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PASSINGS: Gene Mako, Thomas Penfield Jackson
Gene Mako Champion tennis player in 1930s Gene Mako, 97, a champion tennis player who paired with the legendary Don Budge to win four doubles titles at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in the 1930s, died Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Antitrust Issues, Justice System, Forest Hills, Companies and Corporations
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G-8 meeting will test NSA leaks' effect on U.S. influence
WASHINGTON — On the surface, President Obama would seem to have a strong hand as he heads to the annual Group of 8 economic summit. Instead, the meetings Monday and Tuesday seem set to provide the first test of how much his administration's...
Tags: Data Protection, National Security Agency, Politics, Angela Merkel, David Cameron
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Former Charles Town Mayor D.C. Master dies
richardb@herald-mail.comThe death last Tuesday of former Charles Town Mayor D.C. Master left a 22-year legacy of service to the city marked by two decades of popular support from voters, plus a few dips into controversy that netted him national media attention. Master, 94,...Tags: Reedville, Local Government
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White House says 'scope and scale' of aid to Syrian rebels may grow
WASHINGTON — White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough said Sunday that “the scope and scale” of assistance to Syrian rebels will expand, based on evidence that the Assad government is gaining ground in the protracted civil war and that...
Tags: National Security Agency, Mike J. Rogers, Politics, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Fox News Channel (tv network)
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Rush Limbaugh wrong about Jeb Bush, GOP's future
I thought I might weigh in on Rush Limbaugh’s overheated critique of Jeb Bush’s accusation Friday that the GOP brand has become tarnished because the party is perceived as “reactionary.” Instead, I got distracted by Bush’...Tags: Abercrombie & Fitch Company, Arts and Culture, Career and Workplace, Politics, Immigration
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Why the IRS scandal is worse than the others
Happy Father's Day … In over two decades in politics, my least favorite political type was the unabashed "hot dog," that media-seeking missile who would happily sell his grandmother for a 30-second hit on the evening news. The most dangerous...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Health Care Reform (2009), Father's Day, Politics, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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Business People - June 16
Washington County Department of Social Services On April 19, the Washington County Department of Social Services held its 24th Employee Recognition Day at its headquarters at 122 N. Potomac St. in Hagerstown. National Employee Appreciation Day was...Tags: Susquehanna Bancshares Incorporated, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Corporate Officers, Hospitals and Clinics, Arts and Culture
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Virginia Shakespeare Festival opens with 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
The cast of the 2013 Virginia Shakespeare Festival is a motley crew, with Equity actors sharing the stage with high school thespians. What's drawing them together is "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Shakespeare's comic romp of the antics of four lovers....
Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, Arts and Culture, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Services and Shopping, Festive Events
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Kingsley Guy: Government must aid, not hinder, job creation
The late U.S. Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota spent his political career as an advocate of liberal causes. In 1988, with his political career over, McGovern invested his savings in a Connecticut hotel-restaurant-conference center called the...Tags: Corporate Officers, Lois Frankel, Stratford, Broward County, Politics
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GTCR and Bruce Rauner in spotlight again with Rauner's run for Illinois governor
With businessman Bruce Rauner running for Illinois governor, his experience in the world of private equity is likely to sound familiar to voters. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney had a similar background, which became fodder for debate during...
Tags: Physical Therapists, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, The Carlyle Group, Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Health Treatments
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Police briefs - June 16
Child struck by vehicle in Hagerstown A child was flown by helicopter Saturday night to Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., with serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle in Hagerstown, a Washington County emergency...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Search for Nazi diary leads to Pennsylvania
His garden stroll with Adolf Hitler left Alfred Rosenberg invigorated. Rosenberg was already one of the most notorious and powerful Nazis, chief architect of ethnic cleansing policies and the man responsible for plundering billions of dollars of art...Tags: War Crimes, Religion and Belief, Prosecution, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Delaware County
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