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How we got into this mess
WASHINGTON -- Blame it on JFK. Fifty years ago, President Kennedy made a decision that, with hindsight, ranks as the biggest mistake of domestic policy since World War II. In many ways, it led directly to today's "sequester" debacle. What Kennedy...
Tags: Productivity, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, John F. Kennedy, Paul Volcker
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Louis S. Parlato, 94
Louis S. "Lou" Parlato, 94, of Hagerstown, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 2, 2013, at Meritus Medical Center. Born Nov. 7, 1918, in Long Island City, N.Y., he was the son of the late Vito Louis and Esther (Englehardt) Parlato. Lou served...Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Long Island, Disabled American Veterans, Long Island City
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In honor of African American Marines, ship christened in San Diego
L.A. NOWNamed in honor of African Americans who served in segregated units in the Marine Corps during World War II, the Navy's first mobile landing platform ship was christened Saturday at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego. The USNS...... -
Ticketmaster fees are a necessary evil
It's safe to say that Ticketmaster doesn't have many fans. The service, which handles ticket sales for venues large and small across the nation, charges fees on its transactions that seem to bear little relationship to either the cost of the tickets or...Tags: Ticketmaster, Crime, Law and Justice, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Services and Shopping, Carl Stokes
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Raymond Ellsworth Sumption
Frederick: The funeral service for Raymond Ellsworth Sumption, 100, of Frederick will be 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 3, 2013, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Frederick. Pastor Don Peck from Frederick United Methodist Church will officiate. Â Burial...
Tags: American Legion, Religion and Belief, Christianity, Labor Legislation, U.S. Army
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Ernest Magee: History buff, Berlin Airlift pilot embraced life
In 1937, as a newly minted college graduate with a journalism degree, Ernest Magee was one of 36 men chosen to recreate the trek of pioneers from Massachusetts into the Northwest Territory 150 years earlier. For about a year, they retraced the steps of...
Tags: Kennedy Space Center
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Frank Pucci, 88, Somerset
Frank Pucci, 88, Somerset, died March 2, 2013, at The Patriot. Born April 6, 1924, in Hooversville, he is the son of the late Pietro and Ceserina Pucci. Also preceded in death by a son, Francis Pucci; brother Pietro; and sisters, Mary Shaffer and Lucy...Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity, Roman Catholicism
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Michigan governor declares financial emergency in Detroit
Detroit’s deteriorating fiscal picture is so dire that Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Friday declared a city financial emergency, paving the way for eventual state oversight and control. The announcement comes after a state team last month...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Executive Branch, Labor Legislation, Finance, Rick Snyder
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Wordplay and secret missions to Dublin at Strawdog
Just as Irish novelist Flann O'Brien out-Joyced James Joyce with his mind-bending masterwork "At Swim-Two-Birds," Irish playwright Arthur Riordan takes the sort of too-true-to-be-real story that is catnip to Tom Stoppard and proceeds to fold, spindle, and...
Tags: James Joyce, Dublin (Ireland), Entertainment, Brideshead Revisited (movie, 2008), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Guide to April 2013 TV premieres, finales, movies, specials
RedEyeThe last weekend of March offered up a bunch of TV events, but you ain't seen nothing yet. April 2013 brings showers of season and series premieres, finales and films to add to the already launched new seasons of "Game of Thrones," Doctor Who" and others....Tags: Game Shows, Cooking Channel (tv network), Kym Whitley, Crash (tv program), Literature
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Robert B. Reich: Immigration reform and entitlement reform go together
American VoicesI was born in 1946, just when the boomer wave began. Bill Clinton was born that year, too. So was George W. Bush, as was Laura Bush. And then the next year, Hillary Rodham. And, also in 1946, Cher. (Every time I begin feeling old, I remind myself she's...Tags: George W. Bush, Migration, Government Health Care, Employment Opportunities, Medicare
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John C. Herbst, 89
John Christian Herbst, 89, of Misty Meadow Road in Ringgold, Md., passed away Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, at Golden Living Center of Hagerstown. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. Born April 9, 1923, in Ringgold, he was the son of the...
Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), U.S. Army, Human Interest, Philippines, Franklin County (Pennsylvania)
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