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Jersey Governor Weeps After Meeting Springsteen
In yet another case of politics making strange bedfellows, Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, the man who delivered the keynote address for Mitt Romney at the Republican National Convention, was driven to tears after meeting and hugging his...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Regional Authority, Chris Christie, Politics, Barack Obama
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Abel Maldonado takes on Jerry Brown, prison realignment
Abel Maldonado was a young Latino rancher and fresh-faced state lawmaker when he addressed the Republican National Convention in 2000 and was hailed as the GOP's future. Nine years later, he parlayed his deciding vote on tax increases into an...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Parties and Movements, Jerry Brown, Government, Voting
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Boston Bombing Focuses Public On Surveillance
The Hartford CourantVideo played a strong role in finding the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing, but it was mostly old-style detecting that appeared to do the trick as the FBI and police pored through hours of clips collected on bystanders' phones, then put it out...Tags: Terrorism, Safety of Citizens, Interior Policy, Government, Stew Leonard's
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The Bush library and the willing suspension of disbelief
To nobody's surprise, all four living former presidents were on their best behavior last week at the dedication of the library and museum named for the latest of them, George W. Bush, at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. The honoree's father,...Tags: Parties and Movements, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Libraries
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Competition films announced for 2013 Florida Film Festival
The 2013 Florida Film Festival is shaping up to be the biggest one yet: Enzian Theater, which hosts the festival, says a record-breaking 170 films representing 23 countries have been selected from more than 1,500 entries. Of the 170 films, 143 are...
Tags: Henry Rollins, Chris Rock, Yellow Fever , Sam Shepard, Prisons
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The 'stupid party'
Last week, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal called on his fellow Republicans to stop being "the stupid party" Yet in his recent column, commentator Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. made it clear that if he got the memo, he chose to ignore it ("The vast left-wing...Tags: Parties and Movements, Politics, Barack Obama, Government, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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Our Laguna: Taking a look at the last half of the year
Same song, second verse. Here are some highlights of 2012, culled from the pages of Coastline Pilot in the second half of the year. Refresh your memories. July. 6: Principal Planner Carolyn Martin was named project manager for the proposed overhaul of...Tags: Dana Rohrabacher, Arts, Auction Service, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Corporate Officers
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Political buzzwords of 2012
Pull up an empty chair, folks. (Up to you whether to interrogate it.) It's time to take a look back at the year that was, politically speaking. We won't know the 2012 word of the year until The American Dialect Society's annual conference next week....
Tags: The Huffington Post, Todd Akin, Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, Immigration
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My favorite moments of 2012
Years ago when I was a student at Northwestern University, a handful of executives at America Online came to my class and explained that you, I and everyone we know would soon find ourselves pleasantly stranded on "information islands." We nodded,...
Tags: Keegan-Michael Key, Pitchfork Music Festival, Lobbying, Concerts, The Cabin in the Woods (movie)
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NJ Governor blasts Boehner, Republicans
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie's blunt talk has long been one of his hallmarks. But Christie, who has verbally tangled with many, showed Wednesday he's willing to aim his barbs at the highest echelons of his own party. In a State House...Tags: John Boehner, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Parties and Movements, Chris Christie, Government
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Readers question play of Mitt Romney, Neil Armstrong stories
Readers' Representative JournalThe front page of Sunday's Times featured a large profile of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney as a preview to the GOP National Convention, which was to begin Monday. A similar profile of President Obama is scheduled for this coming......
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