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The Never-Ending School Year
Because I don’t have a seat on our town’s Board of Education and I’ve never spent hours trying to decipher school budgets I feel kind of funny asking this, but … Why is our school calendar such a mess? This summer will be the...Tags: Religion and Belief, Rosh Hashanah, Columbus Day, Holidays, Religious Festivals
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Obama awards top U.S. honor to girls killed in 1963 racial bombing
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama awarded the highest U.S. civilian honor on Friday to four black girls killed in a civil rights-era church bombing 50 years ago, saying their tragic deaths ultimately "helped to trigger triumph." In a...Tags: Racism, Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress, Justice and Rights
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President praises Baltimore native at commencement
If Baltimore native Leland Shelton had bothered to check his email in the hectic day before graduation, he might have avoided a shock during commencement. There he was, one of 500 men in a black cap and gown this week at Morehouse College in Atlanta,...
Tags: Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice, Colleges and Universities, NAACP, Morgan State University
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George Packer chronicles American boom and bust in 'The Unwinding'
George Packer's new nonfiction book, "The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America," has many of the qualities of an epic novel. Packer's subject is the last 35 years of U.S. history, the decades that gave us the conservative "Contract With...Tags: Religion and Belief, Values, Environmental Issues, Oprah Winfrey, Biofuels
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Courtside is familiar venue for holiday weekend
Three-day weekends used to mean a day off of work and time spent with family. Period. This year, three-day weekends have evolved into something else. There is still a much-appreciated day off of work and some time spent with family, but a few more...Tags: Education, Villanova University, Colleges and Universities, The Pennsylvania State University, The Herald-Mail
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Life's work honored
Special to The TribuneWASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi took turns Wednesday leading an often humorous but sometimes emotional celebration of the decades-long service of the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh as the University of Notre Dame's...Tags: Joe Donnelly, Education, Crime, Law and Justice, Colleges and Universities, Nancy Pelosi
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Chuck Norris comes to the defense of Tim Tebow
Tim Tebow has a lot of defenders, but there's one in particular that no one will want to mess with: Chuck Norris. "Tebow is a player who rises to the occasion and delivers big in critical moments," Norris wrote for his blog on Newsbusters.org. "He...
Tags: Jacksonville Jaguars, FIFA World Cup, Sports, National Football League, Tim Tebow
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Bulletin Board
Thursday Biz to Biz Networking, 5:30 p.m. at Michele's Fine Dining, 2761 E. Oakland Park Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. $10. Call 954-838-9644. Citizenship Class, 6 p.m. at Helen B. Hoffman Library, 501 N. Fig Tree Lane, Plantation. Free. Call 954-797-2140....Tags: Colleges and Universities, Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Lauderhill, Pembroke Pines
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Committee seeks names for Annapolis marker honoring March on Washington
A committee building a new memorial in Annapolis has extended the deadline for names of those who took part in the August 1963 March on Washington, where the Rev. Martin Luther King gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. The committee had initially...
Tags: Annapolis, James Baldwin, Human Interest, Anne Arundel Community College
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Obama tells Morehouse grads to think of more than careers
The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionPresident Barack Obama roused the new graduates of Morehouse College on Sunday with a commencement address that spoke directly to racial issues in a way the first African-American president does only sparingly. Through a steady downpour, Obama -- at the...Tags: Spelman College, Barack Obama, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Colleges and Universities, Local Government
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Zoning board vote soon on Gage House
John O'Brien is a patient man. For months, O'Brien and his architect have met with Winnetka preservationists and others in the north suburb who want to see at least part of the historic lakefront Gage House spared from the wrecking ball. O'Brien...
Tags: Architecture, Housing and Urban Planning, Politics, Interior Policy, Human Interest
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The State (Columbia, S.C.) Ron Morris column
The StateFIFTY-THREE YEARS WILL scramble the memory of almost any baseball player. Bloop singles of long ago become line drives to the gap today. Members of the Allen University baseball team long since have forgotten most of the details from the 1960 season,...Tags: Gymnastics Clubs, Allen University, Sports, College Baseball, Dwayne Johnson
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