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Gifts with a Presidents' Day twist: Political poker face
All The RageCan’t read my p-p-p poker face, as Gaga would say. For good reason, there’s a very long and storied tradition of poker-playing in the White House — this game’s the ultimate presidential favorite, hands down. Barack Obama is known... -
Huntington to commemorate Civil War anniversary with photography exhibition
Culture MonsterTo commemorate the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Civil War, the Huntington Library said it will launch a major show of photographs next year, with a sidebar exhibition devoted to manuscripts from the era. The shows will feature some of...... -
What’s up with the statues in the park?
Lincoln ParkHere's a story from the Journal-News in rural Ohio, which writes about an ex-Ohioan/new Lincoln Parker who has written a book about the statues in Lincoln Park: Krista August, a resident of Lincoln Park in Chicago has released her book “Giants in... -
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Monday’s Highlight: American Experience on KOCE
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of Jan. 9 - 15 in PDF format TV listings for the week of Jan. 9 in PDF format (alternate link) Weekly TV Listings can also be found at: www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv This...... -
Hiking Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania
Midway between Washington and Richmond, this town on the Rappahannock River was fought over and around repeatedly. There are four different battlefields and related historic sites at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial...Tags: Monuments and Heritage Sites, Tourism and Leisure, Real Estate, Injuries and Wounds, Stonewall Jackson
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Book reviews: Two Civil War anthologies
Special to the Los Angeles TimesHearts Touched by Fire The Best of "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War" Edited by Harold Holzer Modern Library: 1,264 pp., $38 The Civil War The First Year Told by Those Who Lived It Edited by Brooks D. Simpson, Stephen W. Sears and Aaron Sheehan-...Tags: David Dixon, Book, Charleston, Newspaper and Magazine, Social Issues
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"The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn" by Nathaniel Philbrick
Special to the Tribune"The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn" By Nathaniel Philbrick Viking, 451 pages, $29.95 It has not gone unremarked that Albert Bierstadt and other painters of the West turned to purveying panoramic treatments of pure...Tags: Landforms, U.S. Military, Mountains, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts and Culture
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Church forum mixes religion and politics
While TV pundits are still tripping over their tongues to make sense of Tuesday's vote, the La Cañada Presbyterian Church is taking a longer look at the influence of religion on American political life from Revolutionary times to the present. Lincoln...Tags: Entertainment, Civil Unrest, Biography (genre), Religious Conflicts, PBS (tv network)
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Events marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe remembrance of the 150th anniversary of the first shots of the Civil War at Ft. Sumter, S.C., underway until April 17 will give rise to a host of reenactments throughout the nation until 2015, although you're unlikely to see one on a National Park...Tags: Washington, DC, Career and Workplace, Rivers, Bodies of Water, Travel
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In-Home Caregiver Accused of Molesting Autistic Boy
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES -- Police are looking for additional victims after a man employed as an in-home caregiver was arrested for allegedly molesting an autistic child. Jeremy Shawn Stockton is charged with multiple counts of lewd acts against a child under the age...Tags: KTLA, Sunland, North Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Van Nuys, Behavioral Conditions
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Book review: 'Decision Points' by George W. Bush
Los Angeles TimesThe first great American autobiographies both appeared in the 19th century, were born of conflict and written by public men — "The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass" and "The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant." Since then, what we might...Tags: Hurricanes, Meteorological Disasters, Karl Rove, Family, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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