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Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment
GOVERNOR-SPECIAL SESSION Special legislative session scheduled for June 22 PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Governor Dennis Daugaard (DOO'-gahrd) says he will call the South Dakota Legislature into a special session on June 22nd to deal with cost overruns in...Tags: Bill Clinton, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Newspaper and Magazine, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Elections
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Going to college? Some things you need to know
I had dinner recently with my sister Teddi, who had just returned from her freshman year at George Washington University. "What do you wish you knew before you went off to school?" I asked. "I definitely wish I knew that I was only going to use 10...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Consumers, Skype
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Virginia's Natural Bridge is going up for sale
You could own a world famous Virginia landmark! Natural Bridge is being offered for sale. The property includes the bridge, the 150 room hotel, Natural Bridge Caverns, and about 16-hundred acres of land. It was once owned by Thomas Jefferson and...
Tags: Monuments and Heritage Sites, Travel, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Caves and Caverns, Landforms
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Nancy Pelosi - 'I'm proudly liberal'
Financial TimesNancy Pelosi is beaming as she bustles into the House of Representatives dining room on Capitol Hill, which combines the busyness of a staff cafeteria with the grace of a late 19th-century reception room. A large painting of George Washington on the...Tags: Bill Clinton, Elections, Foods and Beverages, U.S. Congress, Human Rights
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Art Callaham: Calculated complexity
Lots of folks love to quote the Constitution. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land. The document outlines the structure of our central government and frames the principle of federalism. Federalism is simply a political system that binds a...Tags: Politics, Treaties, Government, Civil Rights, National Government
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Stembler named principal of Calvert Hall; Bullis wins student video contest
Brother Thomas Zoppo, president of Calvert Hall High School College has announced that Charles Stembler, Class of 1983, the school's current assistant principal for Student Affairs, has been appointed Calvert Hall's principal, effective July 1. Stembler...Tags: Arts and Culture, Teaching and Learning, High Schools, Timonium, Justice and Rights
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Sweat-free labels to change the garment trade [Blowback]
In a May 7 Op-Ed article, Richard Greenwald and Michael Hirsch exhort consumers to support the workers who make our clothes rather than the global apparel industry that exploits them with low wages and unsafe working conditions. Yet exactly how we...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Genetic Engineering, Laws, Human Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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It's sheep against dogs in 1913 [History Matters]
100 Years Ago Sheep vs. dogs "It is reported that Mr. Harold Hopkins had a large number of sheep killed by dogs last Sunday morning. "Wanted: A woman to cook, wash and clean, and remain at night, good wages. Mrs. James Steward. Hill St. Ellicott...Tags: Arts and Culture, Dentistry and Dental Health, Howard County, Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Clarksville
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A fascinating historical account
"Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution" by Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, 398 pages, $32.95. This is a non-fiction account of before, during and after the Battle of Bunker Hill. The Founding Fathers generally associated with Boston — John Adams,...Tags: John Adams, Tea Party Movement, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
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Review: "Bunker Hill" by Nathaniel Philbrick
"I cannot pretend to describe the horror of the scene," Adjutant John Waller, a British soldier, would write of the Battle of Bunker Hill. He nevertheless tries. Inside the fortifications, as the British overwhelmed the provincial forces, "'twas streaming...
Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Boston, Awards and Prizes, Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Kingdom
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Harbor of Grace DAR chapter learns about a hero
At the Saturday, Feb. 9 Harbor of Grace Chapter meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the membership was treated to a presentation by Dawn Fairchild, "Image of a Hero - Recreating George Washington's Revolutionary War Uniform." Fairchild...Tags: Heroism, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
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Mail Call - May 7
“Remember when our president says ‘transparency’? I hear today, you know, he had his speech today, and one guy asked him about, what about the coverup in Benghazi, and he says ‘I’m not aware of it.’ And then the...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of State, The Herald-Mail
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