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Nixon centennial birthday: Map honors life of former president
L.A. NOWWhat will take you to the shores of San Clemente and a home off Bundy Drive in Los Angeles? It’s not a Hollywood Hills celebrity map, but rather, a visual blueprint of President Nixon’s life in Southern California -- which...... -
Letters: Nixon's shameful legacy
Re "The many what-if's of Richard Nixon," Opinion, Jan. 6 The mental gymnastics of what might have been pertaining to the life and career of Richard Nixon are certainly debatable. But what happened because of Watergate is not. Because of the president's...Tags: U.S. Congress
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Pre-inaugural books on civics for history geeks
You’re not necessarily a history geek if you shed a tear during Steven Spielberg’s excellent biopic “Lincoln,” which relates the struggle to pass the 13th Amendment to the Constitution and forever outlaw slavery. However, you are...
Tags: Rick Moody, Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, Martin Luther King Jr., Daniel Day-Lewis
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Jack Brooks dies at 89; longtime Democratic Texas congressman
Jack Brooks hounded government bureaucrats, drafted articles of impeachment against President Nixon and was a strong supporter of civil rights in a congressional career that spanned four decades. But the Texas politician was perhaps best known for his...
Tags: Joe Biden, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Armed Forces, Justice and Rights
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PASSINGS: James D. Hodgson, Patrick Moore
James D. Hodgson Former secretary of Labor James D. Hodgson, 96, who as secretary of Labor in the early 1970s helped shepherd the Occupational Safety and Health Act into law, died Nov. 28 at his Malibu home, his family announced. The cause was...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Entertainment, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Career and Workplace
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Obama inauguration: TV ratings tumble from ceremony in 2009
President Obama outlined a bold vision for his second term, but things got off to a slow start when it came to TV ratings. Viewing for Obama's second inauguration on Monday tumbled 46% compared with his first swearing-in back in 2009, according to...
Tags: George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Beyonce, Barack Obama
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More than 20 million watched inauguration on TV, big drop from 2009
WASHINGTON — Nearly 20.6 million people watched Monday’s presidential inaugural festivities on network television, a drop of 46% from the 2009 event, which drew nearly 37.8 million viewers, according to the Nielsen ratings. The fall-off...
Tags: Television, Entertainment, Culture, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush
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Elvis Presley could have his day -- Jan. 8 -- if Congress agrees
WASHINGTON -- With lawmakers singing the blues about the looming "fiscal cliff," why not a resolution to show their support for designating Jan. 8 as Elvis Presley Day? Ten members of Congress have signed onto the resolution to show they have a big hunk...
Tags: Entertainment, Music, Politics, Elvis Presley, Elections
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Obama begins second term with job approval up
President Obama begins his second term with a job approval rating higher than it was for much of the last two years but still well below that of most other presidents who have won reelection. A new Pew Research Center opinion survey, released Thursday,...
Tags: Republican Party, George W. Bush, Politics, World War II (1939-1945), Barack Obama
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Buried history in Hanoi
Out beyond the swank poolside bar at Hanoi's Metropole hotel, which I visited last month, a gated entrance opens onto a dark set of stairs. At the bottom is a dank and musty bomb shelter, and, for those who can read Vietnamese, a sign in golden...
Tags: Agent Orange Poisoning (1961-1971), Jane Fonda, Hanoi (Vietnam), Explosions, Emergency Incidents
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Marking Richard Nixon's 100th birthday -- with a map
L.A. NOWRichard Nixon map: "Native Son Richard Nixon's Southern California: My Life on a Map!" follows the life of the only White House occupant born and raised in Southern California.... -
Lance Armstrong: No love lost by readers
The verdict so far from Times readers on Lance Armstrong's image rehabilitation effort: Nice try, Lance. More than a dozen readers have sent their thoughts to letters@latimes.com following the broadcast Thursday night of the (former) seven-time Tour...
Tags: Justice System, Oprah Winfrey, Livestrong Foundation, Judges, Cycling
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