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    Jun 12, 2012 |Column| Tribune Media Services

  1. Drone warfare foretells an ever-expanding and illegal war

    William Pfaff
    PARIS -- The disclosure that current American drone warfare operations are directed from the presidential office in the White House, with the president himself selecting persons to be assassinated by unmanned American drone aircraft in the Muslim...

    Tags: George W. Bush, National Government, Petroleum Industry, International Relations, Afghanistan

    2. Aug 8, 2012 |Story| Petoskey News

  2. Gabrielle Giffords shooter Jared Loughner takes plea deal; no trial for killer of 6

    TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Jared Loughnersat looking relaxed and attentive in a packed courtroom as he pleaded guilty to a deadly shooting rampage in an agreement with prosecutors that will send him to prison for life. He even cracked a smile when a court-appointed psychologist talked about the special bond that he formed with a prison guard.
    TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Jared Loughnersat looking relaxed and attentive in a packed courtroom as he pleaded guilty to a deadly shooting rampage in an agreement with prosecutors that will send him to prison for life. He even cracked a smile when a...

    Tags: Prosecution, Ron Barber, Court Preliminary, Health and Safety at School, Psychologists

    3. Aug 8, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  3. Civilian casualties in Afghanistan fall in first half of year, U.N. says

    World Now
    Civilian casualties in the Afghan war fell by 15% in the first half of this year compared with the same period a year ago, the first such decline in five years, the United Nations said....
    4. Aug 10, 2012 |Story| Burbank Leader

  4. Baseball and unrest explored in exhibition at library

    Terry Cannon grew up in Detroit rooting for his hometown Tigers.
    Terry Cannon grew up in Detroit rooting for his hometown Tigers. Cannon is the executive director of the Baseball Reliquary, a Pasadena-based nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering an appreciation of American art and culture through the context of...

    Tags: New York Jets, Football, Jose Feliciano, Democratic Convention (1968), Joe Namath

    5. Aug 12, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Sinai peacekeepers deny their forces were attacked

    World Now
    The international peacekeeping force long assigned to the Sinai peninsula to oversee the decades-old peace agreement between Israel and Egypt denied reports that its troops had been fired on by armed men....
    6. Jun 14, 2012 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  6. Lamar Waldron reveals all in 'Watergate: The Hidden History'

    Liz Smith
    EXCLUSIVE TO LIZ SMITH FROM LAMAR WALDRON, one of the best investigative journalists in the United States. A shot over the bow of anti-conspiracy theorists everywhere, with Lamar saying the following: "Sunday is the 40th anniversary of the Watergate...

    Tags: Fidel Castro, Organized Crime, Lee Harvey Oswald, The Boston Globe, Jimmy Hoffa

    7. Jun 21, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. History matters

    100 Years Ago For the birds Tips in the household section of the Times: "Seasonable table linens: The all over tablecloth at luncheon is hopelessly old fashioned, the polished wood must show somewhere. Putting away winter clothing: Ostrich feathers...

    Tags: Theodore Roosevelt, Lisbon (Portugal), Edgar Allan Poe, Patapsco, Woodrow Wilson

    8. May 13, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Review: Albright's 'Prague Winter' mixes the personal, historical

    "Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948"
    Tribune newspapers
    "Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948" Madeleine Albright Harper: 480 pp., $29.99 Madeleine Albright is a formidable figure. She was a member of the National Security Council and the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. When she...

    Tags: Nazi Party, World War II (1939-1945), Religion and Belief, Unrest, Conflicts and War, BBC

    9. May 6, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Book review: 'The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson' by Robert Caro

    The Passage of Power
    Special to the Los Angeles Times
    The Passage of Power The Years of Lyndon Johnson Robert Caro Alfred A. Knopf: 736 pp., $35 "The Passage of Power," the fourth volume in Robert Caro's epic biography of Lyndon Baines Johnson, encompasses the period of LBJ's deepest humiliation and...

    Tags: Chicago Tribune, Justice and Rights, Human Interest, The Washington Post, Lyndon B. Johnson

    10. May 14, 2012 |Story| KTUU

  10. Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln i/¿e¿br¿hæm ¿l¿¿k¿n/ (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional,...

    Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Slavery, Ulysses S. Grant, Elections, Executive Branch

    11. Jan 21, 2012 |Story| KTLA-LTV

  11. JFK Hearse Fetches $160,000 at Auction

    NEW YORK -- A Cadillac hearse that carried the body of President John F. Kennedy to Air Force One following his assassination in Dallas was sold at a Scottsdale, Ariz., auction for $160,000.
    CNN
    NEW YORK -- A Cadillac hearse that carried the body of President John F. Kennedy to Air Force One following his assassination in Dallas was sold at a Scottsdale, Ariz., auction for $160,000. The car was sold at Barrett-Jackson auction company's annual...

    Tags: Companies and Corporations, John F. Kennedy Assassination (1963), Companies and Corporations, Insurance, Auction Service

    12. Feb 27, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Farrakhan: Racial hatred could lead to attempts to assassinate Obama

    Tribune reporter
    In a fiery lecture to thousands of followers of the Nation of Islam on Sunday, Minister Louis Farrakhan warned that racial hatred could lead to attempts to assassinate President Barack Obama. Farrakhan spent much of his oration decrying what he cast as...

    Tags: Religion and Belief, Muammar Gaddafi, Islam, Michael Pfleger, Osama bin Laden

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