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Swamp Sunrise
The SwampGood morning. Here are a few Washington events of note for Monday, November 10. President-elect Barack Obama is meeting with President Bush at the White House. The French, Polish and Danish embassies are holding a conference on the challenge......Tags: Barack Obama, White House, George W. Bush, Government, National Government
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Sunny and 72 degrees ... but not yet
Maryland WeatherHad enough rain and drizzle yet? Doesn't matter. We're in for another day of it today, although the menu should change to showers this afternoon and taper off overnight as this coastal low finally moves out to sea, and drier......Tags: Weather Science, Weather, Pies and Tarts, Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities
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Tom Ridge: 'I am not a candidate'
The Swampby Mark Silva Since there is little news value in someone saying they won't run for something, but seeing as how the name of Tom Ridge stood out as a Republican who could give Sen. Arlen Specter a run for......Tags: Pennsylvania, Maine, Executive Branch, Politics, Judd Gregg
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Health care: Months failing, day winning
The Swampby Mark Silva Vice President Joe Biden found a way to paraphrase Mark Twain and George Mitchell within virtually the same breath today, all while passing through Iraq. For all the disarray characterizing the health-care debate today -- with neither......Tags: Medical Services, Maine, Max Baucus, United States, Democratic Party
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Who knew Detroit was a food mecca?
Dining@LargeHere's part two of guest poster Robert of Cross Key's eating adventures on his recent road trip. His photo and descriptions are making me hungry. ELDetroit is not a food desert. To paraphrase Mark Twain, the demise of Detroit......Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Casino and Gambling, Falafel, Tourism and Leisure, Restaurants
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Obama, Netanyahu tout special relationship
The Swampby Mike Memoli President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seemed determined to downplay tensions between their nations and themselves today, from a cordial Q-and-A sessions with reporters right on through a friendly departure photo op....Tags: Israel, Jerusalem (Israel), Politics, Barack Obama, White House
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Obama talks patriotism in Independence
The Swampby John McCormick Sen. Barack Obama provided his definition of patriotism today, while also seeking to inoculate himself from Republican attacks regarding his lack of military service, complex biography and past incidents that have generated questions...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Hawaii, Georgia, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Defense
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ACORN 'not dead yet,' leader asserts
The Swampby Mark Silva ACORN, lke Mark Twain once said of himself, is "not dead yet'' -- except, of course, he is now. But you get it. The leader of the embattled organization said today that reports of the demise of......Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, New York, Lawyers, New Orleans, NPR
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Reports of his cake are greatly exaggerated
Dining@Large"A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs," Mark Twain wrote in "Following the Equator." Which explains 70 to 80 pounds of cake, made with 100 eggs and all the fondant......Tags: Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Master and slaves, no longer bonded
One could never accuse Northlight Theatre of a lack of eclecticism in its programming. In a matter of weeks, subscribers there in Skokie have gone from chortling at Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple," of all things, to a drama that begins with the...
Tags: Slavery, Passover, Arts and Culture, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religion and Belief
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Trip along 'Waterwalk' lacks depth ★ 1/2
Based on Steve Faulkner's memoir, with director Robert Cicchini playing the author and former obituary writer embarking on the trip of a lifetime with his adopted high school senior son, "Waterwalk" finds Faulkners Steve and Justin retracing the route...
Tags: Travel, Entertainment, Movies, Trips and Vacations
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A presidential bystander
WASHINGTON -- It's never a good sign for a president when he feels compelled to assure the public he still has a pulse. This is the unenviable position President Obama was in Tuesday morning when he held a news conference in the White House briefing...
Tags: Washington, DC, CBS Corp., Personal Weapon Control, Budget Control Act of 2011, Crime, Law and Justice
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Jan 27, 2013
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May 1, 2013
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