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Eisenhower memorial moving ahead, despite family's objections
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON The design for a memorial to former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, more than 10 years in the planning, has so divided supporters and critics that the commission created to build it gave up trying to find a compromise and defiantly voted...Tags: Parties and Movements, Pat Roberts, Architecture, Guggenheim Museum, Politics
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Joe Biden: Vice president of the nation, but king of the eulogy
WASHINGTON – Say what you will about Vice President Joe Biden – the man can deliver a eulogy. Just ask him. “I’ve spoken at more eulogies than I’d like to remember,” he said Wednesday at a service for Frank R....Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Satellite and Cable Service, Democratic Party, Politics
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Lack of facilities moves pharmacy college to edge
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserThe state Legislature's denial of $38 million for a College of Pharmacy building at the University of Hawaii at Hilo is expected to lead to the college being found "noncompliant" in one of 30 criteria for accreditation, a top school official said. A...Tags: Advertising, Education, Teaching and Learning, Politics, Lobbying
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Memorial Day restoration should forsake three-day weekends
The primary purpose of Memorial Day is no longer to honor Americans killed in battle while serving their country. It's to cater to clucks who want a three-day weekend to better facilitate fun. There. I hope that satisfies Gloria Martin of Slatington,...
Tags: American Legion, World War I (1914-1918), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest, Holidays
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World War Two museum to open Freedom Pavilion
ReutersNEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - One of the largest museums to commemorate the events and sacrifices of World War Two will open a new pavilion on Saturday as it races to complete a sprawling $350 million complex before the remaining veterans of the war are gone....Tags: Congressional Medal of Honor Heroes, Tom Brokaw, Tom Hanks, Tuskegee Airmen, U.S. Military
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Hawaii: New rail system serving Honolulu aims for 2019 completion
Construction has begun on a 20-mile rail line to ease traffic congestion in Honolulu, a $5.2-billion project that will run from Kapolei to Ala Moana, the shopping and entertainment center at the start of the airport side of Waikiki on Oahu. On Tuesday,...
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Schatz sworn in as new Hawaii senator
WASHINGTON – Brian Schatz knew this much about Washington before departing Hawaii on Wednesday to start his new role as a U.S. senator – it was cold. And so, barely hours after Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie announced that he was...
Tags: Media Industry, Barack Obama, U.S. House of Representatives, Chris Murphy, Democratic Party
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Hawaii Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz tapped to succeed Sen. Daniel Inouye
KANEOHE, Hawaii — Gov. Neil Abercrombie has appointed Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz to replace Daniel K. Inouye in the U.S. Senate, opting against Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, whom the late senator had wanted as his successor. In a news conference at the...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Democratic Party, Politics, Brian Schatz, Neil A. Abercrombie
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'Fiscal cliff' to bring President Obama back early from Hawaii
HONOLULU – President Obama will leave for Washington on Wednesday evening to restart talks on averting the "fiscal cliff," the White House said Tuesday, interrupting and perhaps cutting short altogether his traditional holiday visit to his birth...
Tags: Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Holidays, John Boehner, Politics
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Most intriguing person of 2012? Barack Obama, CNN viewers say
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelPresident Barack Obama was Time's Person of the Year. And CNN viewers, in an online poll, have picked him the most intriguing person of the year, the cable channel revealed Monday morning. The runners-up, from No. 2 to 10, were schoolgirl/activist... -
Once there were giants
Paul Greenberg"Second Lieutenant Daniel K. Inouye distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action on 21 April 1945, in the vicinity of San Terenzo, Italy. While attacking a defended ridge guarding an important road junction, Second Lieutenant Inouye skillfully...Tags: Congressional Medal of Honor Heroes, Awards and Prizes, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Joe McCarthy, Politics
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Sen. Daniel Inouye gets hero's farewell at Hawaii funeral
This post has been updated, as indicated below.HONOLULU – Before Daniel K. Inouye shipped off to Europe with members of his 442nd Regimental Combat Team, his unit traveled by train from Oakland to Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Miss. After arriving, the predominantly Japanese American unit was...Tags: Congressional Medal of Honor Heroes, White House, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Awards and Prizes
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Dec 24, 2012
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Dec 23, 2012
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