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Thatcher opponents push 'The Witch' up the charts
This post has been corrected. See note below.LONDON -- The British Broadcasting Corp. faced a dilemma Friday: Would it play "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead" when everyone knows the song has become a biting reference to the late Margaret Thatcher? The network's solution: turn the song into a sound...Tags: Radio, Music, The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), Politics, Same-Sex Marriage
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Love, loathing of Margaret Thatcher in headlines [Photos]
This post has been corrected. See note below for details. Headlines from both sides of the Atlantic show Margaret Thatcher in death as she was in life: a person loved or loathed, depending upon your point of view. A quote from Richard Longworth,...Tags: Barack Obama, United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher, London Theatre, Chicago Tribune
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Queen Elizabeth to attend Margaret Thatcher's funeral April 17
LONDON -- The funeral of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s longest-serving leader of the 20th century, will be held in St. Paul’s Cathedral on April 17, officials said Tuesday. Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of...
Tags: Marketing, Politics, United Kingdom, Symptoms, Margaret Thatcher
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Survey reveals the slimy underbelly
American voters don't understand the very real threat of the Lizard People. Don't they see on the Internet about those shape-shifting reptilian people seeking to rule the world? A nationwide survey conducted by Public Policy Polling finds only 4 percent...
Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Voting, George W. Bush, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama
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Thatcher, even in death, divides world opinion
Combative and determined to get her way, Margaret Thatcher divided opinion down the middle in life — and in death. Many leaders lauded Thatcher for her steely determination to modernize Britain's industrial landscape, even at the cost of strikes...
Tags: Personal Finance, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest, United Kingdom, David Cameron
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FDR film falls flat
Bill Murray as FDR? The casting might sound weird at first. But Murray's subtly charming presence ends up being one of the stronger elements of the otherwise lightweight romance "Hyde Park on Hudson," which depicts one of the most revered United...Tags: Polio, World War II (1939-1945), Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Bill Murray
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Cruise Port Spotlight: Singapore
Special CorrespondentA strict, independent city-state of five million that inhabit just 224 square miles, Singapore is known for its many rules and stiff penalties regarding littering, eating, drinking and smoking in public areas (the infamous ban on chewing gum in public...Tags: Singapore, Cruise Line Ports, Arts and Culture, Royal Caribbean International, Architecture
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Pope shows lifetime jobs aren't always for life
The world seems surprised that an 85-year-old globe-trotting pope who just started tweeting wants to resign, but should it be? Maybe what should be surprising is that more leaders his age do not, considering the toll aging takes on bodies and minds amid a...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate, Alan Greenspan, Alzheimer's Disease
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Girl shot by Taliban is discharged from hospital in Britain
LONDON -- Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot by the Taliban in October for defying the group's ban on girls' education, was discharged from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham on Friday after cranial reconstruction and a cochlear implant...
Tags: Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai, BBC, Taliban, Hospitals and Clinics
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Five questions for ... Richard Golden
Richard Golden became a savior of the Maryland thoroughbred horse breeding industry in 1988 when he teamed with Allaire du Pont and later Tom Bowman to open Northview Stallion Station in Chesapeake City, eventually revitalizing farmland that had been home...
Tags: Sports, Corporate Officers, Casino and Gambling Industry, Breeders' Cup, Agriculture
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Corgi fired for disobeying Helen Mirren in 'The Audience'
One of Helen Mirren's four-legged co-stars in the new play "The Audience" apparently has been fired after it failed to obey the actress' royal commands in her role as Queen Elizabeth II. Britain's Telegraph reported that a female corgi by the name of...Tags: United Kingdom, Peter Morgan, David Cameron, Entertainment, Theater
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What Abraham Lincoln learned from Richard III
Viewed from the American side of the water, the fanfare about the discovery of the bones of the last Plantagenet monarch probably seems a bit quaint. Having determined that the remains found in Leicester, U.K., a few months back are indeed those of...
Tags: W.H. Auden, George W. Bush, Richard Nixon, Abraham Lincoln, Mahmoud Abbas
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