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Simeon All Access | Dean of the Wolverines
If Robert Smith has his way, he one day soon will leave Simeon and the program that changed his life and the Chicago basketball scene. For what he hopes is seven more games, the program is still his. The 41-year-old coach of five state championship...
Tags: Jesse White, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Basketball, Chicago Skyline, Students
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Lineup announced for 2013-14 Baltimore Speakers Series
Humorist Dave Barry, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak are among those taking part in the 2013-2014 Baltimore Speakers Series. The seven-speaker series, sponsored by Stevenson University, kicks off Sept. 30 with author...
Tags: George W. Bush, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Barack Obama, Bill Bryson, Steve Jobs
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Books highlight lineup for speaker series
Authors Bill Bryson and Doris Kearns Goodwin are among the headliners for the 2013-14 Baltimore Speakers Series, part of a lineup that is sure to delight book lovers. Bryson, whose "In a Sunburned Country" is one of my favorites, will appear Sept. 30 to...
Tags: Daniel Day-Lewis, Entertainment Events, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Dave Barry, George Papandreou
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On anniversary of Iraq war, legislators petition for Medal of Honor for Marine
L.A. NOWOn the 10th anniversary of the start of U.S.-led operations in Iraq, a bipartisan group of legislators in Washington submitted a resolution calling for the Medal of Honor to be awarded to Marine Sgt. Rafael Peralta of San Diego, killed...... -
State Manufacturers Welcome Revamp To Federal Export Rules
The Hartford CourantThe federal government's complex, overgrown system of export regulations is at long last getting a haircut, a step received warmly by Connecticut manufacturers. President Barack Obama last week took the first hack at simplifying the country's export...Tags: Conservation, U.S. Department of Defense, Colchester, Exports, Central Intelligence Agency
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Congressman renews efforts for Medal of Honor for fallen Marine
L.A. NOWRep. Duncan Hunter (R-Alpine) is renewing his efforts to have the Medal of Honor awarded to a Marine from San Diego killed in combat in Iraq. In 2008, then-Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates ruled the actions of Sgt. Rafael Peralta...... -
Obama to speak at U.S. Naval Academy commencement
President Barack Obama will return to Annapolis to give the commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy this year, the first time he has spoken to a graduating class of midshipmen since 2009, the White House said Monday. The address comes at a time...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Annapolis, United States Naval Academy, Leon Panetta, Barack Obama
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Nancy Pelosi on ‘Fox News Sunday’; Eric Cantor on ‘Meet the Press’; Deval Patrick on ‘Face the Nation’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelGeorge Saunders, author of "Tenth of December," will be a guest on ABC's "This Week" at 11 a.m. on WFTV-Channel 9. The panelists will be Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla.; Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn.; Republican strategist Nicolle Wallace; Stephanie Cutter, Obama... -
Should U.S. citizens in Al Qaeda be tried for treason?
In my Sunday column, I wrote that it’s past time for the Obama administration to subject its nomination of suspected terrorists for the “kill list” -- secret death warrants, to put it bluntly -- to some form of independent review, at...
Tags: Patrick Leahy, Libertarian Party, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Terrorism, Justice System
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Hagel approved by Senate committee in party-line vote
WASHINGTON -- After a sometimes contentious debate, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted on party lines and narrowly approved the nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel to be secretary of Defense, moving the bitter fight over President Obama’s...
Tags: Carl Levin, State of the Union Address, U.S. Department of Defense, John McCain, Barack Obama
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Gates backs lawmakers' oversight of drone program
WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Gates, a former defense secretary and spymaster, is backing lawmakers' proposal to form a special court to review President Barack Obama's deadly drone strikes against Americans linked to al-Qaida. Gates, who led the...
Tags: George W. Bush, Justice System, FBI, Judges, Elections
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Weekend Talk Shows: Rand Paul; Lindsey Graham; Steven Spielberg
Click here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 10 - 16, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC McLaughlin Group 6:30 p.m. KCET SUNDAY The Chris Matthews Show State of...
Tags: Lindsey O. Graham, George Saunders, Naomi Watts, Gavin Newsom, Tom Cole
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