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Photo Exhibit Imagines A Celebrity Life For Sputnik 2 Space Dog
Laika was a homeless mutt from Moscow who was adopted by the Soviet space program and blasted into orbit in 1957 in Sputnik 2, in an experiment to see if a living creature could survive in space. There was no way to bring Laika back to Earth, so...
Tags: Animals, Middletown, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Music
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Unions, not businesses, are responsible for worker safety laws
Paul Carpenter's column in support of John Brinson's anti-union stance is an attack on all workers. In the article, Mr. Brinson stated, "The problem is, we don't really need unions anymore" because of laws that now protect workers. Using that train of...Tags: Business, Pension and Welfare, Allentown, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Laws
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LETTER: No Secret Pardon Proceedings
The Judiciary Committee of the General Assembly has moved a bill that would make secret much of the work of the state Board of Pardons and Paroles [May 12, Jon Lender column, "Lights Dim On Freedom Of Information"]. It will exempt pardon applications...Tags: Freedom of Information Act, Justice System, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights
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PASSINGS: Kenneth Battelle
Kenneth Battelle, an influential hairstylist who created Jacqueline Kennedy's tousled bouffant and counted Marilyn Monroe and Lucille Ball among his many famous clients, died Sunday at his home in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. He was 86. His death was...
Tags: Madison Square Garden, New York City, White House
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ANALYSIS-Once a beacon, Obama under fire over civil liberties
ReutersBy Joan Biskupic and David Ingram WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - He may have been the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago. He may have written a book extolling...Tags: George W. Bush, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Teachers, Pakistan
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John Kerry's brother, Cameron, to be acting Commerce secretary
WASHINGTON -- Cameron Kerry will serve as acting Commerce secretary starting June 1, joining his brother, Secretary of State John Kerry, in President Obama's Cabinet. Cameron Kerry, who has been general counsel at the Commerce Department since 2009,...
Tags: Washington, DC, John Kerry, Edison International, Rebecca Blank, John Bryson
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Texas swindler Billie Sol Estes dead at 88
ReutersBy Marice Richter DALLAS, May 14 (Reuters) - Billie Sol Estes, a flamboyant Texan who was convicted of bilking millions of dollars from a federal crop subsidy program, died on Tuesday at age 88, police said. Estes, whose exploits in the 1960s captured...Tags: Lyndon B. Johnson
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A Second Suitor: Brewery Interested In Hartford Times Building
The Hartford CourantIn the dozen years that the landmark Hartford Times building has stood vacant, there has been only one serious proposal to redevelop the property. And that one didn't work out. Now, in the space of a few months, there are two more. The Thomas Hooker...Tags: Hartford Distributors, University of Connecticut, Windsor (Hartford, Connecticut), Bloomfield (Hartford, Connecticut), Entertainment
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PASSINGS: Vincent G. Dowling, John La Montaine
Vincent G. Dowling Actor, director gave Tom Hanks early break Actor and director Vincent G. Dowling, 83, who left behind a long career with Ireland's national theater to run a Shakespeare festival in Cleveland where he gave a young Tom Hanks an...
Tags: Republic of Ireland, Music Industry, Awards and Prizes, Arts and Culture, Music
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Obama the latest in line of US presidents to face suggestions of political bias in IRS actions
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service controversy dogging President Barack Obama is hardly the first time a White House and the tax agency have been accused of political meddling and bias. Nor is it the first time that political and...Tags: Eric Holder, Washington, DC, U.S. Senate, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton
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Art Callaham: O'Reilly's book on Kennedy a good read
I was never a “Kennedyphile” — lifelong southern conservative Republicans usually are not. Sure, I was a starry-eyed 15-year-old who understood “Camelot,” liked the pictures of bikini clad Jackie-O (as she was later to be...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Washington, DC, Fidel Castro, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Pennsylvania House approves bill to close Delaware Loophole and add corporate tax breaks
HARRISBURG — Companies that operate in Pennsylvania will no longer be able to avoid paying their full share of taxes by shifting some profits they earn here out of state, according to a House bill approved Monday. But the bill, which was approved...Tags: Dominic Pileggi, Politics, Tom Corbett, U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Bryan Barbin
May 17, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
May 15, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 15, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
May 14, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 15, 2013
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May 14, 2013
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May 14, 2013
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May 13, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
May 16, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 16, 2013
|Story| AP Broadcast
May 12, 2013
|Story| Herald Mail
May 6, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Original site for John F. Kennedy topic gallery.