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Former cricketer Imran Khan injured in fall at Pakistan rally
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Former cricketer Imran Khan suffered minor head injuries Tuesday after falling from a forklift platform that was lifting him to a stage at a campaign rally in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore. Khan, whose political party is...
Tags: Pakistan, Lahore (Pakistan)
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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: George W. Bush, Stranger Than Fiction, Republican Party, The Wall Street Journal, Fluoride
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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: Ronald Reagan, Conservative Party (UK), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government, Tony Blair
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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: Druid Hill, Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Pikesville, U.S. Army, Crime, Law and Justice
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Culture clash: New history of Chicago taps into our malaise
Thomas Dyja looked at me with abject horror, then humor, then, as his face crumbled in defeat, resignation. A face that said, "See? This is why I wrote a 412-page cultural history of Chicago at midcentury that — as much as it pulls together...
Tags: Nelson Algren, Kanye West, Fine Artists, Arts and Culture, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Voltaire's library? Prince Charles' garden? Yes, you can get in
If your bucket list includes traipsing through Voltaire's private library or visiting the Vatican after hours, Kensington Tours' new Elite Collection offers a chance to get beyond the standard tourist experience. "Creating extraordinary experiences,...
Tags: Travel, Kensington, Charles, Prince of Wales, Tourism and Leisure, Vatican City
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Britain's plan to regulate the press goes too far
Britain's three major political parties have agreed on a new system of regulating newspapers in the aftermath of shocking invasions of privacy by some tabloid journalists. In this case, unanimity doesn't equal wisdom. The London-based Index on...
Tags: Parliament, Newspaper and Magazine, Crime, Law and Justice, Journalism, Freedom of the Press
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After Boston memorial, nonbelievers complain about being left out
Some “non-theist” individuals and groups are aggrieved that not even one seat was reserved for a nonbeliever at the service for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, despite a request for some recognition from the Secular Coalition for...
Tags: Christianity, Religion and Belief, White House, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Sports
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'This House,' Helen Mirren in 'The Audience' Next Up For National Theatre Live
Hartford CourantNational Theatre Live — those terrific HD live broadcasts from London’s National Theatre to movie houses around the world, including Connecticut — has a hot lineup, ahead, including Olivier Award winners and nominees. It certainly...Tags: Nicholas Hytner, Old Saybrook, Peter Morgan, Trinity College, William Shakespeare
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Queen Elizabeth: Should she stay or should she go?
So here’s the real question about the Tuesday ceremony in Amsterdam in which Queen Beatrix abdicated and passed the robe (they don’t wear crowns) to her son, Willem-Alexander, who just turned 46: Did Britain's Prince Charles, who was in...
Tags: Charles, Prince of Wales, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Netherlands, Politics, Government
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Six men plead guilty in Britain to planning terror attack
LONDON -- Six men pleaded guilty Tuesday to planning a terrorist attack that failed only because the far-right rally they were targeting in central England ended before they arrived. Police discovered the plot after searching the men’s car...
Tags: Terrorism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Kingdom, England, Trials
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