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Former Gov. Bowen being honored in hometown
BREMEN, Ind. (AP) — Former Gov. Otis Bowen is being buried this afternoon following a private funeral in his northern Indiana hometown. Bowen's funeral was being held Friday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Bremen. Bowen died Saturday at the age of...Tags: Elections, Government, Politics, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Executive Branch
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COLUMN - Benghazi and the Republican abandonment of the center
Reuters(Nicholas Wapshott is a Reuters columnist) By Nicholas Wapshott May 10 (Reuters) - In World War Two, the Libyan port of Benghazi was hard fought over, changing hands five times between Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps and the Allied forces. Seventy years on,...Tags: Coca-Cola Co., U.S. Department of State, PBS (tv network), Politics, Microsoft Windows
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The art of craft beers: O-town pubs
American Craft Beer Week is May 13-19, giving discriminating drinkers across the country a chance to celebrate their tastes and "draft" rookie palates into the fold. As a (semi-) reformed Pabst Blue Ribbon drinker, I understand the need for the hoopla....
Tags: Belle Isle, Lifestyle and Leisure, Winter Park, Bars and Clubs, Tampa
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President should be more of a pit bull
Reason, common sense, logic, intelligence and science are characteristics of most academics. It's a sad state of affairs that so many of our Congressmen lack these attributes. They were elected to embrace and implement the will of the people at large, yet...Tags: Bill Clinton, White House, Lyndon B. Johnson, Fort Lauderdale, Theodore Roosevelt
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Ronald Reagan and the fall of UC
Once upon a time, the University of California was a sacred trust, the top tier of a model educational system that helped lift the state to unprecedented prosperity. It was jealously protected from outside political interference. Now UC is more often...
Tags: FBI, Justice and Rights, Students, Colleges and Universities, Government
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'Click Camp' replaces 'Write Rosty' in new U.S. tax revamp push
ReutersBy Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - The political goal is the same as it was in the mid-1980s - seed grass-roots support for an overhaul of the U.S. tax code - but the approach launched Thursday relies on email, not snail mail. The chairmen of...Tags: Max Baucus, U.S. Congress, Media Industry, Politics, U.S. House of Representatives
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GOP, Democrats continue to dispute regarding Benghazi deaths
WASHINGTON (AP) — Politicians love few things better than a scandal to trip up their opponents, and Republicans hope last year's fatal attack on U.S. diplomats in Libya will do exactly that to Hillary Rodham Clinton and other Democrats. History...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Darrell E Issa, Politics, Elijah E. Cummings, U.S. Elections
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L.A. Now Live: Amnesty debate looms over immigration bill
Four times as many people are potentially eligible for legal residency under a current bill proposing mass legalization. The specifics of the current proposal are different from President Ronald Reagan’s in 1986. Join us at 9 a.m. as we discuss...
Tags: Politics, Immigration, Migration
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L.A. Votes: Greuel halts ads, DWP becomes central issue in race
With less than two weeks to go until election day, mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel’s campaign has suspended television advertising, a move that reflects her continuing struggle to raise enough money to compete head-to-head on the airwaves with...
Tags: Elections, Politics, Robert J. Lopez, Wendy Greuel, Television Industry
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Debate over amnesty looms over efforts to reform immigration laws
In 1986, lawmakers decided the problem of illegal immigration had to be dealt with. More than 3 million people were living in the United States after crossing the border illegally or overstaying their visas. A new law signed by President Ronald Reagan...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Health and Safety at Work, Politics, Immigration, Career and Workplace
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Barbara Walters: The audition has been spectacular
Staff writerThe news that Barbara Walters is retiring came on Mother's Day night, and I longed to ask my mother what she thought. My mom, who died in January, had raved over Walters' memoir, "Audition." In that revealing book, Walters explains how her feelings...Tags: Mother's Day, Fidel Castro, NBC (tv network), 20 (tv program), ABC (tv network)
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Don't dilute CEQA, improve it
I remember life before the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA. I grew up in Altadena and Pasadena during the late 1930s and '40s. All too often I awoke to thick smog and air quality warnings. I watched as segments of the San Gabriel Valley...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Environmental Issues, Lawyers, Port of Los Angeles
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