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President Biden? History says no
I read with interest Jules Witcover's recent column regarding Vice President Joe Biden ("Could Biden benefit from Clinton's handling of Benghazi?" May 14). He infers that the Benghzai scandal could cost Hillary Clinton the Democratic presidential...Tags: Politics, Elections, Jules Witcover, George H.W. Bush
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Art Callaham: Some more fun facts about our presidents
Early after the first of this year, I wrote a column concerning interesting facts about our presidents, and I promised to write more. That column and this one — and possibly some future ones — are based on a book by Cormac O’Brien titled...Tags: Politics, John Tyler, Government, Grover Cleveland, Executive Branch
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How are you celebrating William Henry Harrison's birthday?
The Baltimore SunOld Tippecanoe, the ninth president of the United States, was born 240 years ago today. He remains the president with the shortest term in office, having died a month after his inauguration. An elderly gentleman, he insisted on making a prolonged and...Tags: Republican Party, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, William Henry Harrison
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President Biden? Not such a long shot at all
Martin Van Buren was not the only sitting vice president elected president during the 19th century ("President Biden? History says no," Feb. 2). Thomas Jefferson achieved the same distinction when, as vice president at the start of the century, he...Tags: John Adams, Politics, Elections, George Washington, U.S. House of Representatives
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War of 1812 Bicentennial: Kentucky enters the war
Editor's note: This is the unabridged version of the condensed article that appeared in the Jan. 17 Interior Journal. This article is the first in a series to commemorate the War of 1812 Bicentennial. The Congress of the United States has...
Tags: United Kingdom, John Adams, Prisons, U.S. Congress, Politics
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Factbox: Facts about advice columnist 'Dear Abby'
Reuters(Reuters) - Facts about Pauline Phillips, better known as Abigail Van Buren, the Dear Abby advice columnist: * Phillips and her identical twin, Esther, who wrote the rival Ann Landers advice column, married their husbands in a joint ceremony in 1939 at...Tags: Pauline Friedman Phillips, Advice Columns and Columnists, Jeanne Phillips, Alzheimer's Disease, Periodicals
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Presidential candidates find new ways to sell message through music
The musical battle between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney heated up recently as Stevie Wonder released a funky new pro-Obama song called “Keep Moving Forward,” while Meat Loaf celebrated his support of Romney by belting a goofy “America...Tags: Politics, Gainesville, John Tyler, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Elections
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Keeping poinsettias for the holidays
Traditional red and green colors are well represented in the flowers available for the holidays. Poinsettias, the most popular and spectacular holiday flowers, can combine both these colors. The poinsettia was named for Joel Robert Poinsett, an amateur...
Tags: Holidays, Mexico, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Arts and Culture
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Artscape attractions include Robert Marbury, his 7-foot Yeti
When Robert Marbury was 19 years old, he necked with Ricki Lake on camera. At age 29, he spent a year sailing in Indonesia, where he says his ship was attacked by pirates. Four years later, he was one of the three co-founders of the Minnesota Association...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, William Shatner, Sailing, Arts and Culture, Iggy Pop
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Baltimore was site of pivotal political conventions in 1800s
In "The First American Political Conventions: Transforming Presidential Nominations, 1832-1872," Stan M. Haynes writes that the modern presidential nominating convention evolved during the campaign of 1832.
Between the fall of 1831 and the spring of...Tags: Republican Party, Douglas, Politics, Wars and Interventions, Social Issues
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Little kicker traced back to Minneapolis inventors
Q During football season, fans shop for T-shirts, banners, nodding heads, glasses and other souvenirs of the game. Through the years, many football toys also have been made. A 1930s iron mechanical place-kicker toy actually could kick a tiny football....Tags: Football, Economy, Business and Finance, Toy Industry, Entertainment, Andrew Jackson
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Jan 26, 2012
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