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99 things every real Cubs fan should know
What's the Curse of the Billy Goat?
It started during the 1945 World Series, which pitted the Cubs against the Detroit Tigers. The Cubs refused to let Billy Goat Tavern owner William Sianis bring his lucky goat inside Wrigley Field for Game 4. An angry...Tags: World Series, Disasters and Accidents, Landforms, Al Capone, Jon Lieber
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Tuesday's Democratic National Convention schedule
TELEVISION COVERAGE: The network news channels (ABC, CBS, NBC) will offer nightly prime-time coverage of the convention from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. The cable news channels (MSNBC, CNN, Fox) will broadcast live from Denver and offer round-the-clock coverage....Tags: Ted Strickland, Shirley, Disasters and Accidents, Illinois, Politics
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SPU Women's Soccer Win NCAA Championship
Janae Godoy delivered Seattle Pacific's first women's soccer title on a golden goal with 2:13 left in the final overtime Saturday for a 1-0 victory over previously undefeated West Florida in the NCAA Division II championship game at Pepin Stadium....Tags: NCAA Tournaments, NCAA Final Four, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Sports, Soccer
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10 things you might not know about inaugurations
1 George Washington had to borrow money to go to his own inauguration. 2 Perhaps the greatest myth of U.S. inauguration history is that William Henry Harrison's long speech in chilly weather caused his death in 1841. True, Harrison didn't wear a hat or...Tags: William Henry Harrison, James Buchanan, Richard Nixon, Ceremonies, World War II (1939-1945)
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Take this Inauguration Quiz
1) Which president had the shortest inaugural address, just 135 words? Rutherford B. Hayes Millard Fillmore George Washington Dwight Eisenhower See Answer 2) Which president had the longest inaugural address at 8,445 words? Grover Cleveland Ulysses...Tags: Millard Fillmore, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Washington (U.S. state), Robert Frost
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As England's second trial begins, questions linger
Sun reporterThe last scheduled court-martial of an Army reservist arising from the Abu Ghraib prison investigations begins today in Fort Hood, Texas, with the trial of Pfc. Lynndie R. England, who became a lightning rod of international outrage in photographs showing...Tags: Saddam Hussein, Wars and Interventions, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Texas, Armed Forces
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Southwestern New Hampshire/Monadnock
Wood Pond PressSouthwestern New Hampshire – the Monadnock Region – is known as "The Quiet Corner" and the "Currier and Ives Section." The labels speak volumes about this rolling area of hills and streams, of picture-book hamlets and aging farmhouses. Except for Keene,...Tags: Book, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Dining and Drinking, Labor Day, Columbus Day
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Southern New Hampshire
Wood Pond PressThe bulk of the state's population is concentrated in the Merrimack Valley, a mix of Boston bedroom suburbs and industrial cities along the Merrimack River. SALEM >> Salem Dining Suggestions The Colosseum, 264 North Broadway (Route 28), Salem. (603)...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Death, Vermont, Nashua Corporation, Furniture
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Forging America: The History of Bethlehem Steel - Chapter 2
That put the Lehigh Valley Railroad in a bind. Unwilling to pay a high tariff on British rails, Sayre and Packer bought their supply from one of the few railmakers in this country — the Lackawanna Iron & Coal Co. in Scranton. Lackawanna's owners set up...Tags: Scranton, Catasauqua, Travel, Connecticut Valley Railroad, Bethlehem Steel
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Gore's nod is called 'huge' boost
Sun National StaffPORTSMOUTH, N.H. - In a major lift for his front-running presidential candidacy, former Gov. Howard Dean has gained the support of Al Gore, the 2000 Democratic nominee and the popular-vote winner in the last presidential election. Gore, the former vice...Tags: Richard A. Gephardt, Massachusetts, Entertainment, Politics, Television
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Road warriors
Tribune staff reporterPondering a 10-man roster that had Tyson Chandler in Chicago with a sore back and Corie Blount in street clothes with a sprained right ankle, Bill Cartwright furrowed his brow an hour before tipoff at the FleetCenter. "Somebody better be coaching their...Tags: Eric Williams, Sports, Tyson Chandler, Basketball, Chicago Bulls
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Kerry storms New Hampshire
Hartford Courant Washington Bureau ChiefNew Hampshire Democrats sent America a strong message Tuesday: They want John Kerry as the party's presidential nominee. Kerry coasted to his second straight win, building on last week's victory in the Iowa caucuses with a solid triumph in the New...Tags: Sports, Government, Wesley Clark, Al Sharpton, Politics
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