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Beryl: The little storm that smashed a big record
Beryl’s here, and she hasn’t broken much — physically. Once a tropical storm churning and gusting through the Atlantic with 70-mph winds, Beryl has now weakened into a depression, dumping buckets of rain all over the Southeast during...
Tags: Meteorological Disasters, Tropical Storms, Human Interest, Memorial Day, Hurricanes
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Love, love, love: A.J. Ellis, the Dodgers' catching god (Web links)
While breathlessly awaiting news of Johnny Depp’s next movie in caked white makeup, a look at the Dodgers around the Web: -- It’s getting be a regular A.J. Ellis lovefest out there. I told Ellis that I was going to have to find something to...
Tags: San Francisco Giants, Arizona Diamondbacks, A.J. Ellis, ESPN (tv network), Adam Kennedy
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Mitt Romney continues 'economic lightweight' attack in Illinois
After serving pancakes from a metal bin, Mitt Romney told supporters at an American Legion hall that President Obama was "an economic lightweight" and it was time to replace him with "an economic heavyweight." "I am," he said, "and I'll get that job done....Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Environmental Issues, White House, Rick Santorum
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Mitt Romney ignores Etch-A-Sketch for 'winning and delegates'
It was the elephant in the room, but Mitt Romney never paid it any mind.
In his first campaign event since winning Tuesday's Illinois primary, the former Massachusetts governor talked about his endorsement from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, his wedding...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Jeb Bush, Regional Authority, Rick Santorum
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Etch-A-Sketch moment could haunt Mitt Romney in the fall
Mitt Romney had hoped to avoid dealing with the Etch-A-Sketch question at his only public event Wednesday afternoon, a town hall meeting in Maryland. But, about half an hour after Romney pointedly told a reporter along the ropeline that he would not be...
Tags: Politics, Jeb Bush, Democratic Party, Women's Health, Newt Gingrich
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Santorum: Ohio on Super Tuesday a 'huge deal' for his campaign
Rick Santorum delivered his closing pitch to Ohio primary voters, saying his showing in Tuesday’s primary was critical to proving that a grass-roots insurgency candidate could compete with an established, moneyed competitor.
Santorum said Ohio...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Parties and Movements, The Pennsylvania State University, CNN (tv network)
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Was one of Georgetown's canine mascots a war hero?
Sports NowFOOTBALL URBAN LEGEND: One of Georgetown's canine mascots was a war hero. The first live animal mascot in college football was "Handsome Dan," a bulldog who was purchased by Yale student Andrew Graves in 1889. The bulldog became quite popular...... -
Don Carter dies at 85; 'Mr. Bowling' was the sport's original superstar
MIAMI — Don Carter, the bowling great with the unorthodox style who flourished as a genuine sports celebrity during the game's golden age on TV, died Thursday at his Miami home. He was 85.
The Professional Bowlers Assn. announced the death of...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Pneumonia, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Yogi Berra
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Edward Derwinski dies at 85; first VA secretary
Edward Derwinski, who represented Chicago's south side and adjoining suburbs in Congress for nearly a quarter-century before becoming the nation's first secretary of Veterans Affairs, died Sunday of cancer at a nursing home in Oak Brook, Ill., his...Tags: Politics, Veterans Affairs, U.S. Army, U.S. Senate, 2016 Olympic Games
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Question on Obama's religion puts Santorum in awkward spot
With Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich engaging in a dogfight, Rick Santorum soldiered on, trying to persuade some of Florida's reddest Republicans that the top two finishers in South Carolina's upending primary are convenient conservatives, while he is the...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Minority Groups, Lady Lake, Newt Gingrich
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Mitt Romney courts South Carolina veterans, goes after Obama
Still leading in polls with the South Carolina primary just a week away, Mitt Romney set his sights on President Obama and pledged to rescue America from becoming a welfare state, speaking in front of hundreds of voters and veterans at an American...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Employment Opportunities, Mitt Romney, George Romney, John McCain
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Eugene Weston III dies at 87; modernist architect
Modernist architect Eugene Weston III was in his early 30s when he declared that "the house is the last of the handcrafted objects" in an industrial age.
The year was 1956, and he argued in The Times that even a modest house could be "more beautiful...Tags: Architecture, U.S. Army, Arts and Culture, Arts
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