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House Democrats say GOP wants too many days off
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House will be in session less than one out of every three days next year, a slight decline from past years. House Republicans say they are running the place more efficiently and lawmakers need the time to be with constituents...Tags: U.S. Senate, Democratic Party, Voting, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements
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Irish culture set to take over fairgrounds this weekend
The Baltimore Irish Festival happens this year Friday-Sunday, Nov. 11-13, at the Maryland State Fairgrounds, in Timonium. On the bill will be Irish food, dance and such musical acts as the Screaming Orphans, the Rovers and Belfast Connection. There will...Tags: Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture, Foods and Beverages, Music, Awards and Prizes
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Liberals, conservatives both wrong about 'social contract'
We cannot find the social contract in the National Archives or the Library of Congress, but most citizens acknowledge it through day-to-day respect for the social order. Yet, because the social contract exists in our cultural consciousness, and not in...Tags: Tea Party Movement, U.S. Senate, Elizabeth Warren, Employees, Career and Workplace
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National Baptist Congress opens today
Crisply marching drill teams of youths launched the National Baptist Congress today, a conference with three days of music, sacred dance and seminars.
The 105th annual Congress, meeting at the Broward Convention Center and the nearby Hilton Fort...Tags: Jeremiah Wright, Baptist, Fort Lauderdale, Jesse Jackson, Bible
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Burt Bacharach and Hal David to receive Gershwin Prize
Pop & HissThe veteran songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David has been chosen to receive the Library of Congress' fourth Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, which will be presented at an all-star tribute ceremony in the spring in Washington. The creators of... -
PST, A to Z: ‘Eames’ at A+D Museum, ‘Sympathetic’ at MAK Center
Culture MonsterText is a central component of two Pacific Standard Time exhibitions, both focused on design: “Eames Designs: The Guest Host Relationship” at the A+D Museum, and “Sympathetic Seeing: Esther McCoy and the Heart of American Modernist... -
New Elmhurst Artists’ Guild show features Chicago Images
TribLocal - ElmhurstFive prominent artists from the Chicagoland area will exhibit paintings of Chicago imagery at an art exhibition opening October 25 in the Elmhurst Artists’ Guild …... -
De La Soul + Soviet soul and jazz = De La Soulviet
Pop & HissEnter De La Soulviet, a remix project that attempts the impossible. Ostensibly, there's no point in remixing De La Soul's early beats, many of which were handled by J Dilla and Prince Paul, two of the greatest producers of all time. But credit Miami-based... -
Around Town: Clint Eastwood and Italian classics
24 FramesSilen flicks, Italian masterworks and a chat with Clint Eastwood and an evening with long-time Times film critic Kevin Thomas are on tap this week.... -
Gay Rights Pioneer Frank Kameny Dies
BoystownFrank Kameny, one of the earliest and most outspoken activists for gay rights in America, has died at the age of 86. Kameny, an astronomer with a PhD from Harvard, was the founder of the Mattachine Society of Washington and a longtime advocate for... -
Movie Review: J. Edgar
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelClint Eastwood's “J. Edgar” is a lumbering miscalculation, a slow and clumsy re-think of the late F.B.I. founder J. Edgar Hoover's life and career that views him through the lens of his alleged homosexuality. While the screenwriter of “...
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