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The royal treatment
Queen Elizabeth II is not like you or me. Whereas we might have a walk-in closet or two and feel blessed, HM has a "dresser's floor" at Buckingham Palace and a staff to mind, mend and mother her clothes, hats, scarves, gloves, footwear, umbrellas and...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Binney and Smith, Imperial and Royal Matters, Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II (2012)
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Bikers are perfect foils for the Bard in 'Richard III'
"Richard III" "Sons of Anarchy" fans should hie themselves hence to the basement venue of the Underground Wonder Bar, where Wayward Productions is offering up a nitty-gritty biker version of "Richard III" under Carlo Lorenzo Garcia's direction. It has...
Tags: Immigration, Dining and Drinking, West Town, Bars and Clubs, Mahmoud Abbas
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Stephen Hawking rocks Caltech
The fanfare that accompanied Stephen Hawking’s entrance into Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium on Tuesday evening was at once cosmologically grand and a bit tongue-in-cheek. It was Richard Strauss’ 1896 “Thus Spake Zarathustra,’&...
Tags: Cosmology, Science and Technology, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Science
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To cheers and jeers, Margaret Thatcher is laid to rest
LONDON -- A gun boomed once a minute, like one of her thunderous speeches in Parliament. Gray skies slowly turned blue, the color of her Conservative Party. And even Big Ben fell quiet, in tribute to a woman who loved nothing more than silencing her foes....
Tags: England, Government, Parliament, Anglicanism, Human Interest
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Thousands gather for 'Iron Lady' Margaret Thatcher's funeral
LONDON -- With stately solemnity and military honors, Margaret Thatcher's body was borne through the streets of the British capital Wednesday morning to a funeral service where hundreds of world leaders, colleagues and friends paid their last respects...
Tags: Anglicanism, Parliament, Government, Human Interest, Henry Kissinger
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Survey reveals the slimy underbelly
American voters don't understand the very real threat of the Lizard People. Don't they see on the Internet about those shape-shifting reptilian people seeking to rule the world? A nationwide survey conducted by Public Policy Polling finds only 4 percent...
Tags: Voting, Chicago Tribune, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Elections, Fluoride
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Album skewering Margaret Thatcher to be reissued on April 17
After former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was pilloried following her death last week with a campaign in England to vault the song “Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead” to the top of the nation’s pop chart, an English satirist is...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Anglicanism, Music Industry, England, Entertainment
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Boston Marathon blasts put world's cities on alert
LONDON (AP) — With more than 30 marathons this weekend and big events on the horizon, officials around the world are looking at security efforts in the wake of the fatal bomb blasts that shook Boston's race. Britain was making last-minute...Tags: Running, Security Measures, Harry of Wales, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Travel Alerts
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Thatcher, even in death, divides world opinion
Combative and determined to get her way, Margaret Thatcher divided opinion down the middle in life — and in death. Many leaders lauded Thatcher for her steely determination to modernize Britain's industrial landscape, even at the cost of strikes...
Tags: Government, Personal Finance, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Labour Party (UK), Human Interest
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Security beefed up worldwide after Boston blasts
LONDON (AP) — With more than 30 marathons this weekend and big events on the horizon, officials around the world are looking at security efforts in the wake of the fatal bomb blasts that shook Boston's race. Britain was making last-minute...
Tags: Running, Security Measures, Harry of Wales, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Travel Alerts
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Jesse Weinberg
Jesse S. Weinberg, who practiced law for seven decades and made a specialty of Baltimore's ground rents, died of respiratory failure March 20 at Sinai Hospital. The Pikesville resident was 94. Born in Baltimore and raised near Druid Hill Park on Lakeview...Tags: U.S. Army, Crime, Law and Justice, Druid Hill, Pikesville, Tampa
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The Week Ahead: Suu Kyi sojourn, Thatcher farewell, Italy adrift
Testing the waters for a revitalized Asian alliance Now through Saturday, April 20: Democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to Japan this week is purportedly unofficial, but the Nobel Peace Prize laureate probably has more clout than any...
Tags: Parliament, Government, China, Italy, Aung San Suu Kyi
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