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Mail Call - April 17
“I just can’t understand the Hagerstown City Council. They say they need more money to operate, but they just keep on spending the taxpayers’ money and then talk about raising taxes. This mayor and council is the worst that I can recall,...Tags: Regional Authority, Annapolis, Government, Firearms, Abraham Lincoln
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Local mayor suspended as Bangladesh disaster toll climbs to 430
Reuters* Mayor suspended for approving permit for building * Death toll reaches 430 * Worldwide outcry against working conditions By Ruma Paul DHAKA, May 2 (Reuters) - The mayor of the Bangladesh municipality where a factory building collapsed killing more...Tags: European Union, Career and Workplace, Government, Plant Openings, Manufacturing and Engineering
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'Game of Thrones' recap: 'Kissed by Fire'
The Baltimore SunPoor Sansa Stark. First, she was pledged to marry the despicable, pathetic, cruel, spineless boy-king Joffrey. Now, the Lannisters are plotting to stick her with his even less-attractive uncle, Tyrion. Granted, to viewers of “Thrones,”...Tags: Game of Thrones (tv program), Family, Marriage, Punishment
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From the Right: Thatcher era over; let battle begin (again)
The death of Margaret Thatcher this past week marks the end of an era. It heralds the beginning of another. The Iron Lady may be no more but the core convictions for which she was most known must be brought to life again in Britain and across the world,...
Tags: Values, Ronald Reagan, Ethics, Margaret Thatcher, Science and Technology
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Historic black church rises from the ashes of the Civil War
Like most blacks in the pre-Civil War South, the African-Americans of this old colonial town had few choices when it came to worship. Enslaved or free, illiterate or learned, they crowded shoulder to shoulder in the rear balconies of the white...
Tags: Baptist, Christianity, Fort Monroe, Elizabeth City, Hampton University
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Historic black church rises from the Yorktown contraband camp
When the crowds came to Surrender Field in 1931 for the 150th anniversary of the American victory over the British at Yorktown, what they saw was an immense expanse of tents and an enormous grandstand. Lost in all the patriotic hoopla was the...
Tags: Williamsburg (Bronx, New York), Reconstruction, York (York, Pennsylvania), NAACP, Hampton University
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America is exceptional, and that includes the way we treat immigrants
Dear Scholar, It was wholly a pleasure to get your thoughts about the current debate over illegal immigrants and how to approach the nettlesome challenge they represent to us -- and we to them. It was good of you to rehearse some classical history for...
Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Egypt, Awards and Prizes, Crime, Law and Justice, Religion and Belief
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Freedom planted under Hampton oak
Few of the thousands of fugitive slaves who lived in Hampton’s vast Civil War refugee camps were taken by surprise when — on Jan. 1, 1863 — they received word that President Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation. A hundred...
Tags: White House, Norfolk State University, The New York Times, Fort Monroe, Arts and Culture
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Mail Call - April 29
“Interesting story about the city and the utilities, the water and sewer. I cannot believe they let 402 people go without paying and then finally they levied down on them, and 218 paid up. That is irresponsible for anybody that can’t pay a...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Weapon Control, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Gun Control, Justice and Rights
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Lynchburg college students highlight human trafficking crisis
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefMeals at one Lynchburg restaurant are being used to teach people about a global problem. Students at Lynchburg College are spreading awareness about human trafficking at the Depot Grille Monday. During both lunch and dinner, customers are getting hand-...Tags: Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia)
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'Game of Thrones' recap: 'Walk of Punishment'
The Baltimore Sun“There’s a beast in every man and it stirs when you put a sword in his hand,” - Jorah Mormont For the first two seasons on "Game of Thrones," terrible, cruel, unspeakable horrors tended to happen primarily to the Stark family. The...Tags: Game of Thrones (tv program), Punishment
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New releases: 'Django Unchained' has exceptional performances
Django Unchained Weinstein/Anchor Bay, $29.98; Blu-ray, $39.99 Available on VOD beginning Tuesday Typical of Quentin Tarantino, this Deep South "western" is strong stuff, telling the epic story of an escaped slave (played by Jamie Foxx) on a quest...
Tags: Hugo (movie), A Monster in Paris (movie), DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Christoph Waltz, Action (Movie Genre)
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Apr 15, 2013
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Apr 14, 2013
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Apr 14, 2013
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