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How to make the most of a trip to the nation's capital
A spring break in the nation's capital is a rite of passage for some families, but if the airfare from the West Coast to the East has stretched your vacation budget, take heart. Many places are free, thanks to government funding (although the sequester...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Monuments and Heritage Sites, George Washington, Budget Control Act of 2011, Washington, DC
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10 things you might not know about razed Chicago
Chicago Tribune reportersEver since the Great Fire of 1871, a cycle of destruction and rebuilding has been central to the Chicago story. This month, Northwestern University secured a permit to tear down Prentice Hospital so that it can build a biomedical research facility. Also...Tags: New York City, Gold Coast, Richard M. Daley, Holy Name Cathedral, L (movie)
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Micky Moore dies at 98; director and early Hollywood actor
Micky Moore and Hollywood grew up together. He was a toddler in 1916 when he began his career as a child actor in silent films and sat on the laps of such leading ladies as Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson. As a 5-year-old he worked with legendary...Tags: Celebrities, Patton (movie), Tom Mix, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (movie), Cinema Industry
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At 90, artist follows her straight road
The day after she turned 90, Kay Smith put on a long-sleeved red top and black slacks, pulled her silver hair straight back from her face, slipped on her black DK spectacles with the sparkling rims, grabbed her cane and headed over to class for the party....
Tags: Illinois Governor, Merchandise Mart, Physical Therapy, Physical Therapists, Health Treatments
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Centre College President Roush speaks with Stanford Elementary students
ben@theinteriorjournal.comSTANFORD — Centre College President John Roush had a much younger audience than he's probably used to on March 27, when he paid a visit to Stanford Elementary School. Roush, Centre's 20th president, spoke to students about the 16th president of...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Education, Students
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No easy category to put Hershey Felder
Producing theater isn't easy. Solo producing is even harder. But such is the task the redoubtable Hershey Felder has set for himself at the Royal George Theatre. Felder has one more week to go with his unusual but interesting show "An American Story," a...
Tags: Jack Lemmon, Music, Entertainment, Religion and Belief, Leonard Bernstein
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Letters: Crazy about cursive
Re "A different slant on cursive," April 1 The article notes that a study on cursive found that essays written in this form of handwriting received slightly higher scores. Suzanne Asherson of the group Handwriting Without Tears attributes this...Tags: Charles Dickens
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Kirk announces support for same-sex marriage
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON — Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk reversed course Tuesday and announced his support for gay marriage, entering a contentious national debate and providing potential political cover for Illinois House GOP members who may soon vote on the...Tags: Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy Repeal (2010), Pat Brady, Parties and Movements, Thomas R. Carper, Politics
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The Post Office's salvation can fit on a stamp
In Robert Heinlein's classic novella, "The Man Who Sold the Moon," an entrepreneur raises money for a lunar expedition by warning a soft-drink company that, without its support, he might have to turn to a competitor that will pay him to display its logo...Tags: U.S. Postal Service, Book, Robert Heinlein, Advertising, Authors
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Arena Stage premieres Tazewell Thompson's 'Mary T. & Lizzy K.'
Tragedy seemed to stalk Mary Todd Lincoln as surely as it did her husband. Long before that Good Friday in 1865 when the Lincolns decided to attend Ford’s Theatre, it was clear that the mental health of the president’s wife had begun to...
Tags: Slavery, Human Interest
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West Virginia's birth detailed in Charles Town author's new book
richardb@herald-mail.comMany who have not studied West Virginia history believe it became a state in the middle of the Civil War because the people who lived in western Virginia objected to Virginia’s vote to secede from the Union. True for some, but the schism between...Tags: Unions, Slavery, Authors, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Politics
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Hansen: Indelible stories behind the art
Picasso probably had this problem. People just didn't get it. It was complicated and uncomfortable. Nowadays, the experience of art has not changed much. You may pass by a piece in a gallery window and immediately recoil — "what is that?"...
Tags: Slavery, World Vision, Apple iTunes, Labor Legislation, YouTube
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Feb 27, 2013
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