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Immigration rally at Capitol as senators race to finish bill
WASHINGTON--The bipartisan group of senators pushing to finish a sweeping immigration bill met late Wednesday as thousands of advocates gathered outside the Capitol, many waving American flags, to lend urgency to the effort. The first draft of the...
Tags: Government, U.S. Congress, Chuck Schumer, Immigration, Dick Durbin
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L.A.'s walking dead
Mark the date, remember the day. On March 5, 2013, Los Angeles redefined apathy. A measly 16% of the city's registered voters — or perhaps around 20% once all the mail-in ballots are counted — turned out in an election with the following...
Tags: Starbucks Corp., Television Stations, Heart Attack, Jane Fonda, Local Elections
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Overloaded production sinks this love story
Philip Dawkins, a hugely talented Chicago writer, has, in his newest work, "Failure: A Love Story," penned a Chicago tale full of emotional riches. Alas, this potentially moving drama about three ill-fated sisters in the 1920s has been saddled with a...
Tags: Victory Gardens Theatre, Arts and Culture
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Studying the percentages
I have now become the Ellis Island for bisexuals. I tried to avoid it, but they are drawn to me. Consider my recent experience at the Laugh Factory on the Sunset Strip: I go there to hang out with some of the comics and watch the show. It's a very...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Bars and Clubs
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Gloria and Emilio Estefan Broadway bound
Staff WriterSoFlo's first family of music - Gloria and Emilio Estefan - just announced today that they are taking their songs and their story to Broadway. Teaming up with the Nederlander Organization, the dynamic duo say the musical will detail their journey from...Tags: Ricky Martin, Emilio Estefan, Congressional Medal of Honor Heroes, Shakira, Music
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Gladys E. Stamper, 88
Gladys Edith Schwanebeck Stamper, 88, was born Jan. 12, 1925, in Essex, Md., and left this world Jan. 27, 2013, surrounded by her children at her home in Hagerstown, Md. She was preceded in death by her husband, Andy B. Stamper Sr., who died in 2001; her...
Tags: Essex (Baltimore, Maryland), Pittsburgh, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Hamilton, Timonium
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Howard County datebook Datebook
Today Benefit concert The Tanzanian Children's Project presents an Irish music concert featuring the Tanzania Ceili Band, Dileab Phriseal and Ellis Island, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Wilde Lake Interfaith Center, 10431 Twin Rivers Road. Tickets are...Tags: Tanzania, Dance, Religion and Belief, Arts and Culture, Music
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'Refugee Hotel': Refugees learn to breathe free
Airport hotels are this era's Ellis Island, providing respite to refugees who have traveled thousands of miles and often survived horrific circumstances. New immigrants are greeted not by the Statue of Liberty but by the glow of fast-food restaurants...Tags: Refugee, Immigration, Statue of Liberty, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Politics
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Columbia Digest
Music Lively Arts for the Little Ones presents "Anansegromma of Ghana" at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 25, at The Other Barn, 5851 Robert Oliver Place. The program is a performance of traditional West African music, storytelling and dance. Tickets are $5 for...Tags: Wii, Tanzania, Gaming, Arts and Culture, Arthritis
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INKED! Immigration. It's what's for dinner
The D.C. Sausage Factory is back open for business, and the moment’s featured flavor is Immigration Reform Reprise. The 113th session of Congress will began the process of tackling the immigration reform President Obama promised America prior to...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Lifestyle and Leisure, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control
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Thomas Jefferson: 1 man, many portraits
NewsdayThe bronze figure of Thomas Jefferson rises 19 feet in his Pantheon-style memorial in Washington, D.C. It suits the third president's oversize life. And it underscores the ongoing debate about his stature, examined in five new books about him. "Thomas...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Entertainment Events, Slavery, Science, Washington, DC
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Statue of Liberty indefinitely closed by Sandy damage on island
Among Superstorm Sandy victims still struggling to recover: Liberty Island. The Statue of Liberty remains indefinitely closed to the public due to damage on the island, joining another shuttered national icon, the Washington Monument, which has been...
Tags: Kennedy Space Center, Hurricane Sandy (2012), U.S. Congress, National Parks, NASA
Apr 10, 2013
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Mar 6, 2013
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Nov 27, 2012
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Jan 5, 2013
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Jan 27, 2013
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Jan 25, 2013
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Jan 18, 2013
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Jan 3, 2013
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Dec 15, 2012
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Dec 11, 2012
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