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L.A. mayor selects new housing chief from Chicago
L.A. NOWLos Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa today announced his selection of Douglas Guthrie to become the new general manager of the cityâs Housing Department. Guthrie, a former top official at the Chicago Housing Authority, most recently worked with... -
West Hartford Resident Publishes Ancestor's Civil War Letters
The Hartford CourantIn 1972, Hurricane Agnes swept through Quincy Abbot's hometown in Forty Fort, Pa., and left four feet of water in the first floor of his parent's house. He went down to help out and wound up renting a U-Haul to bring a very old desk home with him to...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Rentals, Abraham Lincoln, West Hartford, Slavery
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Finding the way into the story
For me, one of the crucial elements for a potential story is whether I feel the subject has broad reader appeal. The most recent example probably was a story on a proposal to raise interstate speed limits. How many people drive on interstates and have...
Tags: Abraham Lincoln
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On Theater: Another 'Lincoln,' closer to home
I'd like to use my space this week to talk about "Lincoln." No, not the Steven Spielberg blockbuster that may be front-and-center at Sunday's Oscar ceremonies, and not Bill O'Reilly's "Killing Lincoln," now on our television screens. This one is...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Marilyn Monroe, Steven Spielberg, Lincoln (movie, 2012), Arsenic and Old Lace (movie)
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Once there were giants
Paul Greenberg"Second Lieutenant Daniel K. Inouye distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action on 21 April 1945, in the vicinity of San Terenzo, Italy. While attacking a defended ridge guarding an important road junction, Second Lieutenant Inouye skillfully...Tags: U.S. Senate, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, World War II (1939-1945), Congressional Medal of Honor Heroes, Weaponry
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The tie that binds: Local connections to battle passed down for generations to come
bcurd@amnews.comThe Battle of Perryville is known as the largest battle in Kentucky during the Civil War, but to some local families, it’s much more personal than that. “Oh, we’ve heard these stories since we can remember …,” said Scott...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Wars and Interventions, Armed Conflicts, Newspaper and Magazine, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Baltimore was site of pivotal political conventions in 1800s
In "The First American Political Conventions: Transforming Presidential Nominations, 1832-1872," Stan M. Haynes writes that the modern presidential nominating convention evolved during the campaign of 1832.
Between the fall of 1831 and the spring of...Tags: Andrew Jackson, Wars and Interventions, Martin van Buren, White House, Abraham Lincoln
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Sacred text?
Change of SubjectJill Lepore in the New Yorker on the Constitution: “White” isn’t in the Constitution, but Senator Stephen Douglas, of Illinois, was still sure that the federal government was “made by white men, for the benefit of white men and... -
Politicians, health advocates seek transparency, restrictions in food stamp program
On a recent steamy holiday weekend, customers at a discount grocery store in Evanston loaded their carts with bags of chips, boxes of cookies, 2-liter soda bottles and jugs of fruit punch, among other items, then paid for it all with food stamp credit....
Tags: Obesity, Health Insurance Cost, Evanston, Diabetes, Ronda Storms
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Douglas Gene William Littrell, 50
Douglas Gene William Littrell, 50, of Somerset, passed away Saturday, March 3, at Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Lexington.
Born Feb. 21, 1962, in Chicago, Ill., Douglas was a son of Eileen M. Kwas Littrell of Bronston and the late Darrell T....Tags: Burnside, Religion and Belief, Roman Catholicism, American Legion, Christianity
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Sister of boy killed in hit-run: 'I lost my best friend'
Tribune reporterA parade of relatives, cops and former judges spoke out today in support of a Chicago police officer convicted of DUI in a hit-and-run crash that killed a boy riding a bike. More than a dozen witnesses urged leniency for Richard Bolling, describing the...Tags: Witnesses, Disasters and Accidents, Accidental Death, Lawyers, Justice System
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Zombie apocalypse set for Saturday in Elgin
TribLocal - Elgin » NewsOn Saturday sirens will be heard screaming through the night, and emergency lights will be flashing across downtown Elgin as Chicago Street is transformed into …...
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