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    Apr 14, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail

  1. BOE member questions practice of naming schools for people or families

    Seven Washington County Public Schools — including Bester and E. Russell Hicks — are named for people or families, but at least one board member wants that practice to stop.
    julieg@herald-mail.com
    Seven Washington County Public Schools — including Bester and E. Russell Hicks — are named for people or families, but at least one board member wants that practice to stop. School board member Karen Harshman raised questions about the...

    Tags: Basketball, Elementary Schools, College Basketball, Public Schools, Sports

    2. Mar 19, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Not another war

    As we now remember the tenth anniversary of our entrance into the Iraq War, which was justified on false pretenses, hopefully we will remember the painful costs in lives, injuries and treasure.  We also sadly remember those courageous few such as Sen....

    Tags: Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iraq War (2003-2011)

    3. Feb 12, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  3. Pope shows lifetime jobs aren't always for life

    The world seems surprised that an 85-year-old globe-trotting pope who just started tweeting wants to resign, but should it be? Maybe what should be surprising is that more leaders his age do not, considering the toll aging takes on bodies and minds amid a culture of constant communication and change.
    The world seems surprised that an 85-year-old globe-trotting pope who just started tweeting wants to resign, but should it be? Maybe what should be surprising is that more leaders his age do not, considering the toll aging takes on bodies and minds amid a...

    Tags: John Paul Stevens, Strom Thurmond, Physical Conditions, Joe Biden, Federal Reserve

    4. Feb 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Essie Mae Washington-Williams dies at 87; black daughter of segregationist Strom Thurmond

    A week before Christmas in 2003, a retired Los Angeles schoolteacher stood before a phalanx of news cameras and 250 reporters in a South Carolina ballroom and declared, "I am Essie Mae Washington-Williams, and at last I am completely free."
    A week before Christmas in 2003, a retired Los Angeles schoolteacher stood before a phalanx of news cameras and 250 reporters in a South Carolina ballroom and declared, "I am Essie Mae Washington-Williams, and at last I am completely free." After more...

    Tags: Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Unified School District, Lawyers, Strom Thurmond, Civil Rights

    5. Jan 29, 2013 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  5. 'The Body Of War' Examines Psychic and Physical Damage Caused By the Iraq War

    <strong>The Body of War</strong>
    The Body of War TV host Phil Donahue will be present for Q&A, with EMMY-Award-Winning TV journalists, Ira Joe Fisher and Morton Dean. Friday, Feb. 1, 7:30p.m. The Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge Road, Ridgefield, (203) 438-5795,...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, John McCain, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Iraq War (2003-2011)

    6. Jan 3, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV

  6. Lugar casts final vote, helps avoid 'fiscal cliff'

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's departing U.S. Sen. Richard is leaving the Senate with one last act of compromise in support of Congress' "fiscal cliff" deal. The Republican will leave the Senate on Thursday after having cast 13,067 votes over...

    Tags: Fiscal Cliff, U.S. Congress, Elections, Joe Donnelly, Richard Mourdock

    7. Jan 3, 2013 |Story| South Bend Tribune

  7. Fiscal battle looms for Donnelly, Walorski in Congress

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">On the occasion of their separate swearing-in ceremonies Thursday, the area's two newest members of Congress both described being humbled by the opportunity to serve the people of Indiana.</span>
    On the occasion of their separate swearing-in ceremonies Thursday, the area's two newest members of Congress both described being humbled by the opportunity to serve the people of Indiana. “It is an incredible honor and extremely humbling to have...

    Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Richard Lugar, U.S. Congress, Ceremonies, Joe Donnelly

    8. Jan 2, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail

  8. Brien Poffenberger: Some bright spots are on the horizon for Washington County

    Happy New Year from the Chamber of Commerce! As we settle into our routines for 2013, the new year will look pretty much like the old one. Economic recovery continues in Washington County, but it remains incremental and painfully slow. The New Year brings...

    Tags: Labor Markets, U.S. Senate, Libraries, Barbara A. Mikulski, Unemployment

    9. Nov 7, 2012 |Story| KTLA-LTV

  9. GOP Expands Majority in Governors' Mansions

    Republicans flipped North Carolina, a state that hasn't elected a GOP governor since the 1980s, expanding their national lead over Democrats at the statehouse level, according to CNN projections.
    CNN
    Republicans flipped North Carolina, a state that hasn't elected a GOP governor since the 1980s, expanding their national lead over Democrats at the statehouse level, according to CNN projections. Eleven states held governors' races Tuesday. Democrats...

    Tags: Lawyers, Jay Nixon, Rupert Boneham, Parties and Movements, Jeanne Shaheen

    10. May 3, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. Romney flip-flops, and so does Obama; what's wrong with that?

    What's that you say? You don't hear much about President Barack Obama's flip-flopping?
    What's that you say? You don't hear much about President Barack Obama's flip-flopping? How about: 1) the Obama reversal regarding child farm-labor regulations; 2) the president's (to quote The New York Times) "revers[ing] his two-year-old order halting...

    Tags: Ku Klux Klan, Hosni Mubarak, Labor Legislation, Republican Party, Mitt Romney

    11. Mar 19, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail

  11. Letters to the Editor - March 20

    Those opposed to stadium project should go to polls To the editor: The front page of The Herald-Mail certainly had some interesting news on a recent morning. Contrary to statements by the Suns part-owner, Mr. Dahbura, who said several months ago that...

    Tags: U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Voting, Primaries, Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland), Elections

    12. Jan 25, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Senate to give Mark Kirk time to heal

    &mdash; Ted Kennedy had a brain tumor. Joe Biden had two brain aneurysms. Tim Johnson had a rare brain anomaly that led to strokelike symptoms. Lyndon Baines Johnson had a heart attack.
    — Ted Kennedy had a brain tumor. Joe Biden had two brain aneurysms. Tim Johnson had a rare brain anomaly that led to strokelike symptoms. Lyndon Baines Johnson had a heart attack. The lawmakers, all stricken while in public office, were afforded...

    Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Strom Thurmond, Joe Biden, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Politics

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