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John Hinckley Jr. behaving normally, Secret Service says
WASHINGTON — The man who shot Ronald Reagan and three other men in 1981 has been behaving normally when he leaves the mental hospital in Washington, D.C., where he is being treated, according to Secret Service observations in newly released court...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Shootings, Washington, DC, Walmart, Dentistry and Dental Health
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The lady was a champ
MANCHESTER, England -- There is a story about Margaret Thatcher that is probably apocryphal but speaks volumes about the strength of Britain's first female prime minister, who died Monday at age 87. Following her election in 1979, the story goes that...Tags: Politics, David Cameron, Elizabeth II, Periodicals, Jimmy Carter
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Letters: More to Thatcher than conservative lore
Re "What 'the Iron Lady' forged," Opinion, April 9 Much as Republicans' memory of Ronald Reagan as the consummate conservative is at odds with the reality of his policy positions, Jonah Goldberg's nostalgia for the late British Prime Minister Margaret...Tags: Margaret Thatcher
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How Prince became royal
Here are things you may not have known about Prince: In high school, he was a decent basketball player. "Amadeus" was at one point his favorite movie. And he may not have believed that Ronald Reagan suffered from Alzheimer's disease. These tidbits,...
Tags: Music, Music Industry, SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival, Authors, MSNBC (tv network)
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Couple who lost son in shooting frustrated by laws
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Whether you love guns, hate guns or are somehow totally indifferent to them, only a fool would argue that Tim and Patty Williams haven't survived the worst gun nightmare that any parent can endure. Nineteen years ago, their 13-...Tags: Interior Policy, Lobbying, Politics, Hospitals and Clinics, Justice System
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Angela Davis documentary revisits a turbulent era
Documentarian Shola Lynch first encountered controversial political activist and professor Angela Davis over 20 years ago while still a student at the University of Texas in Austin. Davis delivered a speech that "was all about justice and race, fighting...
Tags: Ken Burns, Will Smith, FBI, Elections, Entertainment
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Review: "Mr. Wrigley's Ball Club" by Roberts Ehrgott
Yankee fans, including my wife, find it endearing and slightly pathetic that while they invoke the names of World Series-winning heroes to exalt their team's history — Ruth! Gehrig! DiMaggio! Reggie! Derek! — Cub fans grow dewy-eyed to...
Tags: World Series, PBS (tv network), Radio, Chicago Cubs, Mark McGwire
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Reckoning With Emotions' Powerful Political Pull
The Hartford CourantDuring Wednesday's debate on new gun laws, Sen. John Kissel rose and began a lengthy set of remarks with two anecdotes. First, the Enfield Republican spoke movingly of hugging his youngest son, Tristan, on the day of the Newtown massacre, one day before...Tags: Interior Policy, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Danbury, Frontline Limited, Colin McEnroe
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How Republicans raided the welfare state and left it flat broke
I would like to add some points to former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich's column "How the welfare state has grown" (April 7). Mr. Ehrlich fails to mention the fact that every president since Lyndon Johnson, beginning in 1964, has raided the Social Security...
Tags: Interior Policy, Economic Organization, Lyndon B. Johnson, Elections, Trade Dispute
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Cherry blossom festival in the pink for 2013
When it comes to spring color, Washington knows how to put on a show. The National Cherry Blossom Festival blossoms each year to commemorate the gift of some 3,000 cherry trees from Tokyo to the nation's capital in 1912. While the festival had...
Tags: Music, Restaurants, Havre de Grace, Entertainment Events, Dining and Drinking
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COLUMN: Thatcher's vigorous virtues effective
Washington Post Writers GroupWASHINGTON -- She had the eyes of Caligula and the lips of Marilyn Monroe. So said Francois Mitterrand, the last serious socialist to lead a major European nation, speaking of Margaret Thatcher, who helped bury socialism as a doctrine of governance....Tags: Tony Blair, Political Systems, Washington, DC, Religion and Belief, Philosophy
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Brown's China trip may have dubious value for the state
SACRAMENTO — You know things are going splendidly for a governor when he can arrange a weeklong jaunt through China and not have to pay a cent himself — or even dip into the public till. The fact that it's sort of a 75th birthday bash for...Tags: International Trade, Politics, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jerry Brown, China
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