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Here Arrive the Grooms
Special to CTgetsMarried.comWith same sex marriages legal in Connecticut, many gay male and lesbian couples have been tying the equality knot. After 29 years together, Garrett Stack and John Anderson of Woodbridge had a church wedding in 2009. “There is nothing traditional...Tags: Bristol (Hartford, Connecticut), Gays and Lesbians, Human Interest, Minority Groups, Weddings
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Annual Festival of Light Moves To Bushnell Park
FOX CTSay it isn't so! No more holiday Festival of Lights on Constitution Plaza? This from the mayor's office. Somehow I just don't think it will be the same... "A beloved 47-year-old holiday tradition in the City of Hartford is getting reinvigorated thanks to...Tags: Hartford Festival of Light, Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Holidays, WTIC
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Alaska Supreme Court Says State's Redistricting Plan Flawed
Channel 2 NewsThe Alaska Supreme Court ruled against the Alaska Redistricting Board’s redistricting plan for the state Wednesday afternoon, saying its imbalances of the Alaska Constitution weren’t necessitated by the federal Voting Rights Act and ordering...Tags: Elections, Voting, Politics
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Ron Paul is sweeping the GOP youth vote
Across the country, the youth vote is down. Registration is low. Voter enthusiasm for Republican candidates has been lackluster.
Unless that candidate's name is Ron Paul.
The 76-year-old U.S. representative from Texas has energized — and gained &#...Tags: Religion and Belief, Gays and Lesbians, Parkville, Republican Party, Newt Gingrich
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Re-energizing young voters
DeJanee Fennell hears the excuses.
Young people are apathetic. Young people are sick of politics. Young people have given up.
But Fennell doesn't buy that. The 20-year-old junior at Morgan State University knows President Barack Obama needs the youth...Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Democratic Party, Ellicott City, Occupy Wall Street, Parties and Movements
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Should the crosses at Camp Pendleton come down? [Most commented]
Opinion L.A.The crosses at Camp Pendleton erected to memorialize fallen Marines are a sensitive issue. On the one hand, the religious symbols are a way to honor people who scarified their lives for our country. On the other, there's the constitutional...... -
DEP Chief Talks Of 'Dodging' Land Swap Issue
The Hartford Courant"I cannot dodge this much longer," Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's new appointee as environmental commissioner, Daniel C. Esty, wrote in an uneasy-sounding e-mail to a subordinate on April 1. Esty was referring to a news article that the subordinate had sent him...Tags: Eileen M Daily, Mass Media, Connecticut River, Land Resources, Crime, Law and Justice
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Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss speaks to students in Jefferson Co., W.Va. about learning civics
richardb@herald-mail.comIn something of a reprise of his popular film, "Mr. Holland's Opus," Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss sat in high school auditoriums Friday and lectured seniors on the subject of civics and the need to learn it. "Only about 4 percent of the students...Tags: Celebrities, Public Schools, Arts and Culture, Schools, History
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No rest for an Egypt revolutionary
Men arrive at an Islamic party's headquarters on a hot Cairo night. They hug, laugh and whisper around trays of pistachio sweets. A door closes and the haggling over Egypt's future begins. But the young revolutionary is missing. Thirty minutes tick by;...Tags: Civil Unrest, Wars and Interventions, Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups, Hosni Mubarak
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Frederick W. Glassberg, community developer
Frederick W. Glassberg, a one-time Rouse Co. executive who became a prominent real estate and community developer in Howard County, died Sept. 15 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Columbia of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 77. A native of...Tags: Real Estate, Clarksville, Wesleyan University, Howard County, New York City
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Florida Elections 2012: No Time to Waste
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelI never like the smell of fire…but I especially don’t when it smells like the odor of our taxpayer money burning or legislators wasting valuable time in Tallahassee. Let’s call it the Legislature’s redistricting shenanigans…... -
The Confessions of a Gerrymanderer
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelOne matter that commands increasing attention is the give-and-take regarding redrawing district lines for the Florida Legislature as well as Congress. Every 10 years, legislators’ high-stakes script includes drawing maps. The outcome can determine...
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