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Patrick Henry High School Student gets a prestigious award
ReporterLocher Grove knows how he'll be spending his summer vacation. The Patrick Henry High School Junior has been picked for the Bezos Scholars Program. Grove gets an all expense paid trip to Aspen Colorado. He is just one of 12 students across the country...Tags: Travel, Patrick Henry, Colorado, Trips and Vacations
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Parasiliti: All's fair in glove and war
bobp@herald-mail.comHigh school athletes are like foot soldiers. They register and enlist to join a team. They go through basic training (preseason practice) to learn a level of discipline, focus and routine. They are taught strategies and the teamwork needed to be...Tags: Softball, High Schools, The Herald-Mail, Schools, Sports
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West Hartford Man Arrested In Rhode Island On Embezzlement, Fraud, Forgery Charges
The Hartford CourantDaniel E. Doyle Jr., who hobnobbed with world leaders and built a youth-sporting empire through his closely run Institute for International Sport, was indicted Friday in Rhode Island on multiple charges of embezzlement, forgery and obtaining money under...Tags: Travel Alerts, Fakes, Hoaxes, and Impostors, Hasbro Inc., Corporate Crime, Embezzlement
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A sensible caution, poorly stated
WASHINGTON -- People who talk incessantly often talk imprecisely, and Barack Obama, who is as loquacious as he is impressed with his verbal dexterity, has talked himself into a corner concerning Syria and chemical weapons. This is condign punishment for...Tags: Diplomacy, Defense Equipment, International Law, Berlin Wall's Fall (1989), International Relations
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California company snags last-minute tax break from Florida lawmakers
TALLAHASSEE — In an unusual, late-night meeting, Florida lawmakers negotiating a state budget unveiled — and quickly agreed to — a new tax break meant to help a California company that recently hired one of Tallahassee's most influential...
Tags: Walmart, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Politics, Justice System
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Column: President's caution sensible, but poorly stated
WASHINGTON — People who talk incessantly often talk imprecisely, and President Barack Obama, who is as loquacious as he is impressed with his verbal dexterity, has talked himself into a corner concerning Syria and chemical weapons. This is condign...Tags: Diplomacy, Defense Equipment, The Washington Post, International Law, Berlin Wall's Fall (1989)
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Weatherford gets tax break for California company that hired prominent lobbying firm
In an unusual, late-night meeting, Florida lawmakers negotiating a state budget unveiled – and quickly agreed to – a new tax break meant to help a California company that recently hired one of Tallahassee’s most influential lobbying...
Tags: Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Walmart, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Politics, Google Inc.
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Gibson Amphitheatre to Close in September
ReutersApr 24 (TheWrap.com) - The Gibson Amphitheatre will close its doors in September, Live Nation Entertainment said Wednesday. The venue, which opened in 1972 as UniversalĀ Amphitheatre and is located at Universal Studios Hollywood, will be replaced by the...Tags: Entertainment Events, Kathy Griffin, Mariah Carey, Jimmy Carter, Tim McGraw
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The Markley TV Club: Final Season of 'West Wing'
My roommate Pat and I recently, for some reason, watched the final season of “The West Wing” together on Netflix, which produced a number of arguments, speculations, and asides that I have compiled in an e-mail exchange for the inaugural...
Tags: Nuclear Accidents, Entertainment Events, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics, Alprazolam (drug)
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Fearing the 'F' Word: Are you now or have you ever been a 'feminist?'
You know, I was going to offer up a very calm, middle-of-the-road argument saying that it’s perfectly fine if some women — women in positions of power, no less — seem to be running like scalded cats from the word “feminist”...Tags: Career and Workplace, Feminism, Labor Legislation, Marissa Mayer, Civil Rights
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Bush's war, 10 years later
The 10th anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq seems an appropriate time to look back at how it all happened and what it has wrought, not so much for Iraq as for the United States, which poured its own troops, treasure and world reputation into...
Tags: Iraq, Lyndon B. Johnson, U.S. Congress, Baghdad (Iraq), Wars and Interventions
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Dr. Ben Carson, new right-wing hero
Whenever somebody says something like, "Now, I know this isn't PC, but ... ," watch out. It probably means they're about to say something rude. In the case of Dr. Ben Carson, the world-famous neurosurgeon and director of pediatric neurosurgery at...
Tags: Healthcare Provider, Hospitals and Clinics, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Herman Cain, Same-Sex Marriage
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