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Bel Air throws parade for skater
Sun reporterShe was ushered through the heart of her hometown as adoring fans snapped her picture and screamed her name, and she later listened as a bevy of elected officials sang her praises and handed her enough proclamations, gift baskets and bouquets to fill a...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Kimmie Meissner, Ice Skating, George W. Bush, Arts and Culture
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Islands Of The Sound
Courant Staff WriterMost everyone's heard the one about how Tom Thumb of Barnum & Bailey's Circus stayed in a house on the Thimble Islands, or about how Captain Kidd is rumored to have buried treasures there. But how many know about the Thimble Island named Mother-In-Law,...Tags: Rivers, Vehicles, Natural Disasters, Tennis, Health
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Past presidents -- an inaugural quiz
Today, Barack Obama will be sworn in as the nation's 44th president in a ceremony filled with tradition. Test your knowledge of ceremonies past. 1. Of whose inaugural speech did wordsmith H.L. Mencken say: "It reminds me of a string of wet sponges; it...Tags: Andrew Johnson, John Quincy Adams, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Bible, Abraham Lincoln
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Tribune endorsement: Barack Obama for president
However this election turns out, it will dramatically advance America's slow progress toward equality and inclusion. It took Abraham Lincoln's extraordinary courage in the Civil War to get us here. It took an epic battle to secure women the right to vote....Tags: Democratic National Conventions, Social Issues, Democratic Party, Abraham Lincoln, Charter Schools
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Facial hair among the political power players
When President-elect Barack Obama named New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as his pick for commerce secretary this month, his former Democratic rival appeared beside him, cleanshaven -- another devastating blow to facial hair in the long-running battle of...Tags: Al Gore, Hair and Nails, Democratic National Conventions, New Mexico, Abraham Lincoln
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In defense of Alberto Gonzales
DOUGLAS W. KMIEC, a professor of constitutional law at Pepperdine University, was the assistant attorney general in the office of legal counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice from 1985 to 1989.THE DISPUTE OVER the dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys poses a fundamental question: To what degree may the president exercise authority over the direction of law enforcement? In the aftermath of Watergate, President Carter directed Atty. Gen. Griffin...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Constitutional Issues, Judges, White House, Crimes
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'The Lincoln Anthology' edited by Harold Holzer, 'The Best American History Essays on Lincoln' edited by Sean Wilentz, Ronald C. White's biography 'A. Lincoln' and others
It was Tuesday, May 30, 1922, the day of the dedication of the solemn and splendid memorial to Abraham Lincoln in Washington, and the ceremony on the Mall featured speeches by President Warren Harding and Chief Justice William Howard Taft.
The most...Tags: Kentucky, Springfield, Andrew Jackson, White House, Social Issues
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'Who Is Mark Twain?'
When he died 99 years ago this week, Mark Twain was this country's most beloved writer, yet his status as both an author and protean example of the now-familiar pop cultural celebrity seems to grow with each passing decade.
"Who Is Mark Twain?" -- a...Tags: Ernest Hemingway, University of California, Berkeley, William Faulkner, Jane Austen, White House
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Hail to the (chief's) wheels
McClatchy-Tribune NewsNORFOLK, Va. — After Barack Obama took the oath of office Tuesday, he rode to the White House in a new custom-built Cadillac limousine that, other than larger windows, isn't dramatically different than the one built for President George W. Bush in...Tags: Gerald Ford, Harry S. Truman, Lincoln, Vehicles, Cadillac
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The 2009 Grammy nominees and winners
Winners will be in bold italics. RECORD OF THE YEAR "Chasing Pavements," Adele "Viva La Vida," Coldplay "Bleeding Love," Leona Lewis "Paper Planes," M.I.A "Please Read the Letter," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss ALBUM OF THE YEAR "Viva La...Tags: Aimee Mann, Aretha Franklin, Christian McBride, Nine Inch Nails (music group), Music Industry
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President Taft Drove an Electric Car
KickingTiresMost of the time, press releases are pretty boring and not great fodder for a blog ??? especially press releases from insurance companies. But not one we came across a few minutes ago, from Hagerty Insurance. The company specializes in......Tags: Cadillac, White House, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jay Leno, Jeep
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Voter turnout best in a long time
The Swampby Frank James Curtis Gans, director of the Center for the Study of the American Electorate at American University, warned early on Election Day that figuring out just how many of the eligible voters went to the polls wouldn't be......Tags: Demographics, Colleges and Universities, Education, Election Day, Richard Nixon
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