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When Baltimore was convention central
This summer, the Republican and Democratic parties will hold their presidential nominating conventions in Tampa, Fla., and Charlotte, N.C. In so doing, they will continue a political ritual that began 180 years ago in Baltimore. From their inception in...
Tags: Republican National Conventions, Voting, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Woodrow Wilson
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Cop: "Every night was a battle and a half"
Retired Chicago Police Lt. Bob Angone had been a cop just 31/2 years by August 1968. He was a veteran of the violence surrounding Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s open housing campaign in 1966 and the riots after King's assassination in April. But neither...Tags: Fatigue, Politics, Elections, Martin Luther King Jr., Democratic Convention (1968)
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175 years of memorable, horrible, humorous and remarkable events that shaped Chicago
On March 4, 1837, exactly 175 years ago, Chicago was incorporated. Not that Flashback needed a reason, but we took this occasion to compile a very long list of events, year by year and decade by decade, that helped shape this great city.
Some events...Tags: Chicago Sun-Times, Robert Taylor, Judaism, Louis Armstrong, Entertainment
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Debt ceiling? William Jennings Bryan raised the roof in Chicago a century ago
In 1896, a politician gave a fiery speech in Chicago about dollars and debts that, by comparison, makes the rhetorical barrages exchanged recently in Washington seem like after-dinner remarks at a morticians' convention.
The nation was in a prolonged...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Politics, Elections, Democratic Party, Nebraska
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Rage Against the Machine: Older and as defiant as ever
![In a rehearsal room in North Hollywood are some of the battle scars Rage Against the Machine has accumulated during many years of conflict and noise. In one corner are the scorched, graffiti-covered amplifiers that bassist Tim Commerford has plugged into for nearly 20 years. At Woodstock 1999, he had the big cabinets draped with a U.S. flag, which he then soaked with lighter fluid between songs, until the final encore of "Killing in the Name."](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-07/63392717-22145059.jpg "In a rehearsal room in North Hollywood are some of the battle scars Rage Against the Machine has accumulated during many years of conflict and noise. In one corner are the scorched, graffiti-covered amplifiers that bassist Tim Commerford has plugged into for nearly 20 years. At Woodstock 1999, he had the big cabinets draped with a U.S. flag, which he then soaked with lighter fluid between songs, until the final encore of "Killing in the Name.\"")
In a rehearsal room in North Hollywood are some of the battle scars Rage Against the Machine has accumulated during many years of conflict and noise. In one corner are the scorched, graffiti-covered amplifiers that bassist Tim Commerford has plugged...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Republican National Conventions, Jimi Hendrix, Human Interest, Arts and Culture
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News briefs for Thursday, May 10
A long, slow contemplation, then a decisive turn, behind Obama's move to endorse gay marriage WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's evolution on gay marriage unfolded at a Darwinian pace, like that of the giant tortoise. For more than a year...
Tags: Russia, Talk Shows (genre), Syria, Joe Biden, Medicare
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INKED! A good day to be gay in America?
Did President Obama send a huge message to North Carolina, home of the most vile and cruel anti-gay marriage amendment yet? Obama’s support of gay marriage was a shot heard around the world Wednesday morning, and while praise and pummeling have...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Family, Politics, Marriage, Gays and Lesbians
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State Comptroller Lembo is pissed about North Carolina anti-gay vote, but he's still going to Democratic national convention there
Connecticut state Comptroller Kevin Lembo is gay and married and pissed about North Carolina voters changing their constitution to ban same-sex marriage. But he’s not joining what appears to be a growing online boycott of traveling to or...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Politics, Gays and Lesbians, Barack Obama
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North Carolina a political headache for Democrats
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Once a bright spot for President Barack Obama, North Carolina is now more like a political migraine less than four months before Democrats open the party's national convention in Charlotte. The causes are plenty. Labor...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Republican National Conventions, Sexual Misconduct, Sex Crimes, Democratic Party
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Can TSA change make Obama a shoe-in?
![<span style="font-size: small;">With unemployment high, consumer confidence battered and the general outlook as grim as a </span>Cormac McCarthy<span style="font-size: small;"> novel, </span>Barack Obama<span style="font-size: small;"> may have virtually no chance of victory in 2012. Or so I thought until his Homeland Security chief, </span>Janet Napolitano<span style="font-size: small;">, offered <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/napolitanos-future-airline-passengers-shoes/story?id=14457655">a glimpse of his re-election strategy</a>: Letting us keep our shoes on when we go through airport security.</span>](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-09/64526924-06134240.jpg "<span style="font-size: small;\">With unemployment high, consumer confidence battered and the general outlook as grim as a </span>Cormac McCarthy<span style=\"font-size: small;\"> novel, </span>Barack Obama<span style=\"font-size: small;\"> may have virtually no chance of victory in 2012. Or so I thought until his Homeland Security chief, </span>Janet Napolitano<span style=\"font-size: small;\">, offered <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/napolitanos-future-airline-passengers-shoes/story?id=14457655\">a glimpse of his re-election strategy</a>: Letting us keep our shoes on when we go through airport security.</span>")
With unemployment high, consumer confidence battered and the general outlook as grim as a Cormac McCarthy novel, Barack Obama may have virtually no chance of victory in 2012. Or so I thought until his Homeland Security chief, Janet Napolitano, offered a...Tags: Janet Napolitano, Osama bin Laden, Steve Chapman, Republican National Conventions, Barack Obama
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Democratic Party leaders in Berkeley County gearing up for convention
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comDemocratic Party leaders in Berkeley County will elect 46 delegates to represent the county at the party’s state convention in June, said Niles Bernick, chairman of the county’s Democratic Executive Committee. The county’s convention,...Tags: Local Elections, Earl Ray Tomblin, Republican National Conventions, Politics, Elections
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Community calendar: April 5, 2012
MONDAY, APRIL 9 — Conkwright Middle School cheerleading parent meeting/cheer clinic, 6-8 p.m. For fifth, sixth and seventh grade students. — Winchester-Clark County Parks and Recreation swimming clinic, 6:45-8 p.m., every Monday and...
Tags: Politics, Demographics, Elections, Democratic Party, Schools
Jun 25, 2012
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Jul 24, 2011
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May 10, 2012
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May 10, 2012
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May 11, 2012
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May 12, 2012
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Sep 6, 2011
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Mar 27, 2012
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Apr 5, 2012
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