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Groups talk church's demolition, salvation
The old church building looks forlorn at Warner Avenue and Nichols Street, its windows boarded up and the sign that juts over the sidewalk mostly smashed.
From a distance, the structure doesn't give many indications of the role it once played in Orange...Tags: Homes, Migration, Fullerton (Orange, California), Christianity, Arts and Culture
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YOUR WEEKEND FRIDAY: Long Beach-based indie rock band The Brook Lee Catastrophe (pictured) headlines Fitzgeralds Pub, 19171 Magnolia St., Huntington Beach. Vandella also performs. The 21-and-older show starts at 9 p.m. and is $5 at the door. For more...Tags: Long Beach (Los Angeles, California), Central Park, Laguna Beach, Nature, Arts and Culture
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City Lights: Election Day a hopeful time
Tuesday, the General Election will be held. After months of tracking the various campaigns — senatorial, gubernatorial and otherwise — it has been a long slog to the finish line. Has anyone else ever wished for a system in which the candidates...Tags: Local Elections, White House, Elections, Happiness (state of mind), Mitt Romney
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Center is 'safe haven' for veterans
Golden West College on Tuesday officially unveiled its first dedicated space for returning veterans, a resource the campus hasn't seen since the Vietnam War. The college held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its Veterans Resource Center, a place for...Tags: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Andrews Sisters (music group), Veterans Affairs, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Colleges and Universities
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Bill protecting job seekers', employees' social media passwords advances to Gov. Quinn
It is now up to Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn to decide whether to sign into law a bill that protects employees and job seekers from having to provide their social media passwords to current or prospective employers. Quinn spokeswoman Brooke Anderson said...Tags: Employment, Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn, Christine Radogno, Jan Schakowsky
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Facebook silver lining on another rough day: stock stops sinking
Congress is getting involved and investors have become angry, but despite another rough day for Facebook at least its stock price finally closed with a daily gain. After closing at $31 Tuesday, Facebook's stock ended up with a $1 gain Wednesday,...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture, Media Industry, Social Media
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Palm North Events
WEDNESDAY 23rd Cancer Survivors Meeting Brenda Cobb, founder of Living Foods Institute in Atlanta, will discuss healing protocol, raw and living foods and detoxification and hwo that helps in cancer recovery. 6:45 p.m. Wednesday at Arbor Oaks, 3400...Tags: Religion and Belief, Shavuot, Israel, Human Interest, Palm Beach Gardens
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Bill protecting job seekers' passwords goes to Quinn
Tribune staff reporterIt is now up to Gov. Pat Quinn now to decide if Illinois will pass a bill that protects employees and job seekers from having to provide their social media passwords to employers or prospective employers. The Illinois Senate on Tuesday voted 55-0 to...Tags: Employment Opportunities, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Illinois Governor, Employment, Pat Quinn
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Facebook to open office in Dubai
Facebook Inc. is set to open an office in Dubai next week, its first location in the Middle East. The company announced the news Wednesday by inviting journalists to an event scheduled for May 30. While the Menlo Park, Calif.-based company said...
Tags: Media Industry, Social Media, Google+, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Culture
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Remember MySpace? Facebook could be setting itself up to fail
Now that the hype has died, the smoke has cleared and the price has begun its inevitable adjustment, it's time for a sober look at Facebook. Facebook is primed for the same fall that took MySpace. General Motors last week canceled its $10 million annual...Tags: MySpace, AOL LLC, Computer Networking and Internet, Arts and Culture, Radio
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University System of Maryland at Hagerstown grads celebrate achievement
julieg@herald-mail.comCelebrating her graduation from a psychology program at the University System of Maryland at Hagerstown on Tuesday, Danielle Donovan said she liked the university’s “small-town feel” and affordability. Donovan, 23, a Williamsport High...Tags: Nursing, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Frostburg State University, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Bin Laden realized the truth: Terrorism doesn't work
Five weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, Osama bin Laden publicly commanded his foot-soldiers to ramp up the violence against American civilians. But five weeks before his death, he privately instructed his lieutenants to refrain from killing any civilians....
Tags: Religion and Belief, Pakistan, Al-Qaeda, Saudi Arabia, Islam
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