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Karl Fleming dies at 84; Newsweek reporter chronicled civil rights struggle
Karl Fleming, a former Newsweek reporter who helped draw national attention to the civil rights movement in the 1960s — and risked his life covering it with perceptive stories about its major figures and the inequalities that fueled it —...
Tags: Civil Rights, Colleges and Universities, Newspapers, NPR, Labor Legislation
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'The Good Wife' recap: 'I wish this had happened to somebody who cried a lot'
Show TrackerThere's no doubt that the writers of "The Good Wife" have their work cut out for them, creating 22 compelling episodes a year. But given that American political scandals erupt even more often than that -- or so it seems...... -
Washington lawyer among finalists in MPAA's long and winding job search
Company TownFor those still keeping track of the dizzying search to find a new chief executive for the Motion Picture Assn. of America, here's another name to add to the short list: Antoinette Cook Bush. The veteran Washington, D.C., communications attorney,...... -
Who Obama invited to his first White House state dinner instead of you
Top of the TicketAnd the official toasts by India's prime minister Manmohan Singh and Obama.... -
'The Good Wife': Everyone is that person
Show TrackerOh, the irony. Not so long ago, a woman named Alicia Florrick was publicly humiliated by her philandering husband, Peter. With him in jail, she was forced to return to work as a lawyer to provide for her kids. Slowly,...... -
Dining at Ground Zero
Times Staff WriterMore than six months after terrorists dealt New York a devastating blow, the city is getting on with things. Tourists are venturing back, and many are inevitably drawn downtown to the haunting ground zero site, as I was recently. Some come to grieve. Some...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Sandwiches, Food Network (tv network), Oysters, Financial District
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Documentary spotlights civil rights pioneer
When we hear the name Whitney Young, most Chicagoans probably think of the city's Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, rather than the man after whom it was named. But filmmaker Bonnie Boswell, Young's niece, hopes her new documentary about the civil...
Tags: Civil Rights, Colleges and Universities, Poverty, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Movies
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Obamas walk to neighborhood wedding
The first family walked over to a wedding in their hometown neighborhood tonight.President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle and daughters Malia, 13, and Sasha, 11, are here for their first trip to the city as a foursome in two years. While the White...
Tags: Family, Eric Holder, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Air Transportation Industry, Michelle Obama
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Out on Home Video: 'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' released
EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE (2011) * *1/2 (B-) Directed by Stephen Daldry Starring Tom Hanks, Thomas Horn, Sandra Bullock, Max von Sydow, John Goodman, Viola Davis Warner//Rated PG-13//Drama//129 minutes Available on: DVD, Blu-ray and digital...
Tags: Viola Davis, Robin Wright, Colin Ferguson, Christina Applegate, Blu-ray Discs
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Bulls' Derrick Rose to appear on 'The Good Wife'
About Last NightDerrick Rose during the first quarter of a preseason game against the Toronto Raptors on October 12, 2010 at the United Center. (Jerry Lai/US PRESSWIRE ORG) The Bulls' Derrick Rose will make a special appearance on a future episode of the CBS political... -
President, prof, police: 'This one's for you'
The Swampby Mark Silva It was Sgt. James Crowley, the Cambridge police officer who led Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates. Jr., out of his own home in handcuffs, who suggested to President Barack Obama, who first criticized the arrest as stupid......Tags: Social Issues, Arts and Culture, Police Arrests, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Cultural Development
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Obama's Vineyard: Retreat's rich history
The Swampby Mark Silva This isn't Crawford, Texas, anymore. This is Martha's Vineyard, the remote island retreat of clapboard cottages, bluff-views of the ocean and tranquil harbors reachable by ferry, boat or plane off the shore of Cape Cod where the......Tags: Social Issues, Population, Newspapers, John Kerry, Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
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