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Companies, interests, spend $127 million to lobby lawmakers
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — They are waging multi-year campaigns to build billion-dollar casinos, get their tax bills reduced, break into the renewable energy business, and fight over the right of injured parties to sue. They are the more than 2,500 utilities, ... -
Gov. Rick Scott continues to put his stamp on North Broward Hospital District
Broward PoliticsGov. Rick Scott on Thursday appointed Debbie L. Kohl of Tamarac to the North Broward Hospital District board of commissioners. Kohl, 53, is the chief financial officer of Broward Bank of Commerce. She's a certified public accountant. She also helped... -
Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for the history buff
It's a great time to be a history buff, with the 150th anniversary of the Civil War upon us. And there are plenty of other ways to delight history lovers with unique gifts.
1. Tour the United States Naval Academy through black and white photography,...Tags: Ken Burns, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Annapolis, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Washington, DC
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World's top 10 literary cities
Tribune NewspapersIf you're an American hoping to visit one of the world's top 10 literary cities, you'll have to start looking for a plane ticket. Only two American cities made the new list from National Geographic Traveler. Edinburgh, Scotland, tops the list, which is...Tags: Arts and Culture, Pablo Neruda, International Travel, Nobel Prize Awards, Travel
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Out of history: Md. pages lament program's end
Donald F. Munson grew up around politics, but it wasn't until he became a congressional page in the early 1950s that he decided to make a career of it. The Washington County Republican, who served 36 years in the Maryland General Assembly, met Gerald R....Tags: Mark Foley, Politics, Elections, Bill Gates, Maryland General Assembly
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Operation Italy
It's no surprise that Dr. Ben Carson is a world-class traveler.
Being a world-renowned surgeon who has been named one of the nation's 20 foremost physicians and scientists by CNN and Time Magazine and one of 89 "Living Legends" by the Library of...Tags: Julia Roberts, CNN (tv network), Italy, International Travel, Hotels and Accommodations
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Urban Science: Artspace Builds Community Through Exhibitions and Programming
If you're jonesing for an art fix, the months of October and November are sure to satisfy your craving.
From October 12 to 30, for three consecutive weekends, New Haven itself becomes an exhibition space as part of Artspace's 14th Annual City-Wide Open...Tags: Arts and Culture, Artists, Hamden (New Haven, Connecticut), New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Artspace
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Stetson Kennedy dies at 94; writer exposed the KKK
Author and folklorist Stetson Kennedy, who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan six decades ago and exposed its secrets but decades later was criticized for appearing to exaggerate his exploits, died Saturday at a medical center near St. Augustine, Fla. He was...Tags: Florida, Minority Groups, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Zora Neale Hurston, Woody Guthrie
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A Page in History
FOX 4 Web ProducerLeaders of Congress have announced they are ending the venerable page program in the U.S. House of Representatives to save money. That makes a senior at Blue Springs High School one of the last to serve. Reaching 4 Excellence Young Achiever Amanda...Tags: Emanuel Cleaver, Arts and Culture, U.S. House of Representatives, History, Washington, DC
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Library of Congress traveling exhibition will visit Urbana
A Library of Congress traveling exhibition — mounted in a customized 18-wheel truck — will visit Urbana this week. “Gateway to Knowledge” will be in Urbana Friday and Saturday, and will be parked at the Urbana Regional Library,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Libraries
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From Baltimore, a celebration of Woody Guthrie
Nearly a decade ago, Michael Patrick Flanagan Smith, a Frederick-born playwright, actor and musician who called Baltimore home for several years, began digging into the life of Woody Guthrie. The fruits of that exploration are now onstage in New York....Tags: Broadway Theater, Dancing, Arts and Culture, Fells Point, Huntington's Disease
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Md. Campaign is subject of author's book
davem@herald-mail.comWhen historians recount parts of the Maryland Campaign of the Civil War, they often rely on accounts from Ezra A. Carman, who led the 13th New Jersey infantry during the campaign, according to Thomas G. Clemens, a history professor at Hagerstown Community...Tags: New York Public Library, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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