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Arafat Health Is Said to Worsen; Panel Named
Special to The TimesRAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who has been ailing for more than a week, collapsed and fell briefly into unconsciousness Wednesday night at his compound, Palestinian officials said. Doctors and senior aides were urgently...Tags: Armed Forces, Palestinian Liberation Organization, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Death, Political Corruption
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Theater review: 'Deck Them Halls, Y'all'
Suffering from sugarplum overload? Too much holiday treacle?
Leslie Jordan's down-and-dirty "Deck Them Halls, Y'all" is an antidote to the cloying sentimentality of the season.
The diminutive actor is best-known for two off-center television roles:...Tags: Social Media, Holidays, Elvis Presley, Arts and Culture, International Travel
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Local author's new book set to hit bookstores soon
![Local author Kathryn Jordan's new book "VOICES - Words From Wise Women" is set to hit bookstores on April 24. You can buy it on pre-release on <a title="Amazon" href="http://www.amazon.com" target="_blank">Amazon</a> right now.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-02/104894320-12070542.jpg "Local author Kathryn Jordan's new book "VOICES - Words From Wise Women\" is set to hit bookstores on April 24. You can buy it on pre-release on <a title=\"Amazon\" href=\"http://www.amazon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a> right now.")
Local author Kathryn Jordan's new book "VOICES - Words From Wise Women" is set to hit bookstores on April 24. You can buy it on pre-release on Amazon right now.
The book talks about leadership tools for both work and life. It provides insight for women... -
Jordan's New Helper Arm
Jordan Reeves was born just right. In fact, Born Just Right is the name of the blog her mom started ahead of her birth almost seven years ago. She was born with an arm with a hand and an arm with a full humerus that stops at the growth plate. Never...Tags: WGN
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This Year's NEA Jazz Master Sheila Jordan To Perform At Artist Collective
The Hartford CourantWhen Sheila Jordan answered the telephone call from the National Endowment for the Arts informing her that she had just been named a 2012 NEA Jazz Master — one of the most prestigious of all jazz awards — she first thought that the stranger'...Tags: Jazz (genre), Justice and Rights, Family, Greenwich Village, Arts and Culture
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Bomb Iran
JOSHUA MURAVCHIK is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.WE MUST bomb Iran. It has been four years since that country's secret nuclear program was brought to light, and the path of diplomacy and sanctions has led nowhere. First, we agreed to our allies' requests that we offer Tehran a string of concessions,...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Diplomacy, Death, Winston Churchill, Weaponry
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Zarqawi Took Familiar Route Into Terrorism
Times Staff WriterThe town that would give Abu Musab Zarqawi his notorious moniker is a hard place -- treeless and tough, cinder-block apartment houses punctuated by drab mosques. They say you have to be a thug to make it in the streets here, and the young Zarqawi had...Tags: Prisoners and Detainees, Crimes, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Death, Family
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East Jordan City Commissioners look for more to cut from the budget
The binders that held their proposed budgets were three inches thick, but East Jordan City Commissioners carefully examined individual items, looking for places to cut.
By 9 p.m. Tuesday, they had made it about half-way through. Commissioners questioned...Tags: Human Interest, Government, Crossroads, Public Officials, Church and State Relations
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Jordan's king fires Cabinet amid protests
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- Jordan's King Abdullah II fired his government Tuesday in the wake of street protests and asked an ex-prime minister to form a new Cabinet, ordering him to launch immediate political reforms. The dismissal follows several large...Tags: Abdullah II of Jordan, Government, Marouf al-Bakhit, Samir Rifai, Politics
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Jordan king appoints new PM, government quits
(Reuters) - Close U.S ally Jordan's King Abdullah on Tuesday asked his former ex-military adviser Marouf Bakhit to form a new cabinet, an official said. The official said the monarch officially accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Samir Rifai, a...Tags: Abdullah II of Jordan, Marouf al-Bakhit, Samir Rifai
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East Jordan students rank high at business competitions
EAST JORDAN -- East Jordan High School students recently attended two business-education competitions, ranking among the top finishers in a variety of events. Twelve Business Professionals of America student members from East Jordan recently attended a...Tags: Human Interest, Awards and Prizes, Colleges and Universities, Marketing, Michigan
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