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Sheriff: Granbury residents can return to tornado-ravaged area Saturday to start recovery
Associated PressGRANBURY, Texas (AP) — Residents whose homes were torn apart or blown away by a North Texas deadly tornado can soon return to retrieve what belongings may be left and start cleaning up, authorities said Friday. In Granbury, the area hardest hit...Tags: Jimmy Carter, Tornadoes, Natural Disasters, Shingles, Personal Income
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The art of the mola comes from Panama's Guna women
Miami HeraldPANAMA CITY, Panama -- From the traditional blouses worn by Guna Indian women to evening gowns, wall hangings and even oven mitts, mola designs are everywhere in Panama. Formed by stacking layers of vividly hued cloth together and then snipping away a...Tags: Customs and Tradition, Panama City (Panama), Arts and Culture, The Miami Herald, Pineapple
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Caregiver program lands grant funding
Daily American Staff WriterFormer first lady Rosalynn Carter was a caregiver when she was young. In published interviews Carter said as the oldest of four children she helped her mother as a caregiver for her father who died when she was 13. The following year her grandfather came...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Medical Research
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Miller: No clear winner in Oscar contest
For some in Newport-Mesa, the 85th annual Academy Awards telecast may have prompted a three-word response: "Oh, hey, guys." Within minutes of the show's beginning, William Shatner, who recently brought his one-man show to the Segerstrom Center for the...
Tags: Music, Steven Spielberg, Christopher Plummer, Seth MacFarlane, Jane Austen
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Tonight: Meredith Vieira on ‘A White House Christmas,’ Ann Curry on ‘Rock Center’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelThe TV highlights Thursday night: 1. Meredith Vieira hosts “A White House Christmas: First Families Remember” at 8 on NBC. If you miss Vieira on “Today,” you'll want to tune in. Sharing their holiday memories in the president's... -
Georgia rail excursion is built around the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
PLAINS, Ga. - The view from the train tells the story of this part of rural southwest Georgia: cotton fields speckled with puffs of white; peanut and soybean fields; groves of towering pecan trees. Rusted old cars that appear to have been parked in the...Tags: State Parks, Tourism and Leisure, Jimmy Carter, General Motors Corp., Peanuts
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Coupled in politics
Angelina and Brad, Kate and William, Hillary and Bill. We can't stop looking, and wondering — what's the magic? While People magazine and the tabloids have their tawdry approaches, distinguished historian William H. Chafe has a different angle. By...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Jimmy Carter, Chemistry, Nancy Reagan, Justice and Rights
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Funeral Plans for Former First Lady Betty Ford
Funeral plans for former First Lady Betty Ford were announced in California Saturday.
Betty Ford, 93, died peacefully from natural causes at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage Friday. The wife of late former President Gerald Ford was surrounded...Tags: Elections, Celebrities and Health Issues, Government, Lynne Cheney, Gerald Ford
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Current and former first ladies gather for Betty Ford funeral
PALM DESERT -- Michelle Obama and three former first ladies were among dignitaries heading to California to pay tribute to Betty Ford at a funeral focusing on her twin passions: politics and her world famous Betty Ford Center for substance abuse and...Tags: Jimmy Carter, Elections, George W. Bush, Substance Abuse, Lynne Cheney
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Family of Former First Lady Betty Ford Heads To Michigan For 2nd Service
KTLA NewsPALM DESERT, Calif. -- The body of former first lady Betty Ford is being flown to Michigan Wednesday, where she will be buried with her husband, former President Gerald Ford, following additional funeral services. The former first lady's remains were...Tags: Chicago Hotels, Family, Elections, George W. Bush, Congressional Gold Medal Honorees
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Autism summit offers latest answers
The Kids Institute for Development and Advancement will present the latest developments in the research on autism in a comprehensible, "parent-oriented" format at the third annual Summit on Autism, the center's founder said Friday. Designed to be a...Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Elections, Psychology, Summits, Harvard Medical School
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Smithsonian exhibit details White House furnishings
It is hard to believe, considering our national fondness for the White House and its history, but new presidents used to sell off the furnishings from the previous administration in something like a garage sale.
In an attempt to make "the people's house"...Tags: Nancy Reagan, John Adams, Arts and Culture, Theodore Roosevelt, Arts
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