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The $570,000 JFK bomber jacket bargain
Would you pay $570,000 for a bomber jacket? Probably not (though I’m willing to give NBA stars and the like an out here). But would you pay $570,000 for a bomber jacket, complete with presidential seal, once worn by John F. Kennedy aboard Air...
Tags: Assassinations, Indiana Jones (fictional character), Chocolate Cake, World War II (1939-1945), Abraham Lincoln
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JFK's bomber jacket sells at auction for $570,000
A leather bomber jacket worn by President John F. Kennedy fetched well more than 10 times the asking price at auction, an indication of the fascination the nation still has for the president who ushered in the upbeat era of Camelot after the political...
Tags: Auction Service, George Washington, Dwight D. Eisenhower, World War II (1939-1945)
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Harry Truman, Lincoln's heir
Presidents Day, which falls between the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, celebrates the contributions of those presidents. But here's a nomination for another president worth remembering on this long weekend: Harry Truman, the first...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Slavery, NAACP, Social Issues, Justice System
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2013 State of the Union: Full prepared transcript
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task,” he...
Tags: Barack Obama, Teaching and Learning, Globalization, National Government, Petroleum Industry
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Rubio to offer familiar themes in State of the Union response
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida was tapped by fellow Republicans to present a fresh face in response to President Obama’s State of the Union address. But excerpts released a few hours ahead of Obama’s speech to Congress and Rubio’s...
Tags: Barack Obama, State of the Union Address, Unions, Marco Rubio, Career and Workplace
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In Kennedy memorabilia headed for auction, a tale of friendship
Sprawled out on the floor of a New England home, surrounded by yellowing photographs and a flag that once rode in the presidential motorcade, appraiser Dan Meader leafed through history. A folder labeled “Texas Trip” piqued his attention. He...
Tags: Auction Service, Mexico, Joe Kennedy, Human Interest, Politics
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‘John Dies at the End’: Paul Giamatti, Don Coscarelli on cult cinema
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.comIf this were a scene from the new movie “John Dies at the End,” the waiter serving breakfast to actor ...... -
Eugene Patterson, conscience of the South
During World War II, as a tank commander in Gen. George S. Patton's 3rd Army, Eugene Patterson participated in a daring maneuver that helped assure the Allied victory in the Battle of the Bulge. Asked subsequently what he was most proud of about his...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, U.S. Supreme Court, Georgia Legislature, The Washington Post
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Letters: Voting-pattern data reveal all
Re "Why the poor favor the Democrats," Opinion, Dec. 3 Where were reports like this, by Zoltan Hajnal and Jeremy D. Horowitz, before the election? Why is it that something generally known or felt by the public — that the poor and minorities fare...Tags: Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, Fiscal Cliff, Politics, Elections
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Lessons for Obama from reading inaugurals past [Video chat]
Editor's note: Join Hector Tobar and book critic David L. Ulin on the Jacket Copy blog for a live video chat on the literary legacy of American inaugurations in general, and President Obama's 2013 inauguration in particular, on Tuesday at 10 a.m. Pacific....
Tags: Barack Obama, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Sonia Sotomayor
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Three Coachella men die when car slams into tree
L.A. NOWThree Coachella men were killed in the predawn hours Saturday when their vehicle crashed into a palm tree in the center median of a La Quinta street.... -
The pope is Catholic, but our ambassador doesn't have to be
John L. Allen Jr., the go-to guy in journalism for insights about the Vatican, has an interesting article in the National Catholic Reporter about the Obama administration’s vexed attempt to name a U.S. ambassador to the Vatican now that the post...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Barack Obama, Vatican City, The Pope, Christianity
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