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Richard Ben Cramer, Pulitzer Prize winner, dies at 62
Richard Ben Cramer, a former Baltimore Sun reporter who later became a Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for The Philadelphia Inquirer and an acclaimed author chronicling the lives of politicians and legendary sports figures, died Monday of...
Tags: Johnny Unitas, Graduation, Maryland General Assembly, Pulitzer Prize Awards, The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Richard Ben Cramer dies at 62; Pulitzer-winning journalist
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Richard Ben Cramer, whose narrative nonfiction spanned presidential politics and the game of baseball, has died. He was 62. Cramer died Monday at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore of complications from lung cancer,...
Tags: Newspapers, Newspaper and Magazine, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Entertainment Events, Johns Hopkins University
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Fiscal cliff compromise signals trouble
When push came to shove, Republicans and Democrats came together for a last-minute bi-partisan compromise on the so-called fiscal cliff, a combination of automatic spending cuts and tax increases that would have plunged the nation back into recession. The...Tags: Parties and Movements, New Year's Day, U.S. Senate, Public Finance, White House
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Climate change won't wait
Societal change usually happens slowly, even once it's clear there's a problem. That's because, in a country as big as the United States, public opinion moves in leisurely currents. Change often requires going up against powerful, established interests,...
Tags: Global Warming, Global Change, Turkey, Gays and Lesbians, Istanbul (Turkey)
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Watson: Paranoia, fear-mongering still in play
Anyone looking for a sign the Republican Party may have learned a lesson from the election, or that, in the wake of defeat, the influence of tea party extremists may have diminished, or that Republicans might finally be ready to work together with the...Tags: Treaties, Parties and Movements, Physical Disabilities, Mike Lee, Bob Dole
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Goldberg: A petty decision by Obama
It's official. President Obama has named former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) as his nominee for secretary of Defense. Hence, we may be in store for the worst Defense secretary nomination fight since George H.W. Bush's failed appointment of Sen. John Tower...
Tags: Lobbying, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Department of Defense, Chuck Hagel, Republican Party
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Supreme Court rejects challenge to Obama stem cell policy
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court has turned away a challenge to President Obama’s policy of expanding government-funded research using embryonic stem cells that scientists say may offer hope for new treatments for spinal injuries and Parkinson’...
Tags: National Institutes of Health, George W. Bush, Medical Research, Trials, Judges
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A petty decision by Obama
It's official. President Obama has named former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) as his nominee for secretary of defense. Hence, we may be in store for the worst defense secretary nomination fight since George H.W. Bush's failed appointment of Sen. John Tower...
Tags: Lobbying, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Michele Flournoy, U.S. Department of Defense, Chuck Hagel
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Senate approves 'fiscal cliff' deal, sends it to House
Hours before a midnight deadline Monday, the White House reached a tentative deal with Congress to stop an enormous tax hike for all but the wealthiest households and to postpone for two months tough decisions on how to cut federal spending. After a rare...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Washington, DC, Kathleen Hennessey, New Year's Day, U.S. Senate
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Gun control: Surge in support, new poll shows
Public support for stricter gun laws has leaped to its highest point in eight years with 58% now in favor, according to a USA Today/Gallup poll released Thursday. That's a 14-point jump from last year. Of those surveyed, 92% of Americans want background...
Tags: Interior Policy, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Gun Control, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Personal Weapon Control
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Former President George H.W. Bush in intensive care
Former President George H.W. Bush has been moved to the intensive care unit at Methodist Hospital in Houston, hospital officials confirmed to the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday. Bush, 88, has been struggling with fever, weakness and a bronchitis-like...
Tags: Religious Festivals, Los Angeles Times, Holidays, Hospitals and Clinics
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Spokesman: George H.W. Bush in intensive care
HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush has been admitted to the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital "following a series of setbacks including a persistent fever," but he is alert and talking to medical staff, his spokesman said...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Jeb Bush, George W. Bush, Coughing, Executive Branch
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