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Gov. Cuomo warns Khloe Kardashian & Co. about Rich Soil logo
It's not every day that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo warns Khloe Kardashian about anything. But the governor's administration sent out a "pro forma" letter to Rich Soil, Kardashian's husband Lamar Odom's clothing line, warning that the logo used on one of...
Tags: Politics, Andrew Cuomo, New Products, Khloe Kardashian, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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World Trade Center reaches new heights with permanent spire
A spire set atop One World Trade Center on Friday was greeted with cheers from workers high in the air and spectators from the street below. The 408-foot spire, draped in an American flag, brought the New York City structure to a height of 1,776 feet,...
Tags: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Today (tv program), September 11, 2001 Attacks, One World Trade Center
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Immigration bill survives first day of debate in Senate committee
WASHINGTON — After eight hours of debate, the bipartisan Senate immigration bill emerged mostly intact Thursday, despite Republican-led efforts to make substantial alterations in the first of what is certain to be many long committee meetings to...
Tags: Politics, Chuck Grassley, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Dianne Feinstein, Jeff Sessions
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A slow — yet energizing — boat to Hawaii
LAHAINA, Hawaii — "Here, take this one," Elisa said, lifting an orchid lei from her shoulders and draping it on Laurel's. "Aloha." My wife, Laurel, and I were in the tender queue with Elisa, our "port shopping specialist," at Lahaina on Maui,...
Tags: Sailing, Trips and Vacations, Arts and Culture, Tourism and Leisure, Norwegian Cruise Line
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The Sunday Conversation: Shepard Smith
Shepard Smith, longtime host of the nightly "Fox Report," is Fox News Channel's No. 1 anchor. That's thanks in part to his mix of folksy accessibility and anchor-worthy gravitas, which have earned him a perch at Politico.com, where his news clips are...
Tags: Rachel Maddow, Global Change, Christianity, Religion and Belief, Papal Conclave (2013)
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Allan B. Calhamer dies at 81; inventor of Diplomacy game
The origins of the board game Diplomacy can be traced to an old geography book that Allan B. Calhamer discovered while rummaging around with a friend in the attic of his boyhood home in suburban Chicago. Calhamer was fascinated by the exotic countries...
Tags: Monopoly (game), Scrabble (game), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hinsdale, Harvard University
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John Brennan's killer drones are new symbol of America in the world
It is certainly not what he hoped or intended, but one of President Obama’s biggest legacies in foreign affairs may prove to be the proliferation of drones as tools of war, assassination and terror. Obama is not the first to use drones to strike...
Tags: John O. Brennan, Central Intelligence Agency, Terrorism, George W. Bush, U.S. Congress
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Letters: A nation of immigrants
Re "Senate panel has plan on immigration," Jan. 28 I am so grateful to the millions of immigrants of recent decades, legal and illegal, for moving my country toward equality. When I was growing up, our country was dominated by white male Protestants,...Tags: Politics, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration, Migration
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Letters: Maintaining public art
Re "Sculpture gets a reprieve," Jan. 24 Where is the common sense of the Santa Monica City Council when it comes to donated public art? The iconic "Chain Reaction" by the late Times cartoonist Paul Conrad hasn't cost the city of Santa Monica a single...Tags: Arts and Culture, Washington Monument
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House finally OKs Sandy aid; Senate action expected soon
WASHINGTON--Seventy-eight days after Superstorm Sandy battered the Northeast, the House on Tuesday approved $50.5 billion in disaster relief in a vote that exposed divisions within Republican ranks and foreshadowed the spending fights that lie ahead. ...
Tags: Politics, Elections, Natural Disasters, John Boehner, Jerrold Nadler
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House approves $9.7 billion in Sandy disaster aid
WASHINGTON — Responding to the political storm over delays in disaster aid to the Northeast, the House on Friday approved a $9.7-billion flood insurance bill, the first segment of a possible $60-billion Superstorm Sandy recovery package. The...
Tags: Politics, Elections, John Boehner, Government, Nydia Velazquez
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Hemingway's famous cats still under government control, court says
The federal government is the ultimate master of the roughly 40 cats, many with six toes, that lounge around the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum in Key West, Fla. A federal appeals court has ruled that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has the power...
Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ernest Hemingway, Museums, Ted Bundy, Key West
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