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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: Newspapers, Chicago Tribune, Newspaper and Magazine, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe
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Iowa jury returns record $240-million judgment in ADA abuse case
A jury has awarded $240 million to 32 mentally disabled former workers at a turkey processing plant in Iowa, in what officials on Wednesday said was the largest such judgment in a federal abuse and discrimination case. After a week-long trial, the...
Tags: Social Issues, Turkey (animal), U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Discrimination, Trials
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Girl Scout cookie thieves leave crumbs all over the country
There's a terrible crime wave sweeping the nation! Well, OK, there's probably not a crime wave targeting Girl Scout cookies, per se. But when it comes to a few recent cookie-related mishaps, terrible is a pretty good word to describe each of them....
Tags: Theft, Youth Organizations, Social Organizations, Girl Scout Cookies, Crime, Law and Justice
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Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis cuddle up in Iowa for the holidays
Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are having a real-people Christmas this year in Iowa, Kutcher's home base. Glamorous celebrity activities have include trips to Bed Bath & Beyond and a sporting-goods store in Cedar Rapids, Celebuzz reported, as well as a...
Tags: Travel, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Social Media, Holidays, Ashton Kutcher
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McManus: Obama's second act
Second terms have rarely been kind to American presidents. Our last two-term leader, George W. Bush, ended his tenure with a financial crash so disastrous that his own party has tried to erase him from memory. Bush's predecessor, Bill Clinton, was more...
Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Philosophy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Republican Party, Elections
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McManus: The likely winner -- gridlock
After a year of campaign sound and fury, we're about to hold an election that will probably fail to usher in the one thing voters of all stripes would like to see: an end to the partisan gridlock in Congress. Neither President Obama nor Mitt Romney...
Tags: Immigration, Budgets and Budgeting, Healthcare Laws, Harry Reid, Health Care Reform (2009)
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Central issues of Election 2012
Whoever wins the presidential election in November will confront urgent problems: Should tax cuts scheduled to expire be renewed? Should federal spending be cut to reduce the deficit or would that weaken an already lackluster economy? After one of the...
Tags: Elections, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Justice, Same-Sex Marriage, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Earl Rose dies at 85; Dallas medical examiner on JFK case
Dr. Earl Rose, the medical examiner in Dallas when President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, died Tuesday at a retirement community in Iowa City, Iowa. He was 85. Rose's wife, Marilyn, said he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and then...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, Health, Shootings, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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PASSINGS: John Cowles Jr.
John Cowles Jr., 82, scion of a Minneapolis newspaper family and philanthropist who helped shaped the cultural landscape of the Twin Cities, died of lung cancer Saturday at his home in Minneapolis.
His death was reported by the Minneapolis Star Tribune,...Tags: Corporate Officers, Newspaper and Magazine, Companies and Corporations, Lung Cancer, Economy, Business and Finance
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Game on: Joe Biden hits Mitt Romney over economic plans
Vice President Joe Biden is off to an early start in playing the traditional role of attack dog for the Democratic ticket, accusing Mitt Romney of wanting to "double down" on failed Republican economic policies.
To date, President Obama and his vice...Tags: Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Elections, Joe Biden, Mitt Romney
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Donald Trump debate still on, organizers say
There may only be two candidates, but plans for a debate moderated by Donald Trump are "moving full steam ahead," the organizers said Friday. Only Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum accepted the invitation from conservative media group Newsmax to attend the...Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), Don Imus, Rick Santorum, Fox Business Network (tv network), Republican Party
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Rick Perry ties Gingrich, Romney to 'Obamacare'
Mitt Romney isn't the only candidate with a healthcare problem in the GOP primary.
One-time front-runner Rick Perry, in part of a furious bid to make up ground before the Iowa caucuses, is linking Newt Gingrich to Romney and President Obama in a new...Tags: Barack Obama, Republican Party, Elections, Newt Gingrich, Health
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