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Bush pulls punch on Obama: 'We'll see'
The Swampby Mark Silva It's been described variously as Bush's "first shot'' at his successor -- or a "salvo'' across Obama's bow -- but the words that have filtered out of the closed-door speech that the former president delivered in Pennsylvania......Tags: Health, Terrorism, George W. Bush, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government
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American politics today: what would Thomas Jefferson do?
Visit Colonial Williamsburg and ask Thomas Jefferson what he thinks about the Troubled Asset Relief Program and he'll likely ask you to explain what on earth you're talking about.
But ask if he believes it is the duty of government to bail out banks with...Tags: Politics, Thomas Jefferson, Colonial Williamsburg, Government, Arts and Culture
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Turn it around
The day Andrés Alonso dreaded came the Friday before Thanksgiving.
For his first year and a half as Baltimore schools chief, the system was showing unprecedented progress. Four decades of enrollment decline ended. Test scores were their best since the...Tags: Gang Activity, Teaching and Learning, Canton (Baltimore, Maryland), Family, Philosophy
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UPDATE: Board Votes to Close Kentwood School
Staff reporterThe Kentwood Public School Board has approved a plan to save the district money by closing Alexander Hamilton Elementary School. The vote was unanimous at Monday night's board meeting. The decision means 152 positions are expected to be eliminated; 58 of...Tags: Paul Doyle, Elections
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HBO Inaugurates 'John Adams' in March
Zap2It.comThe long-awaited "John Adams" miniseries has a premiere date at HBO. The seven-part miniseries will debut Sunday, March 16, a week after the series finale of "The Wire." Parts one and two will air back-to-back, with subsequent installments debuting on...Tags: Television, Longford Corporation, Thomas Jefferson, Rufus Sewell, Cinderella (fictional character)
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Obama's big-city ethos defies trend
Tribune reporterNot only is Barack Obama the first African-American to win the presidency, the Chicagoan also is the first winning candidate in more than a century to openly adopt a Big City ethos. One has to go back to Teddy Roosevelt, who was born in Manhattan and...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Politics, Thomas Jefferson, Roosevelt, Biography (genre)
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Rufus Sewell Spends an 'Hour' on CBS
Zap2It.comRufus Sewell has landed the lead in the CBS drama pilot "Eleventh Hour," from producer Jerry Bruckheimer. "Eleventh Hour" is based on a British limited series and will star Sewell as a professor-turned-government advisor who travels the country...Tags: Television, CSI (tv program), Rufus Sewell, Patrick Stewart, Eleventh Hour (tv program)
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A Weekend in Rhinebeck
The pretty Hudson River town of Rhinebeck makes a relaxing weekend escape, if you're looking for a place to linger over a fine meal, or to do a little antiquing. The Beekman Inn calls itself the oldest inn in America, founded in 1766. In fact, it goes...Tags: Restaurants, Hudson River, Lifestyle and Leisure, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Dining and Drinking
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Sept. 13 hearing transcript
The Associated PressThe text of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on John Roberts' nomination to the Supreme Court: U.S. SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HOLDS A HEARING ON THE NOMINATION OF JOHN ROBERTS TO BE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES SEPTEMBER 13, 2005...Tags: Pakistan, Family, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Forces, Prosecution
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A grand American tradition: The smear
The Swamp(A perspective piece in the Chicago Tribune) By Charles M. Madigan We now have a new thing in presidential campaigning, the anticipatory smear defuser. It's a simple thought: Before your enemies get any traction, embrace the slander, spread it around........Tags: Political Candidates, Social Issues, Arts and Culture, Prosecution, Republican Party
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Bush's Paulson, master of the universe
The Swampby Frank James When Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson was appointed by President Bush as his third and presumably last Treasury Secretary in 2006, a lot of observers assumed Paulson was coming in to be a mere caretaker. That was......Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, New York University, George W. Bush, Nancy Pelosi, Roy Smith
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American history is right at home in New Hope
Special To The SunJust before the Civil War, thousands of mule-drawn boats carried coal, lumber and produce along the Delaware Canal in eastern Pennsylvania. Today, mules still pull vessels through the manmade waterway, but the numbers are far fewer, and instead of food...Tags: Restaurants, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Death, Transportation, Family
Jun 18, 2009
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Aug 10, 2010
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Feb 10, 2009
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May 11, 2009
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Feb 15, 2008
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Nov 9, 2008
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Feb 22, 2008
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Jan 23, 2006
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Sep 13, 2005
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Jul 23, 2008
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Sep 21, 2008
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May 12, 2005
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