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President gets back to agenda, post-Columbia
Sun National StaffBETHESDA - With America still held rapt by a fallen space shuttle and the deaths of seven astronauts, President Bush shifted attention yesterday, ever so delicately, to matters that he says carry grave urgency, notably homeland security and the threat...Tags: White House, National Institutes of Health, Pharmaceuticals, Health, National Security
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West Hartford Man Arrested In Rhode Island On Embezzlement, Fraud, Forgery Charges
The Hartford CourantDaniel E. Doyle Jr., who hobnobbed with world leaders and built a youth-sporting empire through his closely run Institute for International Sport, was indicted Friday in Rhode Island on multiple charges of embezzlement, forgery and obtaining money under...Tags: Travel Alerts, Colleges and Universities, Fakes, Hoaxes, and Impostors, Bill Clinton, Accounting and Auditing
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A sensible caution, poorly stated
WASHINGTON -- People who talk incessantly often talk imprecisely, and Barack Obama, who is as loquacious as he is impressed with his verbal dexterity, has talked himself into a corner concerning Syria and chemical weapons. This is condign punishment for...Tags: Washington, DC, Mathematics, Weaponry, Politics, Bashar Assad
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California company snags last-minute tax break from Florida lawmakers
TALLAHASSEE — In an unusual, late-night meeting, Florida lawmakers negotiating a state budget unveiled — and quickly agreed to — a new tax break meant to help a California company that recently hired one of Tallahassee's most influential...
Tags: Walmart, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Justice System, Politics, Fuel-efficient Vehicles
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Column: President's caution sensible, but poorly stated
WASHINGTON — People who talk incessantly often talk imprecisely, and President Barack Obama, who is as loquacious as he is impressed with his verbal dexterity, has talked himself into a corner concerning Syria and chemical weapons. This is condign...Tags: Washington, DC, Weaponry, Mathematics, The Washington Post, Politics
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Weatherford gets tax break for California company that hired prominent lobbying firm
In an unusual, late-night meeting, Florida lawmakers negotiating a state budget unveiled – and quickly agreed to – a new tax break meant to help a California company that recently hired one of Tallahassee’s most influential lobbying...
Tags: Walmart, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Politics, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Lobbying
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Gibson Amphitheatre to Close in September
ReutersApr 24 (TheWrap.com) - The Gibson Amphitheatre will close its doors in September, Live Nation Entertainment said Wednesday. The venue, which opened in 1972 as Universal Amphitheatre and is located at Universal Studios Hollywood, will be replaced by the...Tags: MTV (tv network), Bob Dylan, Music, NAACP Image Awards, Jenni Rivera
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The Markley TV Club: Final Season of 'West Wing'
My roommate Pat and I recently, for some reason, watched the final season of “The West Wing” together on Netflix, which produced a number of arguments, speculations, and asides that I have compiled in an e-mail exchange for the inaugural...
Tags: House of Cards (tv program), Civil Rights, Alprazolam (drug), Politics, Same-Sex Marriage
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Fearing the 'F' Word: Are you now or have you ever been a 'feminist?'
You know, I was going to offer up a very calm, middle-of-the-road argument saying that it’s perfectly fine if� some women — women in positions of power, no less — seem to be running like scalded cats from the word “feminist”...Tags: Feminism, Marissa Mayer, Career and Workplace, Civil Rights, Corporate Officers
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Bush's war, 10 years later
The 10th anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq seems an appropriate time to look back at how it all happened and what it has wrought, not so much for Iraq as for the United States, which poured its own troops, treasure and world reputation into...
Tags: Lyndon B. Johnson, United Nations, Politics, Iraq, Baghdad (Iraq)
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How black is black enough?
I suddenly find myself concerned about my blackness. It had never occurred to me to worry about it before. Then came the incident last month on ESPN's "First Take" program that initially got commentator Rob Parker suspended and then, last week, fired...
Tags: ESPN (tv network), Washington, DC, Dixie Chicks (music group), Bruce Springsteen, LL Cool J
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Obama's small step for gay marriage
President Barack Obama has been denounced by Republicans for asserting federal power at the expense of state sovereignty. But last week, he was denounced by Republicans for … not asserting federal power at the expense of state sovereignty. It...Tags: Lawyers, Michigan, Minority Groups, Politics, Same-Sex Marriage
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