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Matthew Rozsa: Why won't 'birthers' question citizenship of Sen. Ted Cruz?
From a strictly political standpoint, the past month has been pretty good for Sen. Ted Cruz. First the tea party darling further endeared himself to grass-roots rightists by claiming he had privately told Republican senators who supported the gun-buyer...Tags: Polls, Lehigh University, John McCain, Elections, Tea Party Movement
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This presidential database loves running and Legos
Arden Hayes is 5. He loves Legos and running so fast across the living room to flip onto the couch that his feet end up pointing at the ceiling. He also loves the presidents — especially 11 and 33. Arden knows all 44 U.S. presidents. In order....
Tags: Executive Branch, George H.W. Bush, Harry S. Truman, George Washington, Chester Alan Arthur
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Rosenthal: Rejuvenation of South Side the fair thing to do
President Grover Cleveland pressed an electric switch, powering the pumps for massive fountains. The jets of water in turn cued the unfurling of flags. What was described as "profound silence" gave way to a cacophony, and the World's Columbian...
Tags: Museum of Science and Industry, Arts and Culture, University of Chicago, McCormick Place, Jackson Park
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Police relied on students' social media skills to arrest suspects
Los Angeles police said they relied heavily on students and their social media skills in tracking down and arresting a trio of suspects Thursday in the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old at a Reseda high school. Using tweets from students, police said...
Tags: Students, Police Arrests, Teaching and Learning, Gang Activity, Social Media
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Presidential alumni an elite (and small) club
At the dedication Thursday of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, President Barack Obama appeared with all four living ex-presidents — George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter. That raised a question: What is the record...Tags: Executive Branch, Millard Fillmore, George H.W. Bush, George Washington, Calvin Coolidge
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Student tweets help cops arrest Cleveland High stabbing suspects
In the age of Twitter, Facebook and other social media tools, Los Angeles police officials say they relied on students at a Reseda high school and their social media skills to help catch a trio of murder suspects Thursday. About 12:15 a.m., just eight...
Tags: Students, Twitter, Inc., Gang Activity, Teaching and Learning, Social Media
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Body of work: Einstein's brain and other medical history at Philadelphia museum
Mutter Museum may leave you shocked and horrified or amazed and fascinated. Either way, its collections of bones, bodies, body parts, plus tumors and other terrors, are unforgettable. The nation's finest and oldest medical museum — celebrating...
Tags: Ceremonies, Medical Specialization, Arts and Culture, Abraham Lincoln, University of Pennsylvania
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Art Callaham: Some more fun facts about our presidents
Early after the first of this year, I wrote a column concerning interesting facts about our presidents, and I promised to write more. That column and this one — and possibly some future ones — are based on a book by Cormac O’Brien titled...Tags: Executive Branch, Parties and Movements, Millard Fillmore, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln
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'The Accursed' by Joyce Carol Oates: An engrossing throwback
In her long and famously prolific career as a novelist, Joyce Carol Oates has worked in many different modes, from the social realism of her National Book Award-winning "them" (1969) and the neo-Gothic storytelling of "Bellefleur" (1980) to the...
Tags: Executive Branch, Feminism, Key West, USA Today, Woodrow Wilson
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Presidential sex scandals plentiful
When it comes to sex scandals, South Florida author Robert Watson said Tuesday, Bill Clinton wasn't the first or the worst among presidents who've had dalliances before and during their time in the White House. "There's a long history of these...
Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Abraham Lincoln, James Buchanan, Lyndon B. Johnson
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Quiz: Some trivia at inauguration 2013; first president in pants?
President Obama will be formally sworn in for his second term in office Jan. 21. He is the 43rd man to take the oath of office. Yes, Obama is the 44th president, but Grover Cleveland gets counted twice because his terms were not consecutive. To...
Tags: Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama
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B&O had storied passenger service
Joseph J. Snyder has more than a passing interest in railroading and especially the venerable Baltimore & Ohio, whose storied passenger service is the subject of his recently published book. The B&O invented the passenger train. On Jan. 7, 1830, a...
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, World War II (1939-1945), Railway Transportation, Lifestyle and Leisure, Transportation
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