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Still jonesing for 'West Wing'? Try Danish import 'Borgen'
Los Angeles Times Television CriticThrusting an intelligent idealist into a leadership position is a time-honored method of chronicling the corruptive nature of power, particularly the political variety. (Please see "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington") In recent years, television writers have...Tags: Government, Entertainment, Credit and Debt, Downton Abbey (tv program), Religion and Belief
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Newton: The mayoral money trap
There are good reasons for most of the city's campaign finance laws. Individual contribution limits are intended to keep a single donor from purchasing the support of a candidate. Public financing is intended to level the playing field between...
Tags: Elections, Political Fundraising, Eric Garcetti, Religion and Belief, Local Elections
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Latest Missouri news, sports, business and entertainment
PLANT-ELECTROCUTION Man electrocuted at St. Louis Co. plant FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) — A worker is dead after being electrocuted at a manufacturing plant in St. Louis County. An employee of St. Louis Cold Drawn Incorporated arrived shortly after 4 a....Tags: Elections, Government, Jay Nixon, Entertainment, Internal Revenue Service
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Even Belvin Perry can't escape pull of Casey Anthony case
Judge Belvin Perry is in a rare class of jurists. He presided over a television sensation (that also happened to be a trial) and came out of it with even more respect and admiration than before Casey Anthony set foot in his courtroom. Nobody would say...
Tags: Bankruptcy, CNN (tv network), Religion and Belief, Trials, Values
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Being numb to it all no longer big shock
Sometime in the next few weeks, if you're walking down Fullerton Avenue around DePaul University and have 15 minutes to spare, duck into the tidy brick building alongside the CTA station. Here you will find the DePaul Art Museum, an institution so...
Tags: Sports, Entertainment, Lifestyle and Leisure, DePaul University, Millennium Park
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Editorial: Want real elections? It's up to you
When Illinois lawmakers sit down to draw new legislative maps, the two most important pieces of information are 1) how each precinct voted in the last election and 2) where the incumbents live. Using that information, the majority party sorts voters...
Tags: Elections, Michael Madigan, Religion and Belief, Politics, Parties and Movements
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Mayo: Hooray! More campaign cash for politicians!
Sun Sentinel ColumnistGov. Scott had a busy day on Wednesday. He properly vetoed the controversial alimony reform bill that could have upended the terms of divorce settlements that have already gone through the judicial system. And he signed bills that will supposedly...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Government, Elections, Finance, Executive Branch
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Voice of the People, May. 12
Queen for a day Whenever I read anything about the queen of England, I ponder how different my life is (and was) from hers. We are about the same age. I am not at all envious of her, but there are a few instances where I wouldn't mind trading places...Tags: Crosswords, World War II (1939-1945), Alzheimer's Disease, Religion and Belief, Mother's Day
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DP Buzz: Lessons from Mom
Editors' Note: "DP Buzz" is an interactive feature of the Daily Press Opinion Page. We email weekly questions on issues and topics affecting Peninsula-area citizens. Each week, subscribers can choose whether to weigh in or not with a short answer. Here is...Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Religion and Belief, Human Interest, Values
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S.D. trail drive held in advance of special sale
SCENIC, S.D. (AP) - For a time, it evoked memories of the Old West, with encouraging shouts of ''Come bull! Hip! Haw!'' and cowboys wrangling steer through an open prairie. Such calls punctuated the rural solitude last week as a small cluster of...Tags: Animals, Religion and Belief, American Legion, Human Interest, Values
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Revisiting Ginevra King, the Lake Forest woman who inspired 'Gatsby'
Remarkable how two words, scribbled nearly a century ago about a 16-year-old Lake Forest debutante, can evoke a whole country, its hypocrisies and promises, its aspirations and crushing realities. Last week, the University of South Carolina posted...
Tags: Literature, Long Island, Arts, The Great Gatsby (movie, 2013), Paris Hilton
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Greuel has fraction of Garcetti's cash in race's last days, reports show
Wendy Greuel had roughly one-tenth of the cash on hand of her rival Eric Garcetti as she headed into the final two weeks of the mayoral election, according to new campaign finance reports. Greuel, the city’s controller, reported raising nearly...
Tags: Elections, Political Fundraising, Eric Garcetti, Polls, Religion and Belief
May 17, 2013
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May 13, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
May 16, 2013
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May 17, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
May 17, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May 2, 2013
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May 12, 2013
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May 10, 2013
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May 10, 2013
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May 7, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
May 10, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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