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Meet Maryland defensive line recruit Kingsley Opara
The Baltimore SunAlmost immediately after he pledged to Maryland last July, Kingsley Opara was listed by several recruiting services as a "soft commitment." It was a label Opara -- for several months, at least -- found to be accurate. "I knew I was going to have a big-...Tags: New England Patriots, National Football League, High School Sports, North Carolina State Wolfpack, College Sports
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Bronzeville among city sites seeking Obama library
The site where Michael Reese Hospital once stood isn't much to look at, just a 37-acre swath of overgrown land in Bronzeville, behind a shoddy chain-link fence. Developers are itching to build a casino or perhaps a sports entertainment complex on the...
Tags: George H.W. Bush, Southern Methodist University, Museums, John F. Kennedy, Arts and Culture
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PASSINGS: Leroy 'Sugarfoot' Bonner, Lloyd Phillips, Donald F. Hornig
Leroy 'Sugarfoot' Bonner Lead singer and guitarist for Ohio Players Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner, 69, lead singer and guitarist for the Ohio Players, a band that fused rock, soul and funk for a string of R&B hits in the 1970s, died Saturday in a Dayton...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Explosions, Man of Steel (movie), John F. Kennedy, Alzheimer's Disease
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Obama the decider
A rare phenomenon occurred on Capitol Hill the other day when two ranking officials of the Obama administration testified that they had differed with the president they still served over providing arms to the rebels in Syria seeking to oust dictator...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Wars and Interventions, Military Equipment, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Defense Equipment
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Ki Suh Park dies at 80; architect helped rebuild L.A. after riots
From rubble and wreckage, Ki Suh Park often saw possibility. It was so as he stood amid the destruction of the Korean War, when he resolved to study architecture and help rebuild his homeland. And it was so as he drove down Western Avenue after the 1992...
Tags: John F. Kennedy, Arts and Culture, Seoul (South Korea), Korean War (1950-1953), University of California, Los Angeles
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Announcing the 2012 L.A. Times Book Prize finalists
This post has been updated; see below for details. The finalists for the 33rd L.A. Times Book Prizes were announced Thursday morning -- the complete list is below. In addition to the 50 books in 10 categories that are in the running for the awards,...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Literature, French Literature, Pulitzer Prize Awards, University of Oxford
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Back Story: Learning history on the road
Sharon Boston, media relations manager at University of Maryland Medical Center, normally spends her days fielding requests from the media. But when it comes to weekends and vacations, it's a safe bet that she's on the road, traveling to visit homes...
Tags: White House, Holidays, Trips and Vacations, Social Media, Santa Claus (fictional character)
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The presidential power trap
As Barack Obama prepares to be sworn in for the second time as president of the United States, he faces the stark reality that little of what he hopes to accomplish in a second term will likely come to pass. Mr. Obama occupies an office that many assume...Tags: George H.W. Bush, Trade Agreements, Elections, Richard Nixon, Tea Party Movement
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Taylor Branch distills Pulitzer-winning trilogy for students
The math is daunting: More than 2,300 pages of prose winnowed down to 190, including photographs and the occasional blank sheet that signals chapter breaks. Yet, that's exactly the challenge that author and historian Taylor Branch tackled when he...
Tags: Civil Rights, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Science and Technology, Parties and Movements, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Congress to probe $100-million shortfall in Job Corps program
Congress is investigating a nearly $100-million dollar budget shortfall in the Job Corps program, aimed at giving job training to low-income youths, after the Labor Department said it was forced to halt enrollment at job centers nationwide. The move...
Tags: White House, Rick Perry, U.S. Congress, Robert P. Casey, Jr.
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Obama enjoys a party, just not with Congress
Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) - One criticism of the president that permeated the nonstop socializing around the inauguration was that a lack of socializing by Barack Obama is to blame for much of the partisan rancor crippling Washington. If the president would...Tags: John Boehner, John F. Kennedy, Republican Party, U.S. Congress, Dick Cheney
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Harry Truman, Lincoln's heir
Presidents Day, which falls between the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, celebrates the contributions of those presidents. But here's a nomination for another president worth remembering on this long weekend: Harry Truman, the first...
Tags: White House, Social Issues, Civil Rights, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Trials
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