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Six decades later, sons seek answers on death of Detrick scientist
First, the Army told Frank Olson's sons that the Fort Detrick scientist's death in a fall from a 13th-floor window of a New York hotel had been an accident. Then a presidential commission revealed that the CIA had given an unwitting Olson LSD as part of...
Tags: National Government, LSD, Central Intelligence Agency, Politics, Research
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Samuel L. Jackson on slavery, entertainment, guns in 'Django'
Samuel L. Jackson has incarnated some colorful, fast-talking characters in Quentin Tarantino movies over the years, such as his scripture-quoting hit man Jules Winnfield in "Pulp Fiction" and scheming gun runner Ordell Robbie in "Jackie Brown."...
Tags: Slavery, The Hurt Locker (movie), Personal Weapon Control, Social Issues, Quentin Tarantino
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Sveum shrugs off being shot in ear by Yount during hunting trip
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Dale Sveum recently was accidentally shot in the right ear during a quail hunting trip with pal Robin Yount. “He got the bird,” Sveum said. Sveum said Yount was about 50 yards ahead of him on a hill, and Yount lost...
Tags: Robin Yount, Mark Reynolds, Baseball, Luis Valbuena, Theo Epstein
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The initiation of Susan Rice
WASHINGTON -- A variety of insults have been deployed in opposition to Susan Rice's likely nomination for secretary of state: She is not qualified; she's too aggressive; she "misled" the public following the lethal attack on the American consulate in...
Tags: Richard Holbrooke, Kelly Ayotte, Politics, Johnnie Carson, Hillary Clinton
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Edith Pearlman wins Ribalow Prize
Los Angeles Times Book CriticIn a ceremony Wednesday afternoon at Hadassah House in Manhattan, Edith Pearlman will receive the 2012 Harold U. Ribalow Prize. The award, given annually by Hadassah magazine, honors an outstanding book of Jewish fiction. Previous winners include Nathan...Tags: Judaism, Religion and Belief
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Dick Cheney's heart to get its own memoir
To his detractors, Vice President Dick Cheney was the dark force of the administration of President George W. Bush. Cheney himself said he was “honored” at being compared to Darth Vader. Those who blamed him for the second Iraq War liked to...
Tags: Heart Disease, Cardiologists, Iraq War (2003-2011), George W. Bush, Book
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Obama's unpardonable neglect of clemency
One of the under-reported promises made by Congressman Ehrlich in the gubernatorial campaign of 2002 was to re-energize the pardon power in Maryland. My advisers thought it a bit loony to make the pledge, since the race promised to be close and there...Tags: Prisons, Politics, Government, George W. Bush, Justice System
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Sundance premieres: Linklater, 'Stoker' and Ashton Kutcher's Steve Jobs
The final installment in Richard Linklater’s “Before” trilogy, Chan-wook Park’s English-language debut and Ashton Kutcher’s Steve Jobs portrayal all will be unveiled at Sundance -- and did we mention documentaries about...Tags: Ethan Hawke, Foo Fighters (music group), Richard Linklater, Amanda Seyfried, Rupert Grint
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Treading water and waiting for a life raft
Sept. 9 Four years ago, the ship of state managed by Republican Shipping Lines Inc. was driven onto an iceberg partially formed by attempting to finance two wars with tax breaks. Most of us were going down for the third time. First mate Dick...
Tags: Technology, Halliburton Company, Canoeing and Kayaking, Science and Technology, Karl Rove
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GOP losers
Republicans need to get a grip. Thousands of Texans signing petitions of secession? A man committing suicide because Barack Obama won? A wife driving her car over her husband, just because he voted for the president? The Georgia state Legislature...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Elections, Physical Fitness and Exercise, United Nations
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Is Tom Cruise big enough to carry 'Jack Reacher'?
The opening minutes of the action-thriller "Jack Reacher" unfold with a display of gun violence that will be strikingly familiar to anyone who has been horrified by headline news in recent weeks. A sniper is shown assembling his long-range assault rifle....Tags: Music, Vice (movie), Quentin Tarantino, Rob Moore, Rock of Ages (movie)
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Free the CIA torture report
Americans have known for years both the broad outlines and some of the disgusting details of the George W. Bush administration's policy of subjecting suspected terrorists to torture, humiliation and imprisonment at "black sites" in foreign countries....
Tags: Terrorism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, White House, Osama bin Laden, Politics
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