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My Word: A day for remembering wars' sacrifices
Growing up in the mountains of West Virginia, we celebrated Memorial Day as a family reunion, with relatives loading up their cars and going to the graves of family members who had died serving our country. We would have a potluck picnic and see cousins...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Winter Park, Memorial Day, Human Interest, U.S. Supreme Court
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Setting record straight on Obama's record
After reading the rant against President Obama in Thursday's letters section, I got the feeling the writer may be a dedicated Fox News viewer. Here are some facts he may not have heard from Karl Rove and gang. First, President Obama cannot close Gitmo by...Tags: George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Karl Rove, U.S. Senate, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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'Nothin' but Blues Skies' tells Rust Belt stories
To drive these days through Great Lakes cities — Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, among others — is to drive through the nation's industrial past. The iconic images have become Rust Belt cliché: weed-choked parking lots, windowless houses, cold...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Book, Bill Clinton, Pittsburgh, The New York Times
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Getting drunken drivers off road
From the St. Louis Post-DispatchWhen bundled with a host of other suggestions aimed at curbing drunken driving, the National Transportation Safety Board's proposal that state governments should reduce the allowable blood-alcohol concentration to 0.05 percent is reasonable. If the...Tags: Bill Clinton, Highway Transportation, Transportation Industry, National Transportation Safety Board
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A 'Meet the Press' moment
Change of SubjectFrom the transcript: NBC'S MEET THE PRESS" HOST DAVID GREGORY: Peggy Noonan, you wrote something (in your Wall Street Journal column) this week that really struck me in your column on Friday. And I want to put it up on...... -
'S.W.A.T.' Star Steve Forrest Dies at 87
ReutersMay 23 (TheWrap.com) - Steve Forrest, an actor best known for his role as Lt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson on ABC's "S.W.A.T.," died in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Saturday. He was 87. A cause of death was not made available, but he passed away peacefully...Tags: Entertainment, MGM Inc., BBC, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Movies
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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: Civil Rights, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Regional Authority, Justice and Rights
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Newton R. Russell dies at 85; veteran California legislator
Newton R. Russell, a veteran state senator known as an expert on California's complex public pension system and a stickler for upholding legislative rules, died Saturday of lung cancer at his La Cañada Flintridge home, his family said. He was 85. A...
Tags: Elections, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Health and Safety at Work
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Doyle McManus: Second-term scandal plague catches up to Obama
What is it about presidents' second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: The iron law of longevity. All governments make mistakes, and all governments try to hide those mistakes. But the longer an administration is in office, the more...Tags: Monica Lewinsky, Christopher Stevens, U.S. Congress, Jay Carney, Elections
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John Dean: Obama's scandals are more like Harding's than Nixon's
During President Barack Obama's May 16 news conference, reporter Jeff Mason asked as part of his question: "And, more broadly, how do you feel about comparisons by some of your critics of this week's scandals to those that happened under the Nixon...
Tags: Bill Clinton, U.S. Congress, Benghazi, MSNBC (tv network), Bob Woodward
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Diamond anniversary
Miami Beach's oldest Conservative synagogue recently celebrated its 75th anniversary with a gala that drew more than 300 people, including community leaders. Among the highlights of Temple Emanu-El's 75th Diamond Anniversary Gala were honoring its past...Tags: Miami Beach, Bill Clinton, Religion and Belief, Human Interest, Judaism
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COLUMN - It's not Watergate, it's Whitewater
Reuters(Nicholas Wapshott is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Nicholas Wapshott May 21 (Reuters) - The trifecta of scandals - Benghazi, the IRS and snooping on journalists - that has broken upon the heads of the Obama administration is...Tags: Monica Lewinsky, U.S. Congress, MSNBC (tv network), Elections, Taxation
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