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Drugs, sex and collusion behind bars in Maryland, indictment says
More than a dozen female prison guards in Maryland helped a group of inmates in a dangerous national gang run a drug-trafficking and money-laundering ring from inside the walls, prosecutors contend. A federal indictment unsealed Tuesday said 13 female...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Credit and Debt, Justice System, Black Guerrilla Family
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Al Neuharth dies at 89; newspaper mogul created USA Today
Al Neuharth, the newspaper mogul who in 1982 made a $1-billion gamble called USA Today that earned derision for its emphasis on brevity, flashy graphics and upbeat stories but endured to become the nation's largest-circulation newspaper, died Friday in...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Cocoa Beach, Newspapers, Des Moines Register, Detroit Free Press
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Review: 'All the President's Men Revisited' looks back in wonder
"All the President's Men Revisited," which premieres Sunday on Discovery Channel, returns us to those thrilling days of yesteryear when everyone read newspapers and the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government were capable of acting out of...
Tags: Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, Movies, Entertainment, Richard Nixon
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L.A. Philharmonic's young composers program fine-tunes talent
It wasn't B.J. Thomas, exactly, but musical raindrops seemed to be falling in a white-walled rehearsal room next to Walt Disney Concert Hall, courtesy of Milo Talwani, one of the L.A. composers least likely to write melody, let alone ear candy, into a...
Tags: School Examinations, Arts, Culture, Entertainment Events, Awards and Prizes
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Goldberg: The wisdom of Dan Quayle
Almost exactly 20 years ago, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead wrote a controversial essay for the Atlantic titled "Dan Quayle Was Right." In case you forgot (or never knew), let me fill you in on what Quayle was right about. There once was a popular sitcom...
Tags: Culture, Gays and Lesbians, Family, Social Sciences, The Newsroom (tv program)
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On gay marriage, change in public opinion has been big, and rapid
WASHINGTON -- In the nearly four and a half years since California voters approved Proposition 8, banning same-sex marriages in the state, public attitudes on the subject have gone through a remarkably rapid transformation. Nationally, 1 in 7 American...
Tags: Social Issues, Belief and Faith, Gays and Lesbians, Medical Research, Customs and Tradition
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Poll: Acceptance of same-sex marriage on the rise
WASHINGTON -- A new public opinion survey is the latest to confirm a major social trend that shows no sign of ebbing: rising acceptance of same-sex marriage and homosexuality in America. Fully one in seven adults (14%) say they’ve changed their...
Tags: Social Issues, Belief and Faith, ABC (tv network), Gays and Lesbians, Medical Research
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Burt Lancaster a presence to be reckoned with
Burt Lancaster was the first movie star I ever met. I've encountered others since, but the circumstances have never been so dramatic. The year was 1971 and I was a young reporter for the Washington Post covering the Cannes Film Festival on my own dime....
Tags: Festive Events, Killers (movie), Burt Lancaster, Celebrities, Luchino Visconti
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Scott Walker to pen book with 'torture apologist'
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is drawing heat over his choice of ghostwriter for a forthcoming book. As the National Review online reported, Walker will team up with former George W. Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen on the book, which according to a source...
Tags: Periodicals, Conservative Political Action Conference, Authors, Book, Central Intelligence Agency
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Jane Goodall book postponed after plagiarism issues raised
Primatologist Jane Goodall and publisher Grand Central have announced they will delay publication of Goodall's forthcoming tree-focused book "Seeds of Hope" in the wake of accusations that certain passages were plagiarized. The Washington Post noted the...
Tags: Chinua Achebe, Authors, Book, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
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Kill the groundhog? Prosecutor demands death for faulty forecast
Meteorologists take heed. The punishment for inaccurately predicting the weather in Ohio is now death, at least according to one prosecutor. Butler County Prosecutor Mike Gmoser was apparently so enraged by this year’s lengthy winter that he...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Justice System, Lawyers
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The Sunday Conversation: Shepard Smith
Shepard Smith, longtime host of the nightly "Fox Report," is Fox News Channel's No. 1 anchor. That's thanks in part to his mix of folksy accessibility and anchor-worthy gravitas, which have earned him a perch at Politico.com, where his news clips are...
Tags: News Media, Rachel Maddow, MSNBC (tv network), Environmental Issues, Stephen Colbert
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