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Review: Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln' A Towering Achievement
Hollywood's most successful director turns on a dime and delivers his most restrained, interior film. A celebrated playwright shines an illuminating light on no more than a sliver of a great man's life. A brilliant actor surpasses even himself and makes...
Tags: Politics, Drama (genre), Lincoln (movie, 2012), Pulitzer Prize Awards, Celebrities
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House Changes To GMO Bill Irk Activists
The Hartford CourantHARTFORD — Activists pressing for a state law requiring labels on food with genetically modified ingredients are disappointed and angry that the House of Representatives weakened a bill approved by the Senate earlier this week. "It's very clear...Tags: Politics, J Brendan Sharkey, Dannel P. Malloy , Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Consumer Goods Industries
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Let us not pray A hopeful wish for the end of religious exercises at the beginning of government meetings
Change of SubjectI wish atheist lawmaker Juan Mendez hadn't delivered his "prayer" to open the Tuesday afternoon session of the Arizona House of Representatives. Mendez, a freshman Democrat who represents Tempe, began by asking his assembled colleagues not to bow their... -
Prayer news
Change of SubjectThe Illinois Family Institute sent out an "urgent prayer request" today to stop a sex-ed bill in the state Senate (via Capitol Fax) and name-checked eight ostensibly undecided senators. Seven of eight voted yes and the bill passed 37-21. It...... -
Back Story: First Memorial Day celebrated 145 years ago
"We cherish too, the Poppy red / That grows on fields where valor led, / It seems to signal to the skies / That blood of heroes never dies." — "We Shall Keep the Faith" by Moina Michael For many Marylanders, Memorial Day is the unofficial...
Tags: Christianity, Anglicanism, Holidays, Human Interest, World War I (1914-1918)
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READER SUBMITTED: House Republicans Win Honors From State Orthopaedic Society
StatewideHouse of Representatives Dr. Prasad Srinivasan (District 31) and Mr. Dan Carter (District 2) Recipients of Honorary Membership from the Connecticut Orthopaedic Society Dr. Prasad Srinivasan and Mr. Dan Carter received honorary membership awards from...Tags: Danbury, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Glastonbury, General Practitioners
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U.S. Justice Dept tells lawmakers no bank is too big to jail
ReutersBy Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - A Justice Department official insisted on Wednesday that no financial company is too big to jail, in the department's latest effort to backpedal from statements made in March by Attorney General Eric...Tags: Politics, Parties and Movements, Finance, Arthur Andersen, Crime, Law and Justice
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Pittsburgh on the Hudson? Wrong city in NY City campaign logo
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - For New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner, the road to City Hall leads through Pittsburgh. Weiner, the candidate who infamously resigned from the U.S. Congress two years ago in a sexting scandal, unveiled a video announcing...Tags: Politics, U.S. Congress, Brooklyn Bridge, Anthony D. Weiner, Elections
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Maine Medicaid expansion passes but governor sets veto
ReutersBOWDOINHAM, Maine (Reuters) - Maine's Democratic-controlled legislature on Thursday passed a bill to expand access to its Medicaid program as outlined by the Affordable Care Act, setting up a showdown with the state's Republican governor, who...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Politics, Healthcare Contract Issues, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Government Health Care
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U.S. House won't follow Senate lead on immigration bill -Boehner
Reuters* Bill faces difficult path in House * Concern over healthcare issue By Richard Cowan and Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday his chamber would chart its own path on...Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Politics, Career and Workplace, Bob Goodlatte, U.S. Senate
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IRS official at center of scandal put on leave
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lois Lerner, an Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the scandal over the agency's extra scrutiny of conservative groups, was put on administrative leave on Thursday after she refused to resign, a senator said....Tags: Politics, Employees, Career and Workplace, U.S. Congress, Parties and Movements
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Defending state water rights
Since 2011, I have been raising concerns about a controversial proposal from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that would restrict access to Missouri River water and charge users for surplus water taken from Missouri River reservoirs in South Dakota, North...Tags: Politics, Kent Conrad, U.S. Congress, Tim Johnson, John Hoeven
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