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Obama: US still not sure who used chemical weapons in Syria
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama strongly suggested Tuesday he'd consider military action against Syria if it can be confirmed that President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons in the two-year-old civil war. At a White House...
Tags: Politics, Government, Justice System, U.S. Department of Defense, Personal Weapon Control
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Groundbreaking improv comic Jonathan Winters dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jonathan Winters, the cherub-faced comedian whose breakneck improvisations and misfit characters inspired the likes of Robin Williams and Jim Carrey, has died. He was 87. The Ohio native died Thursday evening at his Montecito,...
Tags: Gary Owens, Radio, Richard Lewis, The New York Times, ABC (tv network)
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Brad Paisley takes sonic twist on new album, explains 'Accidental Racist'
“For me it's no fun to be a predictable guy in music,” says Brad Paisley. Indeed, the country star delivers the unexpected with his ambitious new release “Wheelhouse” (Arista Nashville). The 17-track album is crammed with the...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, Karate, Brad Paisley, Charlie Daniels, Music Industry
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Extra, extra! 'Illegal immigrant' and other language changes
For U.S. reporters and editors, the term “illegal immigrant” looks to be going the way of the eight-track tape. The Associated Press is the news service that prompted Mark Twain to say, “There are only two forces that can carry light...
Tags: Immigration, The Associated Press, Migration, Republic of Ireland, Politics
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Review: 'Mud' is a triumph for Matthew McConaughey, Jeff Nichols
"Do you love her?" Wistful and hoping for a yes, the rough-hewn Arkansas boy who asks that question can't quite hold the gaze of the stranger, but his voice is insistent. The question comes early in "Mud" and will haunt the 14-year-old and the movie...Tags: Movies, Joe Don Baker, The Tree of Life (movie), Reese Witherspoon, Entertainment
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'Mud': Matthew McConaughey evokes Newman and McQueen
In "Mud," an evocative highlight of the American movie year so far, Matthew McConaughey slips easily into the role of a haunted, lovelorn killer on the lam, hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River along the Arkansas Delta region. Two...
Tags: Movies, The Tree of Life (movie), Reese Witherspoon, Entertainment, Sarah Paulson
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Politicians have a knack for turning indignity into opportunity
Mark Twain noticed that a cat that sits on a hot stove once will never sit on it again. But, he said, it won’t sit on a cold stove, either. Politics is different, because in politics we discover the opposite extreme is true. Having sat on a hot...
Tags: Anthony D. Weiner, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Politics, New York City, Periodicals
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VOD Spotlight: Matt Damon and John Krasinski in “Promised Land”
Channel Guide MagazineWhen Matt Damon and John Krasinski set out to bring what Krasinski calls an “exploration of modern-day American identity” to moviegoers, the pair zeroed in on a tableau happening across the land — rural communities mired in economic... -
Orlando Repertory Theatre opens 'Tom Sawyer'
Orlando Repertory Theatre continues its 10th-birthday season with "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," which opens Saturday. Based on the novel by Mark Twain, this version for young audiences was and conceived and written by Ken Ludwig of "Lend Me a Tenor"...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Music Theater, Entertainment Events, Theater
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District 63 readies for flooding, parking lot projects at schools
East Maine School District 63 is currently planning and will begin capital improvement projects this summer after its plans were approved at an April 3 district business meeting. The board approved transferring $357,200 from its operations and... -
Kingsley Guy: South Florida economic future looks good
As Mark Twain noted, history doesn't repeat itself, but "sometimes it rhymes," and South Florida may be in for one of those rhyming moments as it emerges from the economic doldrums of the past half decade. Turn the clock back a hundred years: Henry...Tags: Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Labor Markets, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Palm Beach County
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Literature's greatest hits
Name your favorite, the one book that most sticks in your mind. Over nearly four years, photographer Catherine Wagner made that request of friends, acquaintances and outright strangers. She kept a tally on her iPhone and turned the top vote-getters into...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Arts, Arts and Culture, Photography, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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