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Lloyd Waters: No political apathy in Ohio, Baltimore or D.C.
No doubt political apathy is on the rise. More people seem to be avoiding politics and not voting these days. Maybe we should send a committee out to Ohio to study the voting patterns of that state. Perhaps there’s a fix. Although I didn’t...Tags: The New York Times, Elections, Voting, The Herald-Mail, Personal Data Collection
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Why Democrats must get smarter on entitlements
In a season of depressing budget news, the worst may have been that a majority of U.S. House Democrats signed a letter urging President Barack Obama to oppose any benefit cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and other entitlements. That's the...Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Pension and Welfare, Lyndon B. Johnson, Social Security, Government Health Care
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Hagerstown woman has volunteered with Habitat for Humanity for 16 years
janeth@herald-mail.comIt started with a simple request for volunteers for the newly formed Habitat for Humanity of Washington County chapter. Cheryl Saylor of Hagerstown noticed the call for volunteers in the newspaper, attended an informational meeting and signed up....Tags: Habitat for Humanity International, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), PTA, Auction Service
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Speedometer top speed often exceeds reality
DETROIT (AP) — The speedometer on the Toyota Yaris says the tiny car can go 140 miles per hour. In reality, the bulbous subcompact's 106-horsepower engine and automatic transmission can't push it any faster than 109. So why do the Yaris —...
Tags: Germany, Vehicles, Government, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Car Engine Repair
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How Republicans lost their mojo
If you're a football fan, you've seen it happen. A coach bursts into prominence by using offensive or defensive innovations to produce victory after victory, championship after championship. For a long time, he's regarded as one of the best. And then,...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Crime, Law and Justice, Illegal Immigrants, Politics, Russia
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Michelle Obama on the Oscars: The behind-the-scenes story
On Feb. 14, a Hollywood delegation showed up at the White House. Motion Picture Academy President Hawk Koch, Oscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron and film mogul Harvey Weinstein had come to explore a rather important matter (for them): They wanted...
Tags: Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Steven Spielberg, White House, Entertainment Events, Dianne Feinstein
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Argo, Lincoln and the politics of Hollywood
The Oscar for best picture was won by "Argo," the true tale of a secret rescue mission in Iran during the Carter administration. It beat out "Lincoln," the story of how black Americans were rescued from slavery. Does this mean Jimmy Carter's stock is on...
Tags: Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Ben Affleck, Central Intelligence Agency, Vice (movie), Iran
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George W. Bush is One Expensive Ex-President
A commission has tallied up how much America spends annually on its ex-Presidents, and George W. Bush tops the charts by costing taxpayers $1.3 million a year. Bill Clinton is next at $1 million, followed by Original George Bush and Jimmy Carter. What...
Tags: Verizon Communications, POLITICO LLC, George W. Bush, U.S. Congress, Bill Clinton
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3/26/2013-It's Over
I saw the beginning of the end of the traditional Grand Old Party back in 1980 when the Reagan campaign invited the religious right to occupy a central role in Republican politics. Until then, they had been dismissed as a fringe element too extreme for...
Tags: Elections, Abraham Lincoln, Same-Sex Marriage, Social Issues, The Supremes (music group)
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As NRA prepares to defend guns, here’s its list of opponents: Tony Bennett, the Kansas City Chiefs, hundreds of others
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelAs pointed out by the left-wing news and views site the Daily Kos, the National Rifle Association maintains a list on its website describing its known opponents (in the view of the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action) that includes some obvious anti-... -
Jerry Brown, a survivor at the top of his game
It's said in politics that timing is everything, that success depends on picking the right time to make one's move. When Barack Obama decided in early 2007 to launch a presidential bid as a freshman U.S. senator at age 45, the naysayers wondered why he...Tags: Human Interest, U.S. Senate, Elections, Government, Executive Branch
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A.W. 'Tom' Clausen dies at 89; longtime Bank of America leader
A.W. "Tom" Clausen, a no-nonsense Midwesterner who led San Francisco-based Bank of America before and after serving as president of the World Bank, died Monday at a hospital in Burlingame, Calif. He was 89. The cause was complications from pneumonia,...
Tags: The New York Times, World Bank Group, Banking, World War II (1939-1945), Corporate Officers
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