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Art Callaham: Can't take the hills out of this W.Va. boy
Since I’ve been writing this column — more than two years now — I’ve wanted to write about West Virginia. You see, as much as I love Maryland and the Hagerstown/Washington County area, I’m still a West Virginian at heart. I...Tags: U.S. Congress, Marshall University
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OPINION: Good at campaigning, bad at governing
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewCHALK HILL, Pa. The old house leans unnaturally westward along a back road, as if chasing the setting sun into a surrounding meadow. Wildflowers splinter its wooden porch planks; a lonely patch of red paint marks an exterior long ago bleached by weather...Tags: Pittsburgh, Justice and Rights, White House, Gun Control, U.S. Congress
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150 years of faith: Time-traveling book reconstructs St. Joseph the Workman's history
La Crosse Tribune, Wis.Jean McDonnell became a time traveler when she wrote the history of St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral in La Crosse. The Onalaska woman's meticulous research provides an inside look at the parish from its founding Jan. 4, 1863, to the present in the book,...Tags: Entertainment, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Christianity, Career and Workplace, Arts and Culture
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The Sacramento Bee Marcos Breton column
The Sacramento BeeThe Rev. Samuel Rodriguez preaches at a large church in Elk Grove, but his influence is growing beyond his many worshippers at the corner of Elk Grove and Stockton boulevards. Telegenic and charismatic, Rodriguez is cementing a national reputation as...Tags: Migration, Ronald Reagan, Illegal Immigrants, Martin Luther King Jr., Starbucks Corp.
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The red herring of human gene patents
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. — Louis D. Brandeis Just a few words and little thought separate yet another stronghold of the American economy from ruin....
Tags: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Biotechnology, Genetics, Herring, Vaccines
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Last of spring plant sales feature master gardeners' best
Spring plant sales by local gardening groups are coming to a close but there are several you should not miss. You can usually walk out with a bunch for under $20. Hampton master gardeners sell annuals, perennials, grasses, trees and shrubs 9 a.m.-2 p.m....
Tags: Denbigh, Yorktown (York, Virginia), Canadensis, Gardening, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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BRIEF: Performer to be featured at event
Daily Gazette, Sterling, Ill.Storyteller Brian "Fox" Ellis will portray American poet Walt Whitman during a free presentation Tuesday. The program, sponsored by the Volunteer Millers at De Immigrant windmill, will be at 6 p.m. at the Windmill Cultural Center, 111 10th Ave....Tags: Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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BRIEF: Learn about little-known presidential careers
Daily Gazette, Sterling, Ill.Ron and Connie Koehn of Fulton will speak Sunday at the Lyndon Area Historical Society's spring presentation. The Koehns will give a free program, titled "Abraham Lincoln's River Connections," at 2 p.m. in the society, 405 W. Fourth St. Ron Koehn is a... -
Caroline Kennedy talks 'Poems to Learn by Heart'
During Caroline Kennedy's childhood, poetry was a family affair. Her father, President John F. Kennedy, had admired Robert Frost enough to give him a prominent place at his inauguration, and her mother, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, had loved poetry since...
Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, HIV, New York City, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Exhibit showcases role of Bucks County in Civil War
The Philadelphia InquirerAlmost a year to the day after Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, a majority of Bucks County voters cast their ballots for his opponent in the 1864 presidential election, Democrat George S. McClellan. Lincoln won Pennsylvania by 52...Tags: Africa, Social Issues, Wars and Interventions, Culture, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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RAISING AWARENESS
Niagara Gazette, Niagara Falls, N.Y.Community leaders gathered Friday at Niagara Falls City Hall to talk about issues of discrimination as part of the YWCA's 2013 Stand Against Racism campaign. The speakers evoked leaders in race relations as the spoke out about America's struggle to...Tags: Justice and Rights, Social Issues, Human Rights, Students, Martin Luther King Jr.
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U.S., county celebrated bicentennials in 1976
"Rediscover America 1976 Bicentennial Celebration, United States of America-Washington County, Maryland, 1776-1976" was the full name of an event that would involve most of the members of the Washington County Historical Society and the community, as a...Tags: Gerald Ford, Mark Twain, The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), Liberty Bell, Auction Service
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