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Boy Bands Back At Mohegan Sun
The Hartford CourantMohegan Sun presents a lineup of former boy bands on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 28 and 29, and Friday, May 31. New Kids On The Block, 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men share the bill in this trip down memory lane. Each show begins at 7:30 p.m. NKOTB is...Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), Band of Brothers (tv program) , The O'Reilly Factor (tv program), Shawn Stockman, Arts and Culture
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The most famous umbrella since Neville Chamberlain went to Munich
The Baltimore SunThe public appetite for trivial distraction has always extended to our chief executives. I remember the minor uproar when Lyndon Johnson lifted a beagle by the ears. There was extensive commentary on Richard Nixon's taste for cottage cheese and ketchup....Tags: Dwayne Johnson, George W. Bush, Elections, Barack Obama, Sandra Day O'Connor
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'Maldonado for governor' off to a bad start
SACRAMENTO — It seemed like a fairly good idea at the time — the idea of Abel Maldonado running for governor. He wasn't going to win. But neither would he be a Republican embarrassment. There was no Republican in sight with even a faint...Tags: Parties and Movements, Prisons, Republican Party, Politics, Executive Branch
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Group: Big dreams for local mass transit achievable
The Virginian-PilotIt was unanimous. All 30 tables of participants in last year's Reality Check conference on the region's future said transportation was a key issue to tackle. Twenty-seven, or 90 percent, supported expanding mass transit. On Thursday, about 150 people...Tags: Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization, Public Transportation, Amtrak, Bodies of Water, Bill Clinton
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Washington Notebook: Snowe recalls offer to play Joan of Arc
Portland Press Herald, MaineFormer Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe was all over the media landscape last week promoting her new book, "Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress." Snowe's suggestions on congressional reforms (among them open primaries and an...Tags: Sexual Assault, Angus King, Politics, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Hillary Clinton
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Unmanned craft is set to launch from carrier Bush
The Virginian-PilotA new era in naval aviation is set to launch from the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush today, if all goes according to plan. For the first time ever, the Navy plans to catapult an unmanned aerial vehicle off a carrier flight deck, marking a strategic... -
McManus: Mother knows best
There are two things you can do for your mother on Mother's Day. One is to say "thank you." (Over lunch, with flowers.) The other is to ask her for advice — even if she's not convinced you really want it. "I don't think kids take any advice from...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Politics, Ronald Reagan, Tea Party Movement, Hillary Clinton
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House showdown set over IRS targeting of conservative groups
WASHINGTON -- The ousted top official of the Internal Revenue Service will appear before a House committee Friday morning, his first public appearance since controversy erupted last week over how the agency mishandled applications for tax-exempt status...Tags: Jack Lew, Career and Workplace, George W. Bush, Politics, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
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Obama the latest in line of US presidents to face suggestions of political bias in IRS actions
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service controversy dogging President Barack Obama is hardly the first time a White House and the tax agency have been accused of political meddling and bias. Nor is it the first time that political and...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Jimmy Carter, Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Heritage Foundation
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Clock is ticking, slowly, on rules for coal-fired power plants
POOLESVILLE, Md. — On a curve of the Potomac River 37 miles northwest of Washington, the Dickerson power plant has stood sentry over small villages, crop fields and horse farms for more than half a century. Burning mostly coal and some natural...
Tags: Energy Resources, Environmental Issues, Mining, Ecosystems, Global Change
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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: Elections, Martin van Buren, Politics, Jules Witcover
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Region's fallen law enforcement officers remembered in Grand Forks ceremony
Grand Forks HeraldBonnie Andrys placed a red rose Tuesday in honor of her first husband, Kenneth Olson, during a ceremony at the Grand Forks County court house memorializing law enforcement officers from across the region who died in the line of duty. Olson was an East...Tags: U.S. Border Patrol, Law Enforcement, Human Interest, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws
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