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New York's One World Trade Center spire finally goes up
New York City can once again claim to be home to the tallest building in the country, and the Western Hemisphere for that matter. On Friday, workers topped off the new One World Trade Center building with a spire making the structure 1,776 feet tall,...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Andrew Cuomo, Politics, Government, One World Trade Center
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But then a funny thing happened
I was on my way to a stand-up comedy gig in some Godforsaken place about three hours out of Los Angeles, and I asked the headliner, who was driving and rolling a joint simultaneously, if he knew anybody who might be able to tolerate me. He'd been...
Tags: Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Stand-up Comedy, Alzheimer's Disease
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Air marshal whistle-blower fired in 2006 claims big win in court
Two years after 9/11, federal Air Marshal Robert MacLean turned whistle-blower. He revealed to MSNBC reporters that the government planned to remove armed security officers from long-distance passenger flights to reduce hotel expenses despite reports...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Government, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Congress, Labor Legislation
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Christopher Shinn's plays explore what victims do next
NEW YORK — David Mamet has his hustlers, Edward Albee his domestic warriors, Tony Kushner his brilliant self-flagellators. If playwright Christopher Shinn has a signature character, it is the manipulative victim — the half-sympathetic, half-...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Cancer, Science and Technology, Genetics, Arts and Culture
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Catholic 'Sharia' in Pittsburgh
In the post-9/11 culture wars over Islamic fundamentalism, American conservatives — properly — have condemned attempts in Muslim countries to punish blasphemy or insults to the prophet Muhammad. It will be interesting to see if they are...
Tags: Islam, John G. Roberts, Jr., Christianity, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Festive Events
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Review: 'Valentino's Ghost' hits media's portrayal of Arabs, Muslims
Writer-director Michael Singh's documentary "Valentino's Ghost" connects the United States' Middle East foreign policy agenda to the American media's often negative portrayals of Arabs and Muslims. It's a provocative, absorbing — and at times...
Tags: Islam, Entertainment, Douglas Fairbanks, Film Festivals, Lawrence of Arabia (movie)
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Review: 'Star Trek Into Darkness' ramps up action, leaves room for heart
"Star Trek Into Darkness," bursting at the seams with enemies, wears its politics, its mettle, its moxie and its heart on its ginormous 3-D sleeve. Director J.J. Abrams and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise try to build a better sequel with action...
Tags: Entertainment, Anton Yelchin, Action (Movie Genre), John Cho, Karl Urban
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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: Statue of Liberty, One World Trade Center, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Today (tv program)
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On Benghazi, Obama vs. Republicans again
This post has been updated as indicated below.Maybe because President Obama said so many other things in his speech Thursday -- about drones, Guantanamo and a “new phase” in the war against terrorism -- a reference to Benghazi didn’t attract much attention. But, at the risk of over-...Tags: Mitt Romney, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Benghazi, Al-Qaeda, Politics
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A new response in the war on terror
Better late than never, President Obama has moved to establish more rigorous standards for the targeted killings of Americans and foreigners alike away from a battlefield. The need for what he called "strong oversight of all lethal action" was one theme...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Yemen, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Pakistan
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Ridiculous Republican rhetoric undermines Benghazi probe
Republicans could make an easy hit on the Obama administration by highlighting the State Department’s apparent bureaucratic blundering during and after the deadly terrorist attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last fall, but they...
Tags: Steve King, Hillary Clinton, Benghazi, Iran, Republican Party
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