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The winner of the Obama presidential library: Chicago or Hawaii?
Future historians of the Barack Obama presidency, where would you rather travel? To that perpetually sunny corner of Polynesia where our 44th president was born? Or to the windy city on Lake Michigan he most recently called home? Barack Obama’s...
Tags: Bill Clinton, USA Today, POLITICO LLC, Libraries, Arts and Culture
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Dwoyne Baker wasn't perfect, but we shouldn't forget his killing
Calling someone a "perfect homicide victim" sounds terribly callous. But it explains the political/media liturgy that we all know so well. By a perfect victim, I mean one who is innocent, photogenic and never arrested, with a bright future. The...
Tags: Hadiya Pendleton, Peanuts, NATO Summit, Murder, South Chicago
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Michelle Obama invites slain girl's mom and brother to White House event
— First lady Michelle Obama has invited the mother and 10-year-old brother of Hadiya Pendleton, the Chicago teen slain in January soon after taking part in inauguration festivities, to attend the White House Easter egg roll, the mother said. "I...
Tags: Hadiya Pendleton, Easter, State of the Union Address
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Wall-to-wall Hello Kitty? Blik lets this cat out of the bag
She's had her own TV series, theme parks and Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade float. She boasts more Facebook “likes” than First Lady Michelle Obama or Mickey Mouse. And her annual sales have been estimated at $5 billion. Not bad for a cat...Tags: Media Industry, Apple iPhone
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Some growing pains hard to witness
Dear Answer Angel: I've been seeing a lot more of my pet peeve: women dressing like their daughters. I think it's creepy for the moms to wear outfits that you might expect to see on their teen — or even preteen — daughters. Do you have any...
Tags: Hanesbrands Inc.
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Our View: Judge right to block soda ban
A state judge who this week blocked a large soda ban in New York City said the ban was “arbitrary and capricious.” We concur. We might add it was also ridiculous, intrusive and nanny-state-ish. The ban on selling sweetened sodas over 16...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Weight, Justice System, Judges, New York City
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Fermentation bubbles back into the mainstream
Like that ripe jar of kimchi sitting in the back of your fridge, something fizzy, funky and delicious is bubbling up in the American culinary scene. It's called fermentation. Its adherents are called fermentos. And its unofficial guru is a lanky...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Salt, Breads, Manhattan (New York City), HIV
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Kanye West, Kris Jenner join list of celebrity hacking victims
More than a dozen celebrities and other high-profile people, including FLOTUS and the vice president, have had personal financial information hacked and posted on a public website — and on Tuesday the list was growing. Kim Kardashian, Mel Gibson,...
Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert Mueller, Justin Timberlake, Mel Gibson, Sarah Palin
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Trans youth learn manners at Mama Gloria's Charm School
For RedEyeLearning how to sit like a lady or how to apply maquillage for daytime versus evening looks are just a few of the things "Mama Gloria" Allen, a 67-year-old-retired nurse, teaches her young, transgender pupils at Charm School, the popular etiquette class...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Social Issues, Substance Abuse, Kim Kardashian, Students
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Pop-Tart terrorist
WASHINGTON -- Rodney Francis is insufficiently ambitious. The pastor of the Washington Tabernacle Baptist Church in St. Louis has entered the fray over guns, violence and humanity's fallen nature with a plan for a "buyback" of children's toy guns. And toy...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Mental Health, Pies and Tarts, Students, Health and Safety at School
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Even Thomas Schaller would agree that statistics don't lie ("The myth of 'liberal media bias,'" March 6). Liberals make up only 20 percent of the electorate, yet they dominate the media. One only has to watch Judy Woodruff hyperventilate when speaking...
Tags: News Corp., George Zimmerman, Fox News Channel (tv network), Trayvon Martin, Barack Obama
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COLUMN: 7-year-old is a Pop-Tart terrorist
WASHINGTON — Rodney Francis is insufficiently ambitious. The pastor of the Washington Tabernacle Baptist Church in St. Louis has entered the fray over guns, violence and humanity’s fallen nature with a plan for a "buyback" of children’s...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Mental Health, Minority Groups, Pies and Tarts, Washington, DC
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