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Bronzeville among city sites seeking Obama library
The site where Michael Reese Hospital once stood isn't much to look at, just a 37-acre swath of overgrown land in Bronzeville, behind a shoddy chain-link fence. Developers are itching to build a casino or perhaps a sports entertainment complex on the...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Elections, Science, Museums, Michigan Avenue
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U.S. must recognize Israel's control of the Golan
Straddling the divide between the chaos in Syria and the calm of the Galilee in northern Israel is a pastoral plateau known as the Golan Heights. Famous for its world-class vineyards, wandering cattle, and lush nature trails, the Golan has served as the...
Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Israel, Wars and Interventions, Benjamin Netanyahu, Government
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Southwest Airlines offers double Rapid Rewards points for flights
Southwest Airlines said Monday it will double points on all U.S. travel for members of its frequent flier program for flights booked before May 15. The Dallas-based carrier made the announcement on its website and also revealed that Grand Rapids, Mich.,...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Southwest Airlines Co., AirTran
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SoCal Close-Ups: A date with the Coachella Valley
Sure, you could go to the beach again. Or you could turn your back on the Pacific and head instead for a desert land of date shakes and camel races, jumbo windmills and creationist dinosaurs, native palms and gay parties, mountain views and midcentury...
Tags: Howard Johnson, Museums, Music, Sculpture, Personal Service
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Fusing the Ford
Daily Press photographer Rob Ostermaier spent some time chronicling a day in the life of a late-shift welder at Newport News Shipbuilding. The shipyard's welders ensure the structural integrity of the nation's aircraft carriers and submarines. The...
Tags: Aircraft Carriers, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Shipbuilding, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Parallels of bringing home the bacon
Back on Dec. 4 during a city council meeting in Detroit, council member JoAnn Watson said the citizens' support of President Barack Obama was reason enough for the president to bailout that city's financial mess. She was apparently scolding Mayor Dave...Tags: New York City, Diabetes, Bacon, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Man About Town: 'Mormon' fails to make a convert
I’d wanted to take an actual Mormon to see “The Book of Mormon,” but the closest I could come was the lovely and patient older daughter — so well scrubbed and shimmery that she looked like an Irish coin. “Come on, Coin,...Tags: Waffles, Jesse Jackson, Entertainment, Christianity, Comedy (genre)
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B.L. 'Bill' Saylor Jr
B.L. “Bill” Saylor Jr., 89, of Lily entered into heaven on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, at his daughter’s home in Aberdeen. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, at the Lily Historical Church in Lily. Burial...
Tags: Orlando, World War II (1939-1945), American Legion, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Arts and Culture
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B.L. 'Bill' Saylor Jr.
Lily: B.L. “Bill” Saylor Jr., 89, of Lily entered into heaven on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, at his daughter's home in Aberdeen. Funeral Services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, at the Lily Historical Church in Lily. Burial will be held at...Tags: Orlando, American Legion, World War II (1939-1945), Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Arts and Culture
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Parallels of bringing home the bacon
Back on Dec. 4 during a city council meeting in Detroit, council member JoAnn Watson said the citizens’ support of President Barack Obama was reason enough for the president to bailout that city’s financial mess. She was apparently scolding...Tags: New York City, Diabetes, Bacon, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Johnny Carson
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3 unconventional picks for secretary of State
With the 2012 presidential election over, attention nows turns to the inevitable shuffling of personnel in the Obama administration. Chief among the vacancies will be at the helm of the State Department, where Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has...
Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Elections, Wars and Interventions, Parties and Movements, George H.W. Bush
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An Elector Prepares To Ratify Obama's Win
The Hartford Courant"Our marriage is like the Electoral College," says the narrator in "Marooned," a Garrison Keillor short story. "It works OK if you don't think about it." At noon Monday, I will be one of those thinking about the Electoral College, as I have the...Tags: U.S. Congress, Richard Nixon, Elections, Government, Democratic Party
Dec 25, 2012
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Feb 4, 2013
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Feb 4, 2013
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Nov 25, 2012
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Jan 2, 2013
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Jan 11, 2013
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Dec 6, 2012
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Jan 17, 2013
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Jan 18, 2013
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Jan 10, 2013
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Nov 29, 2012
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Dec 14, 2012
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