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Wesley Brown dies at 85; first black graduate of Naval Academy
Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Brown, the first African American graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, died Tuesday in Silver Spring, Md., the Naval Academy's alumni association announced from Annapolis, Md. He was 85 and had cancer. A 1949 graduate, Brown was...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Technology, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Science and Technology
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Lt. Cmdr. Wesley A. Brown, broke color barrier at Naval Academy
Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley A. Brown, who broke the color barrier at the Naval Academy and was its first African-American graduate in 1949, died Tuesday of cancer at Springhouse of Silver Spring Assisted Living.
He was 85.
"It's important for America to...Tags: U.S. Army, The Washington Post, Colleges and Universities, West Point, Technology
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H.H. Brookins dies at 86; pastor was influential black leader
The Rev. Hamel Hartford Brookins, an influential bishop and former pastor of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles who became a political power broker, civil rights leader and mentor to former Mayor Tom Bradley, the Rev. Jesse...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Crime, Law and Justice, Government, Colleges and Universities, Jerry Brown
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Search for Romney running mate in audition phase
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney’s vice presidential search has entered a new phase: auditions. As his campaign evaluates potential running mates, Republicans with a possible shot at the No. 2 spot on the presidential ticket are starting to...
Tags: Government, Kelly Ayotte, Mitt Romney, Politics, Executive Branch
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News briefs for Thursday, May 24
Federal government wants to give states more power to combat food stamp fraud WASHINGTON (AP)— Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash — sometimes even...
Tags: Indianapolis 500, Music, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Executive Branch
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Incident a distraction from Obama record
Political discourse that stoops to the nonsense about Mitt Romney and his alleged actions as a teenager is a new low. Mr. Obama cannot run on his record. His administration has been the most ineffective since Jimmy Carter. Sure, Osama bin Laden was...Tags: Politics, Mitt Romney, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Elections, Bain Capital, LLC
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Egyptians vote in first free presidential election
CAIRO (AP) — More than 15 months after autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak’s ouster, Egyptians streamed to polling stations Wednesday to freely choose a president for the first time in generations. Waiting hours in line, some debated to the last...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Egypt, Parliament, U.S. Elections, Separation of Church and State
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Nazareth man owns huge collection of presidential memorabilia
Later this year — the Good Lord willing and the creeks don't rise — this newspaper plans to publish a book about presidents who have visited the Lehigh Valley, and what they did when they were here. I've spent most of the month of May...
Tags: Theodore Roosevelt, Bill Clinton, Nazareth, Newt Gingrich, Politics
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From Cuban cell, Gross thanks Jewish community for support
Alan Gross, the Potomac man serving 15 years in Cuba after carrying communications equipment into the communist island nation, continues to communicate with supporters from the military hospital where he is held.
The Jewish Community Relations Council of...Tags: Judaism, Religion and Belief, Cancer, Barack Obama, Prisons
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Gallup polls send mixed message on Obama's reelection chances
New figures from Gallup place President Obama’s reelection bid in a precarious gray zone between the one-term exit of presidents like George H.W. Bush, and successful second-term victories like those of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. Combining...
Tags: Lyndon B. Johnson, Barack Obama, Gerald Ford, Polls, Politics
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How would Romney react to a breakthrough on Iran?
My colleague Paul Richter reports a potential breakthrough in negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program: “The United States and five other countries have agreed to offer a joint proposal to Iran at a high-level meeting next week in an effort...
Tags: Iran's Nuclear Program, The Washington Post, Barack Obama, Iran, Politics
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Carl A Solomon: Obama has 6-step plan to ruin America
I positively agree with the president. In a new campaign add, he says " I need four more years to finish the job." So he can: 1- Totally bankrupt the country, with his unperceptive spendin. (more then all past presidents combined) with the ...Tags: Delray Beach, Ronald Reagan, Israel, Iran, Democratic Party
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