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How Korean Tensions Could Affect American Car Shoppers
KickingTiresFollowing a nuclear test and subsequent global sanctions, escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula have North Korea issuing near-daily threats against its southern neighbor and the U.S. ??? and the latest developments have left nearby nations girding...Tags: Chevrolet, General Motors Corp., North Korea, Chrysler, Automotive Equipment
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Big day for WW2 vets -- D-Day, Midway anniversaries
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsBeneath gray skies, aging South Florida veterans gathered to mark two pivotal World War II events on Wednesday -- the 70th anniversary of the battle of Midway in the Pacific and the 68th anniversary of D-Day, the launch of the......Tags: Military Equipment, Aircraft Carriers, World War II (1939-1945), Judaism, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Man Pays 58-Year-Old Parking Ticket
KickingTiresDale Crawford honestly didn't know about a parking ticket he was given nearly 60 years ago until he found it in a box of mementos just recently. Crawford, 79, paid the $1 parking ticket to the city of Houston this...... -
Former Gov. Claude Kirk to lie in state at Florida Capitol
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsUpdated Friday, Sept. 30, at 1:16 p.m. From the family, details of local memorial service for former Gov. Claude R. Kirk, Jr. Service: Funeral Service Honoring Former Governor Claude R. Kirk, Jr. Open to Public and Media Date: Monday, October......Tags: U.S. Marine Corps, Ander Crenshaw, West Palm Beach, Walt Disney, Regional Authority
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Man Behind 'The Club' Dies
KickingTiresJames Winner, who came up with the famous, ubiquitous steering-wheel lock that???s known simply as ???The Club,??? died earlier this week in a car accident. He was 81 years old. The original Club, which is still sold, is a long......Tags: Crimes, Transportation Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Accidental Death
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Robert Novak: Broke news, shaped views
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated Robert Novak, the longtime newspaper columnist and television commentator known for his conservative voice and piercing criticism, died today after a bout with brain cancer. He was 78. In decades of Washington reporting and...Tags: Television Industry, White House, Heads of State, Joliet, Death
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Arlington burial: Kennedy near brothers
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated at 5:30 pm EDT Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be buried Saturday at Arlington National Cemetery near his brothers, former President John F. Kennedy and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, the Pentagon said today. Kennedy, 77,......Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy, Armed Forces
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McChrystal sacked as Afghan commander
The SwampGen. Stanley McChrystal leaves the White House Wednesday morning after resigning as commander of Allied forces in Afghanistan. (AP/Evan Vucci) by Julian E. Barnes, Christi Parsons and Peter Nicholas President Obama ousted his top commander in...Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Politics, White House, Douglas MacArthur
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Washington buried, Swamp powers on
The Swampby Mark Silva With more than a foot of wet snow on the ground in Washington and snow falling throughout the day, it would seem that the White House's mission was possible: Moving the president about three blocks from the......Tags: Travel, Politics, Tourism and Leisure, White House, AP
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An American hero united us in possibility and wonder
Leonard PittsOnce upon a time, a man walked on the moon. He climbed down the ladder onto lunar soil, the first human being ever to do so. "That's one for small step for (a) man," he famously said, "one giant leap for mankind." It was one of history's greatest feats...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Neil Armstrong, The Miami Herald
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Frozen pizza purchase pays off in a big way
South Bend TribuneMark Howie, of South Bend, recently had to make a decision about what to do for dinner. His wife, Molly, had a nephew’s ballgame to attend. He had to fly solo through cuisine-land. So he went to CVS, 51467 U.S. 31 North, to pick up a frozen pizza...Tags: Agent Orange Poisoning (1961-1971), University of Maryland, College Park, Washington, DC, CVS Corp., Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Lowest mortgage rates in history are a golden opportunity -- for those who are employed and solvent
Real Estate MattersIt's difficult to believe that mortgage interest rates are now officially at the lowest point in history. Or, at least, the lowest point in history as defined by the Freddie Mac, which has been keeping track of 15-year fixed-rate mortgages since 1991....Tags: Labor Markets, Real Estate, Inflation and Deflation, Career and Workplace, Prices
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