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Biden gets do-over 20 years later
Times Staff WriterEMMETSBURG, IOWA -- Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., in a dark suit whose jacket he will soon shed, steps out of a dark SUV about an hour and a half late for a house party at Jack and Kay Kibbie's place. Jack Kibbie is a corn and soybean farmer, but more to...Tags: Lawyers, Minority Groups, Iraq War (2003-2011), The Washington Post, Hospitals and Clinics
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How to help
These are some of the charities accepting donations to help victims of Monday's earthquake in China: American Red Cross P.O. Box 4002018 Des Moines, IA 50340-2018 (800) HELP-NOW www.redcross.org AmeriCares 88 Hamilton Ave. Stamford, CT 06902 (800) 486-...Tags: Charity, China Earthquake (2010), Stamford, Westport, Portland (Multnomah, Oregon)
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Martha S. Putney, black historian and author, dies at 92
Martha S. Putney, a retired historian at Bowie State and Howard universities and the author of a book about African American women who served in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II, died Dec. 11 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at a...Tags: Minority Groups, Armed Forces, The Washington Post, Hospitals and Clinics, History
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State government tourist offices
States and many U.S. territories have tourism offices to help visitors. When requesting travel literature, be as specific as possible. Alabama: Alabama Bureau of Tourism & Travel, 401 Adams Ave., Suite 126, P.O. Box 4927, Montgomery, AL 36103; (800) 252-...Tags: Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), National Government, Connecticut Economic Development, Trips and Vacations, Denver
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A Judge Who Isn't Playing by Fast and Loose Rules
Times Staff WriterLAS VEGAS — Judge John S. McGroarty did it differently. In the last Nevada election in which all district judgeships in Las Vegas were on the ballot, 13 incumbents ran unopposed. Unlike others, McGroarty returned his unspent campaign contributions....Tags: Justice System, Bribery, Judges, Corporate Crime, Politics
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Katie Couric, news anchors and the cult of personality
Special to The TimesTailored suit, tasteful hair, good posture, all business, only rare hints of perkiness. I've been checking out Katie Couric, really putting the evil eye on her. You know, Couric, the former NBC "Today" superstar and subsequent $15-million-a-year Jeanne...Tags: Entertainment, Diana, Princess of Wales, ABC (tv network), MSNBC (tv network), Fox Broadcasting Company
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L.A.'s fleet flounders in the Rose Parade
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNot to rain on anyone's parade, but it was hard not to notice last week that the city of Los Angeles really, really needs some help when it comes to its floats for the annual Rose Parade. This year's edition was a tribute to the Port of Los Angeles. That...Tags: Laura Chick, Local Elections, Local Government, Antonio Villaraigosa, Janice Hahn
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The cost of regulated speech
Iowa hasn't spoken yet, but already the white-bread state and its early-bird caucuses are being criticized for being undemocratic. "Iowans Insist Caucus Role Is Deserved" was the headline on a dispatch from Des Moines in Wednesday's Washington Times,...Tags: Oprah Winfrey, Political Corruption, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Barack Obama
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Iowa magician, hand model sues over snipped finger
A hand model, magician and actor blames a Martha Stewart-branded lounge chair for snipping off a bit of his livelihood. In a lawsuit filed Monday against Kmart Corp. and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Patrick Albanese said he was moving the Martha...Tags: Martha Stewart, Trials, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc., Entertainment, Polk County (Iowa)
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IOWA: Art and antiques amid the Iowa cornfields
Special to The TimesThe registration clerk was asking me a question. Her face blurred as my eyes locked onto the oil painting behind her, an image of a woman holding a child in her arms and standing in front of a red barn. I was surprised to find such beautiful artwork in...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Los Angeles International Airport, Des Moines Register, Journalism, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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'America, we are better than these last eight years'
01-03-08 'Hope is the bedrock of this nation -- the belief that our destiny will not be written for us, but by us, by all those men and women who are not content to settle for the world as it is, who have the courage to remake the world as it should be.'...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Grant Park, Nashua Corporation, Barack Obama, Democratic National Conventions
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An 'I do' on same-sex marriage is stayed
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterRaising the contentious issue of same-sex marriage in a state with the first caucus of the 2008 presidential campaign, an Iowa district court judge ruled the state's Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional this week but enacted a stay on his own ruling...Tags: Lawyers, Gays and Lesbians, Entertainment, Minority Groups, Local Government
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