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Top 10 Presidential Cars
KickingTiresElection season kicked into high gear last night as the country prepares to peacefully elect a new leader. While everyone is grading the first of three presidential debates from last night and how President Barack Obama and GOP nominee Mitt......Tags: U.S. Elections, Nissan, Ford, General Motors Corp., Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
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President Taft Drove an Electric Car
KickingTiresMost of the time, press releases are pretty boring and not great fodder for a blog ??? especially press releases from insurance companies. But not one we came across a few minutes ago, from Hagerty Insurance. The company specializes in......Tags: National Government, Richard Nixon, Ford, Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy
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Voter turnout best in a long time
The Swampby Frank James Curtis Gans, director of the Center for the Study of the American Electorate at American University, warned early on Election Day that figuring out just how many of the eligible voters went to the polls wouldn't be......Tags: Richard Nixon, Colleges and Universities, Demographics, Education, McDonald's
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Barack Obama doesn't like ambiguity on college grid
WatchdogBarack Obama lobbied for a college football playoff on "Monday Night Football" the day before he was elected President. He hasn't backed off now that he has actual power. Here he is on the subject in an interview "60 Minutes"......Tags: Colleges and Universities, Education, Barack Obama, Football, Sports
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Into the deep freeze... single digits Friday night
Maryland WeatherForecasters out at Sterling are warning of bitter cold by the end of this week as cold air from the Yukon rolls in. They foresee temperatures in the single digits in parts of the Baltimore region by Friday night or Saturday......Tags: Weather Reports, Lehigh Valley Weather, Maryland, Weather Warnings, Weather
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Obama's not-so-special gift to top Brit
The SwampBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) by Frank James The British media (all right, two newspapers, the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph) are upset on behalf of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown,........Tags: Gordon Brown, National Government, White House, Best Buy Co., Inc., United Kingdom
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Obama's Oval Office makeover
The Swampby Mark Silva That arc of history which President Barack Obama likes to cite is not limited to rhetoric: A bust of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. sits in the modestly remodeled Oval Office of the 44th president -......Tags: National Government, California, Frederic Remington, George Washington, Childe Hassam
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President's first pitch: 100 years later
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated 100 years ago, it was William Howard Taft, right-hander. 100 years ago, it was the Washington Senators. Today, it was Barack Obama, south paw. Today, it was the Washington Nationals. In his time, Harry Truman......Tags: Richard Nixon, Ted Williams, Soccer, Connie Mack, Jr., Chicago Cubs
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Digest: Taft named Nationals' fifth racing president
Et cetera Taft named Nationals' fifth racing president One of the most popular baseball sideshows is the presidents mascots race during Nationals games in Washington, and the lineup just got a lot beefier with William Howard Taft joining the ranks of...Tags: Maryland Terrapins, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, George Washington, NFL Pro Bowl, Ottawa Senators
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Before we sail into Ponce land, let's salute some milestones of 2012
We're about to plunge into a mega-anniversary year, marking 500 years since Ponce de León named Florida in 1513. But before we leave 2012, let's tip our Flashback bonnet to a couple of milestones noted this year. A century of 'leavening the loaf' Like...
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School shooting prompts LAPD to clarify L.A.'s Taft High not involved
L.A. NOWConfusion over the location of the morning shooting that sent two high school students to the hospital led the Los Angeles Police Department to take the unusual step of sending out an email Thursday saying that the incident did not take place at William...
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