hamilton became a victor by writing history. He died at the hands of lifelong rival Aaron Burr in a famous duel, yet posterity has been kinder to Hamilton because of the power of his pen. During his...Tags: Authors, Edgar Allan Poe, Entertainment, NBC (tv network), Murder
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READER SUBMITTED: Looking for Vendors For Annual Ellsworth Homestead Flea Market
StatewideThe annual "Olde Time Flea Market and Ice Cream Social" sponsored by the Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution (CTDAR) and the Ellsworth Memorial Association (EMA) featuring housewares, furniture, antiques, arts and crafts, collectibles,...Tags: American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Foods and Beverages, Windsor (Hartford, Connecticut), John Adams, Ice Cream
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Column: Palmer Raids Redux: The NSA versus civil liberties
Reuters(Reuters) - During the "Red Scare" that swept the United States in the wake of Russia's 1917 Bolshevik revolution, the Justice Department launched a cycle of raids against radicals and leftists. The U.S. attorney general, a once-celebrated Progressive...Tags: Civil Rights, Freedom of the Press, New York City Police Department, U.S. Congress, Feminism
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TV Picks: 'Major Crimes,' kid sci-fi, the Tonys, 'Falling Skies'
Los Angeles Times Television Critic"Major Crimes" (TNT, Mondays). The sequel to the beloved "The Closer" begins its second season this week, with Mary McDonnell back as Capt. Sharon Raydor, the head of a fictional Los Angeles Police Department unit devoted to ... major crimes. The transfer...Tags: CBS Corp., Entertainment Events, FBI, The Aquabats (music group), Academy Awards
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TSA to continue prohibiting carry-on pocket knives on planes
Under pressure from lawmakers and flight attendants, the Transportation Security Administration said it would indefinitely prohibit passengers from carrying small pocket knives on planes — a ban that began after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The...
Tags: Michael Grimm, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Edward J Markey, Transportation Security Administration, Los Angeles International Airport
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PRESS BOX ROUNDUP: Woods top-paid athlete again, OSU's Gee to remain involved
ReutersThe Sports Xchange PRESS BOX ROUNDUP: Woods top-paid athlete again, OSU's Gee to remain involved Tiger Woods is not only at the top of the world golf rankings, he's No. 1 on the annual Forbes list of the world's highest paid athletes. After a one-...Tags: Pittsburgh Penguins, Basketball, Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, National Hockey League
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A rare-book bonanza in the digital age? 'Common Sense' says yes
The digital era has been good for old books, an expert in rare books said earlier this week. Matthew Haley, head of rare books and manuscripts at the Bonhams auction house in London, said that news of rare books moves faster and wider than ever before...
Tags: Mount Vernon, Auction Service, Arts and Culture, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Charles Darwin
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Parkland grad Jessica Holtz part of group marketing C.J. McCollum
Jessica Holtz was making the familiar trek in 1998 from New Milford, N.J., to New York City. She always looked forward to traveling the New Jersey Turnpike and over the George Washington Bridge into Manhattan, because at the end of the ride was a walk...
Tags: Michael Carter-Williams, Basketball, National Hockey League, Denver Nuggets, Media Industry
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Letters to the Editor: Zimmerman's charges, Lyman High School, special-interest wars
Zimmerman's charges As if the Casey Anthony trial wasn't mind-blowing enough, here we go with the George Zimmerman trial. In both cases, it seems getting a conviction takes precedence over finding out what really happened. So the public will be...
Tags: Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Al-Qaeda, Crime, Law and Justice, Caylee Anthony, Casey Anthony
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Choosing sides in Afghanistan
Hamid Karzai has been president of Afghanistan for a long time — since the end of 2001, when he was installed by a U.S.-led alliance. At the time, he seemed a charming, English-speaking leader with a colorful wardrobe who could craft a democratic,...
Tags: Hamid Karzai, Kabul (Afghanistan), Afghanistan, Alvaro Uribe, U.S. Elections
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Stolen documents return to the Maryland Historical Society
They left the Maryland Historical Society tucked inside the coat pockets and notebooks of Barry Landau and his assistant, but the historical documents returned in manila envelopes, neatly packed inside a gray cardboard file box. Authorities continue...
Tags: Andrew Johnson, FBI, Abraham Lincoln, Libraries, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment
GOVERNOR-SPECIAL SESSION Special legislative session scheduled for June 22 PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Governor Dennis Daugaard (DOO'-gahrd) says he will call the South Dakota Legislature into a special session on June 22nd to deal with cost overruns in...Tags: Labor Disputes, U.S. Senate, AAA, Abraham Lincoln, Manufacturing and Engineering
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