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Leonard Pitts Jr.: Technology enhances beer muscles
Leonard PittsSteve Blake of the Los Angeles Lakers missed what would have been the winning shot in a critical game. His wife got death threats. Singer John Legend's fiancee, Chrissy Teigen, criticized singer Chris Brown's performance on an awards show. She got...Tags: Music, Gays and Lesbians, Concerts, Clint Eastwood, Science and Technology
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Integrity is the key
Summit TownshipIn the previous Roof Garden Patriot Corner article I put forth the premise that our freedoms come from God and I concluded with this quote from Benjamin Franklin "...there is no form of government but what may be a blessing to the people if well...Tags: Corruption, Religion and Belief, Church and State Relations, Separation of Church and State, Corporate Crime
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Mary F. Putnam, 84
Mary Frances Putnam, 84, of Hagerstown, Md., and formerly of Silver Spring, Md., passed away Tuesday, June 5, 2012, at her home. Born April 26, 1928, in Dumfries, Va., she was the daughter of the late Lynton Manuel and Lucile Thomas Muse Florence. She...
Tags: Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Multiple Sclerosis, Washington, DC, Human Interest, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Andrew "Andy" Worth Kinzer, 97, of Washington, D.C.
Andrew "Andy" Worth Kinzer, 97, passed away April 12, 2012, at the Goodwin House in Falls Church, Va. He was born Oct. 24, 1914, in Jenkins, Ky., son of Andrew W. Kinzer and Susan Heffley Kinzer. He attended Central High School, Washington, D.C., Cambria-...Tags: Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia), World War II (1939-1945), Melbourne, Washington, DC
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A good decision
U.S. District Judge William H. Yohn ruled against Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter's plan to take distribution of free food to homeless people out of the parks to the front of City Hall, and ultimately, indoors. The judge said on Thursday that he saw no...Tags: Justice System, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Obama never took Business 101
According to President Barack Obama, entrepreneurs and small business owners cannot take credit for their inventions or business success because their accomplishments were only made possible by the government's investments in infrastructure. Is this a...Tags: Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Small Businesses, Barack Obama
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7 habits of highly ineffective government
Cal ThomasStephen Covey, the management guru who died this week, would have had a hard time selling his books in Benjamin Franklin's America, or Abe Lincoln's. His best seller "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" would have been considered a self-evident truth,...Tags: Religion and Belief, World War II (1939-1945), Ethics, Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama
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Paul C. Kinzer Sr., 87
Paul Cecil Kinzer Sr., 87, of Williamsport, Md., passed away Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Born Oct. 22, 1924 in Williamsport, he was the son of the late Benjamin Franklin and Mary Alice Fleck Kinzer. He was...
Tags: Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, U.S. Navy, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), American Legion
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Obama and the 7 habits of highly ineffective government
Stephen Covey, the management guru who died this week, would have had a hard time selling his books in Benjamin Franklin's America, or Abe Lincoln's. His best seller "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" would have been considered a self-evident truth,...
Tags: Stephen Covey, Politics, World War II (1939-1945), Elections, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Rhubarb rising
We love the sweet-tart combination of strawberry and rhubarb warmed in a perfectly browned crust. But this summer, rhubarb spirits are the thing, as two newly released elixirs based in the fruity root vegetable land in liquor stores. They shared the...Tags: Rhubarb, Recipes, Sweden
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The United States is more than a country
The United States of America is the embodiment of the struggle of humanity to rise from the tyranny of feudalistic oppression. It is a laboratory where great experiments to discover the limits of human potential are performed. To quote from Thomas Paine&...Tags: American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Thomas Paine, John Adams, George Washington
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Thief of historic documents sentenced to prison
Disgraced collector Barry H. Landau was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in federal prison for stealing thousands of historic documents worth as much as $2.5 million from archives along the East Coast, including one in Baltimore, where the scheme...
Tags: Karl Marx, Libraries, Entertainment Events, Al Pacino, Thomas Paine
May 30, 2012
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Jun 28, 2012
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Jun 27, 2012
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