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First local permanent housing complex for homeless veterans to be built
Several dozen homeless veterans in Indianapolis will soon have a place to call home thanks to a public-private partnership. They broke ground on a 75-unit permanent supportive housing complex in Haughville, which is the first of its kind in Indianapolis....
Tags: Homelessness, Environmental Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Environmental Issues
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Better to lose with grace than to win with deceit
One guy was among the greatest losers in the history of politics, the other, one of the biggest winners in all of sports. They were unalike men who shared little except recent headlines. But there was, in that brief juxtaposition, an object lesson for...
Tags: Elections, Republican Party, Cancer, Lance Armstrong, The Washington Post
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Losing with grace; winning with deceit
One guy was among the greatest losers in the history of politics, the other, one of the biggest winners in all of sports. They were unalike men who shared little except recent headlines. But there was, in that brief juxtaposition, an object lesson for...
Tags: Elections, Republican Party, Cancer, Lance Armstrong, The Washington Post
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America, finally home?
WASHINGTON -- The death of George McGovern on the eve of the presidential candidates' foreign policy debate underscored a momentous political reversal spanning four decades. McGovern's nomination for president in 1972, a consequence of the Democratic...
Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, Democratic Party, George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush
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Little boy imagines his late grandpa
My little boy never had the chance to meet his Grandpa Jim, who — like too many other combat veterans of the Vietnam War — died too early and too young 23 years ago from pancreatic cancer. But that hasn't stopped him from melding snatches of...Tags: Long Island, Mickey Mouse (fictional animal), Washington, DC, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions
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Newton: Villaraigosa in his element as 'the nation's mayor'
The mayor of Columbus, Ohio, described his "utter disbelief" at the destructive "gamesmanship" as Congress debates the debt ceiling. The mayor of Fresno described her city's tough budget problems and wondered when the economy would hit bottom. The mayor...Tags: Regional Authority, Barack Obama, Elections, Republican Party, Government
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Underfunded Shays Sinks Under McMahon's Millions
The Hartford CourantIt is a challenge to embrace and renounce your own record in a political campaign. Former United States Rep. Christopher Shays tried and failed Wednesday night during a debate sponsored by WVIT. You would have to possess a heart made of stone not to...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Elections, Finance, Kevin Rennie, U.S. Senate
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Neil Young, Jonathan Demme prepare for 'Journeys'
“There is a town in north Ontario,” begins one of Neil Young’s most famous songs, “Helpless.” The north-Ontario town is called Omemee, and it’s where Young’s latest movie with director Jonathan Demme begins....
Tags: Crazy Horse (music group), Concerts, Neil Young, Movies, Jonathan Demme
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Goldberg: Romney's media handicap
Perhaps Mitt Romney played it right when he was meek and contrite in response to the Washington Post's front-page allegations that he bullied a kid half a century ago in high school. Romney no doubt feels embarrassed by the charges, even if most of us...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Same-Sex Marriage, Barack Obama, Elections, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Dedicated to helping others
Working in a community newspaper, we are always meeting interesting people including those who are trying to make a difference in the world. Over the last few months, I've grown to admire the work of a regular visitor to Somerset. For those of you who...Tags: Agent Orange Poisoning (1961-1971), Cancer, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Physical Conditions, Wars and Interventions
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Charles Barnes, lost in Vietnam, was a young man full of promise
Whitehall High School's 1960 yearbook contains several photographs of a handsome and relatively mature-looking senior, who was on the baseball and basketball teams and was a member of the Boys Glee Club and the Concert Choir.
In the choir picture, he...Tags: Allentown, Whitehall, Museums, The Pentagon, Slatington
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Beating our swords into ploughshares
Today, at our city park attending the Memorial Day Parade, and listening to our award winning high school marching band, heart felt prayers, moving speeches, the gun salutes, sailors and soldiers marching, I was proud to be an American. But again, I was...Tags: Memorial Day, International Organizations, Government, United Nations, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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