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BOE member questions practice of naming schools for people or families
julieg@herald-mail.comSeven Washington County Public Schools — including Bester and E. Russell Hicks — are named for people or families, but at least one board member wants that practice to stop. School board member Karen Harshman raised questions about the...Tags: Public Schools, Elementary Schools, Basketball, Sports, Schools
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Not another war
As we now remember the tenth anniversary of our entrance into the Iraq War, which was justified on false pretenses, hopefully we will remember the painful costs in lives, injuries and treasure. We also sadly remember those courageous few such as Sen....Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Barack Obama
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Pope shows lifetime jobs aren't always for life
The world seems surprised that an 85-year-old globe-trotting pope who just started tweeting wants to resign, but should it be? Maybe what should be surprising is that more leaders his age do not, considering the toll aging takes on bodies and minds amid a...
Tags: Raul Castro, Angela Merkel, Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Essie Mae Washington-Williams dies at 87; black daughter of segregationist Strom Thurmond
A week before Christmas in 2003, a retired Los Angeles schoolteacher stood before a phalanx of news cameras and 250 reporters in a South Carolina ballroom and declared, "I am Essie Mae Washington-Williams, and at last I am completely free." After more...
Tags: Racism, Crime, Law and Justice, Strom Thurmond, Teaching and Learning, Los Angeles Unified School District
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'The Body Of War' Examines Psychic and Physical Damage Caused By the Iraq War
The Body of War TV host Phil Donahue will be present for Q&A, with EMMY-Award-Winning TV journalists, Ira Joe Fisher and Morton Dean. Friday, Feb. 1, 7:30p.m. The Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge Road, Ridgefield, (203) 438-5795,...
Tags: John McCain, Sociology, Movies, International Military Interventions, U.S. Congress
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Lugar casts final vote, helps avoid 'fiscal cliff'
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's departing U.S. Sen. Richard is leaving the Senate with one last act of compromise in support of Congress' "fiscal cliff" deal. The Republican will leave the Senate on Thursday after having cast 13,067 votes over...
Tags: Fiscal Cliff, U.S. Congress, Elections, Politics, Joe Donnelly
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Fiscal battle looms for Donnelly, Walorski in Congress
On the occasion of their separate swearing-in ceremonies Thursday, the area's two newest members of Congress both described being humbled by the opportunity to serve the people of Indiana. “It is an incredible honor and extremely humbling to have...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Ceremonies, Culture, New Year's Day, Republican Party
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Brien Poffenberger: Some bright spots are on the horizon for Washington County
Happy New Year from the Chamber of Commerce! As we settle into our routines for 2013, the new year will look pretty much like the old one. Economic recovery continues in Washington County, but it remains incremental and painfully slow. The New Year brings...Tags: Economic Policy, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, Labor Markets, U.S. Senate
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GOP Expands Majority in Governors' Mansions
CNNRepublicans flipped North Carolina, a state that hasn't elected a GOP governor since the 1980s, expanding their national lead over Democrats at the statehouse level, according to CNN projections. Eleven states held governors' races Tuesday. Democrats...Tags: Dino Rossi, U.S. Elections, Jon Huntsman, Jr., Libertarian Party, Jeanne Shaheen
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Republicans score key gubernatorial win in North Carolina
CNNRepublicans picked up a key seat in North Carolina, flipping a state that hasn't elected a GOP governor since the 1980s, according to CNN projections. Eleven states are holding gubernatorial races Tuesday, in which Democrats are defending eights seats;...Tags: Voting, Dino Rossi, U.S. Elections, Jon Huntsman, Jr., Libertarian Party
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Romney flip-flops, and so does Obama; what's wrong with that?
What's that you say? You don't hear much about President Barack Obama's flip-flopping? How about: 1) the Obama reversal regarding child farm-labor regulations; 2) the president's (to quote The New York Times) "revers[ing] his two-year-old order halting...
Tags: Hosni Mubarak, The New York Times, Abortion, Republican Party, Labor Legislation
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Letters to the Editor - March 20
Those opposed to stadium project should go to polls To the editor: The front page of The Herald-Mail certainly had some interesting news on a recent morning. Contrary to statements by the Suns part-owner, Mr. Dahbura, who said several months ago that...Tags: Voting, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland), Elections, Politics
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