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Our View: Latest fireworks proposal is a dud
There probably weren't many fireworks shot off in celebration by county and local governments, nor law enforcement officials this week with state officials considering changes to the fireworks legislation approved in 2011. The latest update, on Tuesday,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Martin Luther King Day, Veterans Day, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Memorial Day
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Rev. Dr. Harold A. Carter Sr., pastor at New Shiloh Baptist
The Rev. Dr. Harold A. Carter Sr., senior pastor of the New Shiloh Baptist Church, whose legendary preaching spanned generations and brought him an audience beyond his congregation of 5,000 members, died of cancer Thursday. He was 76. In 47 years of...
Tags: Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Crime, Law and Justice, Seminaries, Minority Groups, Morgan State University
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Sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. takes shape
NEWPORT NEWS – A sculptor in Kentucky updated the Newport News City Council Tuesday on the state of artwork slated for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Plaza at the corner of 25th Street and Jefferson Avenue. Ed Hamilton described his...
Tags: Martin Luther King Day, Sculpture, Arts and Culture, Hamilton, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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In Theory: Why the rise in Anti-Semitism?
Anti-Semitism is on the rise throughout the world, according to a report by the State Department, which is taking the increase so seriously it's appointing a special envoy to monitor the rise. The increase was revealed in the department's annual...Tags: Separation of Church and State, Crime, Law and Justice, Islam, Cultural Development, The New York Times
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A journal in a Glendale thrift store, a glimpse into a more politically conscious youth
The spring and summer of 1968 were an agony for the United States, especially for young Americans and black Americans. In April, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis. In June, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated, here in Los Angeles, in the...
Tags: Patt Morrison, Assassinations, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Maryland roots in new 'Ali' opera
In his typical rhyming style, Muhammad Ali might call it something like "a whopper of an opera." The legendary boxer, who floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee, has inspired "Approaching Ali," a chamber opera with music by Carroll County...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Manhattan (New York City), John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Morgan State University, Human Interest
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The assassination of Bobby Kennedy, through the eyes of a college girl
The spring and summer of 1968 were an agony for the United States, especially for young Americans and black Americans. In April, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis. In June, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated, here in Los Angeles, in the...
Tags: Punishment, Political Candidates, Assassinations, Newspaper and Magazine, Kansas State University
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Letters to the editor: Trayvon, Scouts, tax code
As someone who was living in Washington, D.C., during the riots following the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., I was appalled to hear a local minister being interviewed on NPR equate Trayvon Martin's death to the deaths of King and Medgar...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Organizations, Religion and Belief, Washington, DC
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Summer Food Service Program sites offered for children
Several Summer Food Service Program sites offering free meals to children are available in St. Joseph County. Offered through the Indiana Department of Education, these sites serve lunches and/or breakfasts to all children ages 1 to 18 years old....Tags: Schools, Food Industry, High Schools, Monroe (Fairfield, Connecticut), YMCA
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Summer program dares to dream
Summer is mere weeks away and Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center's summer program is filling fast. Executive Director Kay Sumner said the center's performing arts summer camp focuses on the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream...Tags: Natural Disasters, Hurricanes, Entertainment, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), National Weather Service
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Is it curtains for Central Park Theatre?
In a sea of empty lots in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood sits a faded relic that is one of the most historically significant American movie theaters still standing. When it opened in 1917, the red-brick, three-story Central Park Theatre was...
Tags: Judaism, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Human Interest, Religion and Belief, Paramount Pictures
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Tim Roemer, Human Interest, Jackie Walorski, Colleges and Universities
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