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Bijan Pakzad's Beverly Hills estate reportedly sells for $9.8 million
This post has been corrected. Please see below for details.The Beverly Hills home of the late menswear, jewelry and fragrance mogul Bijan Pakzad reportedly has sold for $9.8 million. [For the record, 12:05 p.m. May 6: An earlier version of this post and headline incorrectly said that Bijan Pakzad's home sold...Tags: George W. Bush, Personal Service
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Clock is ticking, slowly, on rules for coal-fired power plants
POOLESVILLE, Md. — On a curve of the Potomac River 37 miles northwest of Washington, the Dickerson power plant has stood sentry over small villages, crop fields and horse farms for more than half a century. Burning mostly coal and some natural...
Tags: Environmental Politics, Conservation, Coal, Environmental Pollution, NRG Energy Incorporated
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COLUMN - The continuing struggle for voting rights: William Yeomans
ReutersBy William Yeomans May 7 (Reuters) - The inspector general for the Justice Department, Michael Horowitz, recently issued a report recommending that the Civil Rights Division should no longer favor applicants who have demonstrated an interest in civil...Tags: Republican Party, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Lawyers
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Navy drone, in a first, is catapulted from carrier deck into flight
For the first time in naval aviation history, a drone was catapulted off the deck of an aircraft carrier and soared into flight. The U.S. Navy conducted the test Tuesday from aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush off the Virginia coast with its X-47B...
Tags: Travel, Medical Research, U.S. Navy, Virgin Group, Ltd., Air Transportation
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This presidential database loves running and Legos
Arden Hayes is 5. He loves Legos and running so fast across the living room to flip onto the couch that his feet end up pointing at the ceiling. He also loves the presidents — especially 11 and 33. Arden knows all 44 U.S. presidents. In order....
Tags: Government, Grover Cleveland, George W. Bush, Presidents of the United States, Chester Alan Arthur
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McManus: Mother knows best
There are two things you can do for your mother on Mother's Day. One is to say "thank you." (Over lunch, with flowers.) The other is to ask her for advice — even if she's not convinced you really want it. "I don't think kids take any advice from...
Tags: Mother's Day, Periodicals, Arthritis, Elections, Jeb Bush
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Torture without excuses
The autopsy gave a spare account of how the 52-year-old man died. He suffered blunt force injuries on his torso and legs, and abrasions on his left wrist indicated he had been tied or shackled down. One of his neck bones was fractured. Death came "as a...
Tags: Asa Hutchinson, George W. Bush, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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At Boston service, Obama keeps a hopeful tone
WASHINGTON — President Obama's message was one so imbued with hope that it actually ended with a promise that the sun will come out tomorrow. "The sun will rise over Boston," Obama declared Thursday in his first extended remarks about the bombings...
Tags: Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, George W. Bush, Crime, Law and Justice, Sports, University of Chicago
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Former Florida governor Jeb Bush speaks at Bluefield College
Live Video streaming by Ustream BLUEFIELD, Va. -- Former Florida governor Jeb Bush will speak Tuesday at Bluefield College. Bush is speaking at the school as part of the Shott Lecture Series. Bush’s speech is scheduled to start at 11 a.m....
Tags: Government, Jeb Bush, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Politics
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At George W. Bush library, five presidents meet in harmony
DALLAS — The five men who have held the title of president gathered to celebrate the dedication of George W. Bush's presidential library at Southern Methodist University on Thursday, a rare reunion that focused on praising his achievements and...
Tags: Jan Brewer, AIDS, Republican Party, George W. Bush, Religion and Belief
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Bill Clinton still turning on the charm
When Bill Clinton took the podium to address the country in January 1993, I was moved to tears. Here, then, was my first president. My parents had had all the presidents up to that point. Here was a man of my generation. Married to the working mother of...
Tags: 2012 Democratic National Convention, Bill Clinton
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Héctor Barreto Jr.: tequila con amor
Que el Cinco de Mayo sea una fiesta promocionada por las empresas de cerveza de Estados Unidos, no significa que uno no pueda celebrarla con un buen tequila. Les presento a mi amigo, Héctor Barreto Jr. Es un hombre de negocios de California que fue...Tags: Cinco de Mayo, George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, The Washington Post
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