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Tudor's new 'Politician' biscuit full of bologna
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Tudor's Biscuit World owner Oshel Craigo had an idea for a new breakfast sandwich, but couldn't think of a good name. Almost all other Tudor's biscuits have names: the Peppi, the Tootie, the Thundering Herd, the Mountaineer and many...Tags: Executive Branch, Lifestyle and Leisure, Sandwiches, Politics, Steaks
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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: College Basketball, Basketball, Schools, Public Schools, Elementary 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: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Barack Obama, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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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: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Senate, Politics, Raul Castro, Daniel Akaka
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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: Human Interest, Executive Branch, Racism, Politics, Strom Thurmond
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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, Politics, Correspondents (music group), Elections, International Military Interventions
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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: Joe Donnelly, Politics, Fiscal Cliff, Elections, U.S. Congress
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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: New Year's Day, Ceremonies, Politics, Joe Donnelly, Elections
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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: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), U.S. Senate, Economic Policy, Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, Unemployment
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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: U.S. Elections, Jay Inslee, U.S. Senate, Politics, Barack Obama
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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: U.S. Elections, Jay Inslee, Politics, Barack Obama, Gary Herbert
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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: Mitt Romney, Walt Whitman, Ku Klux Klan, Abortion, Hosni Mubarak
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