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Jeff Millar dies at 70; 'Tank McNamara' comic strip creator
Jeff Millar, the wordsmith behind the long-running comic strip "Tank McNamara," which evolved into a biting satire of the sports world, died Nov. 30. He was 70. The Texas native, who also was a longtime film critic and columnist for the Houston...Tags: Roger Goodell, Houston Chronicle, Vice (movie), Michael Vick, Sports
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Letters: Torture on the silver screen
Re "Why the fabrication?," Opinion, Dec. 23 It is astonishing that what is not disputed about "Zero Dark Thirty" is its accurate depiction of how for years the CIA deliberately and systematically tortured detainees with waterboarding and other savage...Tags: George W. Bush, Kathryn Bigelow, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd., U.S. Congress, United Nations
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Six decades later, sons seek answers on death of Detrick scientist
First, the Army told Frank Olson's sons that the Fort Detrick scientist's death in a fall from a 13th-floor window of a New York hotel had been an accident. Then a presidential commission revealed that the CIA had given an unwitting Olson LSD as part of...
Tags: Science and Technology, LSD, Trials, Manhattan (New York City), George Washington University
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Samuel L. Jackson on slavery, entertainment, guns in 'Django'
Samuel L. Jackson has incarnated some colorful, fast-talking characters in Quentin Tarantino movies over the years, such as his scripture-quoting hit man Jules Winnfield in "Pulp Fiction" and scheming gun runner Ordell Robbie in "Jackie Brown."...
Tags: The Hurt Locker (movie), Quentin Tarantino, Google Inc., Gun Control, Interior Policy
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Sveum shrugs off being shot in ear by Yount during hunting trip
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Dale Sveum recently was accidentally shot in the right ear during a quail hunting trip with pal Robin Yount. “He got the bird,” Sveum said. Sveum said Yount was about 50 yards ahead of him on a hill, and Yount lost...
Tags: Baseball, Mark Reynolds, Jed Hoyer , Robin Yount, Chicago Cubs
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The initiation of Susan Rice
WASHINGTON -- A variety of insults have been deployed in opposition to Susan Rice's likely nomination for secretary of state: She is not qualified; she's too aggressive; she "misled" the public following the lethal attack on the American consulate in...
Tags: Susan Collins, John McCain, Elections, Johnnie Carson, John Kerry
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Edith Pearlman wins Ribalow Prize
Los Angeles Times Book CriticIn a ceremony Wednesday afternoon at Hadassah House in Manhattan, Edith Pearlman will receive the 2012 Harold U. Ribalow Prize. The award, given annually by Hadassah magazine, honors an outstanding book of Jewish fiction. Previous winners include Nathan...Tags: Religion and Belief, Judaism
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Dick Cheney's heart to get its own memoir
To his detractors, Vice President Dick Cheney was the dark force of the administration of President George W. Bush. Cheney himself said he was “honored” at being compared to Darth Vader. Those who blamed him for the second Iraq War liked to...
Tags: Book, George W. Bush, Heart Attack, Iraq War (2003-2011), Cardiologists
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Obama's unpardonable neglect of clemency
One of the under-reported promises made by Congressman Ehrlich in the gubernatorial campaign of 2002 was to re-energize the pardon power in Maryland. My advisers thought it a bit loony to make the pledge, since the race promised to be close and there...Tags: Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Executive Branch, Prosecution, George W. Bush, Lewis Libby
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Sundance premieres: Linklater, 'Stoker' and Ashton Kutcher's Steve Jobs
The final installment in Richard Linklater’s “Before” trilogy, Chan-wook Park’s English-language debut and Ashton Kutcher’s Steve Jobs portrayal all will be unveiled at Sundance -- and did we mention documentaries about...
Tags: Richard Linklater, Steve Jobs, Foo Fighters (music group), George W. Bush, Festive Events
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Treading water and waiting for a life raft
Sept. 9 Four years ago, the ship of state managed by Republican Shipping Lines Inc. was driven onto an iceberg partially formed by attempting to finance two wars with tax breaks. Most of us were going down for the third time. First mate Dick...
Tags: Canoeing and Kayaking, Halliburton Company, Technology, Sports, Science and Technology
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GOP losers
Republicans need to get a grip. Thousands of Texans signing petitions of secession? A man committing suicide because Barack Obama won? A wife driving her car over her husband, just because he voted for the president? The Georgia state Legislature...Tags: George W. Bush, Politics, Parties and Movements, Elections, Barack Obama
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Dec 30, 2012
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