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China's Xi spars with lawmakers, avoids specifics in speech
World NowREPORTING FROM WASHINGTON -- After getting an earful from U.S. lawmakers on his country's human rights record Wednesday morning, the official expected to be China's future leader faced a friendlier audience at a business-sponsored luncheon in Washington... -
For Presidents Day, a tower of Lincoln books
Jacket CopyA huge stack of books about Abraham Lincoln is installed at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.... -
Honest Abe, cool superhero -- just spare us the Spandex suit
Opinion L.A.Presidents Day is officially about George Washington, but to most Americans' way of thinking, it honors both Washington and Abraham Lincoln.... -
Presidential giants of our generation, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton
Opinion L.A.Sure, among the great presidents are George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt. But we've given the nation the Gipper and the Man from Hope. Enough said.... -
Save the incredible sinking, leaning Washington Monument
Opinion L.A.Not only was the Washington Monument damaged in n earthquake last year, but now we learn that it's sinking. And leaning. A nation asks: What would George do?... -
Reel China: It's rough out West for Chinese films
When the Chow Yun-fat action-comedy epic "Let the Bullets Fly" opened in China last year, it quickly became a phenomenon. Lured by its splashy fight scenes and whip-snap dialogue, filmgoers swarmed theaters. The movie wound up taking in more than $100...Tags: Film Festivals, Boxing, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Drama (genre), Entertainment
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PASSINGS: Dave Gavitt, Wilma Lee Cooper, James Speed, James N. Rosenau, Yuli Ofer, Kurt Ziebart
Dave Gavitt
Coach led organization
of Big East Conference
Dave Gavitt, 73, one of basketball's most influential leaders in the last three decades, died Friday in a hospital near his hometown of Rumford, R.I., after a long illness, his family said....Tags: College Basketball, Arts, West Virginia Mountaineers, Princeton University, Harvard University
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Dorothy Howell Rodham dies at 92; mother of Hillary Clinton
Dorothy Howell Rodham, whose daughter is Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and whose son-in-law Bill Clinton was president of the United States, died Tuesday morning, the Clinton family announced. She was 92.
Born in Chicago on June 4, 1919,...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Hillary Clinton, Marc Mezvinsky, Istanbul (Turkey), Bill Clinton
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Obama's latest executive action: Thanksgiving turkey pardon
Washington BureauThere was freedom for Liberty. President Obama pardoned the appropriately named turkey at the White House on Wednesday, an annual tradition before what the president said was "one of the best days of the year to be an American." (see video below)....Tags: Barack Obama, White House, Turkey (animal), Holidays, John F. Kennedy
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The difference between civil liberties and civil rights [The Reply]
Opinion L.A.In Thursday's Op-Ed pages, Jonathan Turley, a professor of law at George Washington University, wrote that President Obama may prove the most disastrous president in our history in terms of civil liberties. (Ironically, his article ran the same day Obama.... -
End drug prohibition [Most commented]
Opinion L.A.Drug legalization supporters shouldn't compare their plight to Prohibition, writes Kevin A. Sabet in Wednesday's Op-Ed pages. The former senior adviser to President Obama's drug czar says it's too nuanced a situation -- legally, historically and... -
Sarah Palin in Iowa: Top volunteer 'can’t see her sitting this one out'
Top of the TicketSarah Palin will run says her biggest supporter in Iowa...
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