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Jester Theater Co. announces 2013-14 season
Jester Theater Company has announced its 2013-14 season lineup, which includes the classic play "Harvey," adapted into a Jimmy Stewart film. Here's what's in store from the troupe, which as its name indicates, specializes in comedy. • Sarasota...
Tags: Fringe Festival, Harvey (movie), Arts and Culture, Entertainment
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'Anatomy of a Murder,' 'A Man Escaped': crime and punishment
Rather than concentrate on the execution of the crime, this week’s DVDs focus on what comes afterward: first the trial, then, for the unlucky, time behind bars. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, including best picture, 1959’s “...
Tags: Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Physiology, George C. Scott, Entertainment Events, Duke Ellington
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Filibuster agreement expected for vote late Thursday
WASHINGTON -- Senate leaders reached a tentative agreement Thursday for rules changes that would limit the use of the filibuster as a weapon in the partisan obstruction that has ground action in the chamber to a near standstill. The deal, between Senate...
Tags: Tom Udall, U.S. Senate, Strom Thurmond, World War I (1914-1918), Politics
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This week: ‘A Christmas Story’; ‘Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade’; Kennedy Center Honors
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelThe week's schedule will be filled with Christmas specials and movies. Old favorites will be back in a big way. 1. TBS starts its 24-hour marathon of “A Christmas Story” at 8 p.m. Monday. The 1983 comedy continues to charm the generations.... -
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Dems go weak at the end of great week
Change of SubjectSunday's print column What a great week it had been for Democrats. President Barack Obama delivered a bold, confrontational second inaugural address Monday that underscored numerous popular liberal initiatives. New polling data showed very strong public... -
Rand Paul's stunt misses the point
If you took Sen. Rand Paul duck hunting, he'd probably shoot the decoy. That's the impression the first-term Kentucky Republican gave when he took the floor of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday for a 13-hour rambling real-life imitation of Jimmy Stewart's...Tags: U.S. Senate, Rand Paul, U.S. Department of Defense, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Ted Cruz
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The books behind the new films at the Library of Congress [Video]
The Library of Congress announced the names of 25 films Wednesday that are to be enshrined in its National Film Registry. Of those 25, 5-1/2 were based on books or stories. The half? Read on. The 1983 film "A Christmas Story" -- with Ralphie, a frozen...Tags: Authors, Audrey Hepburn, Entertainment, Movies, Fiction
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Christmas spirit lives on in favorite films
South Bend TribuneIf you know who Scut Farkus, Clarence Odbody AS2 and Jacob Marley are, you probably have the same taste in Christmas movies that I do. These characters, respectively, are the bully-turned-baby in “A Christmas Story,” the portly angel...Tags: Fiction, Religious Festivals, Charles Dickens, George C. Scott, The Godfather (movie)
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Transcript: Rand Paul's filibuster of John Brennan's CIA nomination
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) delivered a nearly 13-hour filibuster Wednesday of John Brennan’s nomination to lead the CIA. Paul used his time on the floor to question the legality of the White House's policies on drone use, beginning at 11:47 a.m. EST and...
Tags: National Government, Al-Qaeda, Butter, World War II (1939-1945), Social Issues
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Fixing the filibuster
The filibuster is back in the news, thanks to Sen. Rand Paul's nearly 13-hour talkathon on U.S. drone policy last week. Putting aside the merits of Mr. Paul's national security views, his feat of endurance was in the best tradition of the Senate. He...Tags: National Government, U.S. Senate, Rand Paul, Dick Cheney, Government
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Missed chance to fix the filibuster
The best chance to get the U.S. Senate to do its job is not to withhold pay (although withholding campaign contributions might have done the trick) but to reform the Senate rules so that filibusters aren't used so routinely to gum up the works. Majority...Tags: Tom Udall, U.S. Senate, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Public Finance
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