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CNN Films acquires SXSW doc 'Our Nixon' to air on the network in August
Richard Nixon is hot again. Fresh on the heels of Discovery Channel's critically acclaimed documentary "All the Presidents Men Revisited," about the scandal that brought down President Nixon and the movie it inspired, CNN Films and Cinedigm have...Tags: Roger Ebert, Movies, CNN (tv network), Entertainment, Page One: Inside the New York Times (movie)
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The ex-presidents club
As former President George W. Bush, joined by President Obama and three living former presidents, dedicates his library this week in Dallas, it's important to remember that presidential libraries are relatively new. In 1941, while he was still in office,...
Tags: Tuberculosis, Civil and Public Service, Executive Branch, Jimmy Carter, Arts and Culture
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What FDR said about Jews in private
In May 1943, President Franklin Roosevelt met with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the White House. It was 17 months after Pearl Harbor and a little more than a year before D-Day. The two Allied leaders reviewed the war effort to date and...Tags: Germany, Politics, Government, Memorial Day, U.S. Department of State
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McManus: A tax everyone can love
The chairmen of Congress' primary tax committees, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), have launched a bipartisan effort to reform our messy, inefficient federal tax law. They've agreed to look for ways to lower tax rates on both...
Tags: Personal Income, Politics, Republican Party, White House, Barack Obama
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The right honey pot can be worth a pot of gold
Honey has a history going back to 2100 B.C. It is mentioned in some Babylonian writings. It was used for sweetening food, for medicine, for religious ceremonies and even as a form of money. In the 18th and 19th centuries, a special serving dish and...Tags: Candlestick Park, Major League Baseball, Baseball, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Sports
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The Twist: The swivel that shook the world
It's been just over 50 years since a new dance craze called the Twist swept the nation. Though tame as near-beer by today's standards, the dance so upset the guardians of public morality that Dick Clark ordered the cameras turned away when teens on...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Music, Crime, Law and Justice, Organized Crime, Entertainment Events
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New focus on scandal in 'All the President's Men Revisited'
Robert Redford never planned to play Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward in "All the President's Men," the Oscar-winning 1976 adaptation of Woodward and Carl Bernstein's account of their investigation of the 1972 Watergate break-in and the cloak-and-...Tags: All the President's Men (movie), Politics, Movies, Journalism, White House
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Bernadette Wagner: Any month is a good one to volunteer
April is the National Month for 24 different causes, all of which hope to raise awareness about their cause. I don’t care what anybody says, National Volunteer Month is by far more glamorous than National Soy Foods Month and not quite as nutty...Tags: American Red Cross, Charity, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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A warm embrace of Margaret Whiting
In her prolific career, singer Margaret Whiting recorded 500 songs, including such signature hits as "It Might as Well Be Spring," "That Old Black Magic" and "Baby It's Cold Outside." Along with such legends as Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, Whiting...Tags: Johnny Mercer, Mike Douglas, Music, The Ed Sullivan Show (tv program), Radio
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Thatcher made history by standing firm
In 1975, when asked to explain why Margaret Thatcher was poised to take over the Tory Party, the irascible British satirist Malcolm Muggeridge replied that it was all due to television — and the fact that the telegenic Mrs. Thatcher had a "certain...Tags: Politics, Arts and Culture, Gerald Ford, Google Inc., United Kingdom
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The Sun Remembers: April 14-20
April 20, 2002: The Ravens select Miami safety Ed Reed with their No. 1 pick (24th overall) in the NFL draft. It's the first time the club has failed to get a college player ranked among its top 15 choices. April 20, 1985: The Skipjacks, Baltimore's...
Tags: Cy Young Award, American Hockey League, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American League, Baltimore Orioles
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Rand Paul has lotsa 'splaining to do
Within hours after Sen. Rand Paul's news-making speech at historically black Howard University, someone posted this new definition on the user-driven Urban Dictionary website of an awkward-sounding but quite timely verb: "whitesplain": "The act of a...
Tags: Michael Steele, Politics, Republican Party, Justice and Rights, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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