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Commentary: The 'call of duty' sounds for many
If you asked our nation's youth about the meaning of "the call of duty," they would probably answer something about a video game or a blockbuster movie. Our veterans will assign a completely different meaning to the words "call of duty." To them, it means...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Germany, Entertainment, Gaming, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
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April flood has brought May headaches
It's been a month since rain drenched the region, turning communities that had never seen major flooding before into national disaster areas. The downpour started April 17, setting records for rainfall. Some of Chicago's suburbs recorded more than 7...
Tags: Barack Obama, Floods, Pat Quinn, American Red Cross, FEMA
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Recipes for the perfect supper club
In one of the oddest publishing coincidences and competitions in recent memory, two books about the artery-clogging subculture of supper clubs have hit the shelves at the same time: Ron Faiola's "Wisconsin Supper Clubs: An Old-Fashioned Experience" and...Tags: Authors, Book, Labor Day, Customs and Tradition, Midway
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PASSINGS: Vincent G. Dowling, John La Montaine
Vincent G. Dowling Actor, director gave Tom Hanks early break Actor and director Vincent G. Dowling, 83, who left behind a long career with Ireland's national theater to run a Shakespeare festival in Cleveland where he gave a young Tom Hanks an...
Tags: Music, Festive Events, Obituaries, Entertainment Events, Journalism
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Thoughts from Dr. Joe: Filling the void through service
In 1963 I was the messenger boy for Arthur Sulzberger, the publisher of the New York Times. I bicycled throughout Manhattan running messages and packages, and prosecuting Sulzberger’s will. On any given day he would introduce me to the political...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Religion and Belief, Human Interest, The New York Times, Starbucks Corp.
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Jefferson County deputies keep drivers on right path
richardb@herald-mail.comBetween the two of them, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department Corporals Dustin Tabler and Vincent Tiong made 79 of the 123 DUI arrests the department racked up in 2012. Sheriff Pete Dougherty recognized Tabler’s 47 arrests and the 32 DUI...Tags: Drunk Driving, Memorial Day, Washington, DC, Police Arrests
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Unions, not businesses, are responsible for worker safety laws
Paul Carpenter's column in support of John Brinson's anti-union stance is an attack on all workers. In the article, Mr. Brinson stated, "The problem is, we don't really need unions anymore" because of laws that now protect workers. Using that train of...Tags: Interior Policy, Allentown, Laws, Health and Safety at Work, Politics
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PASSINGS: Kenneth Battelle
Kenneth Battelle, an influential hairstylist who created Jacqueline Kennedy's tousled bouffant and counted Marilyn Monroe and Lucille Ball among his many famous clients, died Sunday at his home in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. He was 86. His death was...
Tags: Madison Square Garden, White House, New York City
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John Kerry's brother, Cameron, to be acting Commerce secretary
WASHINGTON -- Cameron Kerry will serve as acting Commerce secretary starting June 1, joining his brother, Secretary of State John Kerry, in President Obama's Cabinet. Cameron Kerry, who has been general counsel at the Commerce Department since 2009,...
Tags: Barack Obama, John Kerry, John Bryson, Rebecca Blank, Washington, DC
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Art Callaham: O'Reilly's book on Kennedy a good read
I was never a “Kennedyphile” — lifelong southern conservative Republicans usually are not. Sure, I was a starry-eyed 15-year-old who understood “Camelot,” liked the pictures of bikini clad Jackie-O (as she was later to be...Tags: Lee Harvey Oswald, Gun Control, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Elections
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RAW VIDEO: Prince harry pays respects at Arlington, visits wounded troops at Walter Reed
WASHINGTON (AP) — Britain's Prince Harry saluted America's war dead in somber remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday, pausing, too, to place flowers on the tombstone of President John F. Kennedy and visit the grave of a British World...Tags: Mother's Day, Greenwich, Joe Biden, Washington, DC, Harry of Wales
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Pennsylvania House approves bill to close Delaware Loophole and add corporate tax breaks
HARRISBURG — Companies that operate in Pennsylvania will no longer be able to avoid paying their full share of taxes by shifting some profits they earn here out of state, according to a House bill approved Monday. But the bill, which was approved...Tags: Bryan Barbin, U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Politics, Tom Corbett, Dominic Pileggi
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