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Recognition for a reserved WWII vet
Like many World War II veterans, he speaks modestly about his service. He is quiet and a polite listener, not the kind to draw attention to himself. But a few months ago, as he visited the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, other veterans noticed...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Chinese Restaurants, U.S. Army, U.S. Military
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(Small) body of presidential knowledge
FrameworkFive-year-old Arden Hayes loves Legos. And presidents. He's been reading up on history and can name the chief executives in order and tell you a little — OK, a lot — about them. When he found out that he shared a birthday with FDR, he... -
This presidential database loves running and Legos
Arden Hayes is 5. He loves Legos and running so fast across the living room to flip onto the couch that his feet end up pointing at the ceiling. He also loves the presidents — especially 11 and 33. Arden knows all 44 U.S. presidents. In order....
Tags: John Adams, Government, George W. Bush, Benjamin Harrison, Franklin Pierce
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Martyl Langsdorf dies at 96; artist created Doomsday Clock image
Martyl Langsdorf, the artist who created the widely known Doomsday Clock for the first cover of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, died March 26 at a rehabilitation facility near her home in suburban Chicago of complications from a lung infection. She was...
Tags: Arts, Arts and Culture, Missouri Legislature, Nuclear Weapons, St. Louis
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Rex Scouten dies at 88; longtime White House chief usher
Rex Scouten, whose 48-year career in the White House began with the Trumans and ended with the Clintons, and whose duties included helping first families transition to their oversized new home, died Feb. 20 at a hospital near his home in Fairfax, Va. He...
Tags: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Rosalynn Carter, U.S. Army
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The stupid sequester -- and you
Tired of the sequester yet? The automatic cuts to federal spending don’t start until Friday, and even then their effects will only be gradual. But Washington is already in a frenzy over a crisis that the two parties have brought on themselves with...
Tags: Republican Party, Elections, U.S. Senate, Mitch McConnell, Politics
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Letters: Truman and civil rights
Re "Harry Truman, Lincoln's heir," Opinion, Feb. 17 Robert Shogan is correct that President Harry S. Truman did more for the cause of African American rights than his predecessor Franklin D. Roosevelt or his successor Dwight D. Eisenhower. Yet...
Tags: Adam Clayton, Elections, U.S. Army, The Home Depot, U.S. Supreme Court
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Actor burned at Lyric Opera of Chicago dress rehearsal; father there
A performer with Lyric Opera of Chicago suffered serious burns Monday afternoon when his face went up in flames during a dress rehearsal of Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg” at the Civic Opera House in Chicago. Wesley Daniel,...
Tags: Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Civic Opera House, Roosevelt University, Benjamin Millepied, Celebrities
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The Rose Parade grows up
It's just a parade, after all, a once-a-year parade, so in the grand scheme of things, the Tournament of Roses Parade doesn't matter — until it does. And it does. There's a paradox at the core of Pasadena's pretty street party. What began in...
Tags: Mark Twain, George Lucas, Festive Events, Mary Pickford, NAACP
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Navy catapults experimental bat-winged drone into flight [Video]
For the first time, the U.S. Navy has catapulted the bat-winged X-47B drone into flight. The test conducted Thursday wasn’t at sea, but rather at a shore-based catapult facility at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. It marks the first of...
Tags: U.S. Navy, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Aircraft Carriers, Aerospace Manufacturing, Manufacturing and Engineering
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3 unconventional picks for secretary of State
With the 2012 presidential election over, attention nows turns to the inevitable shuffling of personnel in the Obama administration. Chief among the vacancies will be at the helm of the State Department, where Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has...
Tags: Turtle Bay, Robert Gates, Gerald Ford, World Bank Group, Ronald Reagan
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New bat-winged drone hoisted atop aircraft carrier for testing
The U.S. Navy’s new bat-winged experimental drone has been delivered to an aircraft carrier deck to undergo handling tests aboard the ship. The Navy said that sailors aboard the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman took delivery of the drone on Monday...
Tags: Military Equipment, U.S. Navy, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Aircraft Carriers, Aerospace Manufacturing
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