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Rex Scouten dies at 88; longtime White House chief usher
Rex Scouten, whose 48-year career in the White House began with the Trumans and ended with the Clintons, and whose duties included helping first families transition to their oversized new home, died Feb. 20 at a hospital near his home in Fairfax, Va. He...Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Politics, Rosalynn Carter, Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy
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Chan Lowe: Herman Cain hired by Fox News
It’s hard to say who provided the best cartooning material during the 2012 Republican primaries. The lunatic fringe voters, the ones who turn out for these events, dutifully produced a rich, colorful succession of front runners; Bachmann, Gingrich,...
Tags: Michele Bachmann, Roger Ailes , Mitt Romney, Fox News Channel (tv network), Herman Cain
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Marijuana decriminalization compromise may be necessary in Pennsylvania
"Politics is not an exact science," explained the exalted 19th-century German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. "Politics is the art of the possible." Of course, Bismarck also said, "We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world; and it is the fear...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Drugs and Medicines, Medical Marijuana Therapy, New York City, Heroin
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Comments about Michelle Obama's rear end are a throwback
During the '60s civil rights juggernaut, the "black is beautiful" movement flowered. It was the next logical step in America's extreme racial makeover. It affirmed the African aesthetic. It issued a counterpunch to centuries of stiff jabs about the...
Tags: Barack Obama, Overweight, Politics, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Hillary Clinton
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Walt Sweeney dies at 71; offensive guard for the San Diego Chargers
In his first game in 1963 with the San Diego Chargers, Walt Sweeney established a pattern that would mark his 13 seasons as a star in professional football. Even though it was only an exhibition, Sweeney played with a fearsome aggressiveness. As a...Tags: Super Bowl, George Allen, Football, Sports, Pancreatic Cancer
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Gore Vidal says nice things about women in the new Vanity Fair
In his prime, writer Gore Vidal didn't have much nice to say about people, and he enjoyed sharing his opinions. On live television in 1968, he referred to fellow commentator William F. Buckley as a "crypto-Nazi" (Buckley responded by calling Vidal...
Tags: Quentin Tarantino, Dick Cavett, Paul Newman, Andy Warhol, Susan Sarandon
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'Conan' and 'The Daily Show' abuzz over Michelle Obama's new bangs
There were only three topics of conversation on the late-night airwaves Monday: Martin Luther King Jr., the presidential inauguration, and of course, Michelle Obama’s bangs. On “The Daily Show,” correspondents Jessica Williams and Al...Tags: Barack Obama, Fishing, Martin Luther King Jr., Michelle Obama, Jon Stewart
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A family's well-kept secrets unspool in the desert
Any writer knows the temptation of using one's family for material. They're immediate and present. Their influence is intense and fundamental. Writers usually justify the act on the grounds of authorial honesty: Since the issues in one's life are forged,...
Tags: Stacy Keach, Goodman Theatre, Manhattan (New York City), Other Desert Cities (play), Linda Kimbrough
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Hockey pro Russ Courtnall passes off to pop star Britney Spears
Pop star and singing competition judge Britney Spears has bought the Thousand Oaks home of former professional hockey player Russ Courtnall and his wife, actress Paris Vaughan.
The property came on the market in August at $8.5 million and was withdrawn...Tags: Jane Fonda, Berry Gordy, Rod Stewart, Britney Spears, ABC (tv network)
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SIGNS OF THE SEASON-AN AMERICAN CHRISTMAS
Gayle Anderson was live in Simi Valley at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum to see "An American Christmas," a winter wonderland for the holiday season, featuring 25 trees decorated to celebrate the defining moments of America's road to...Tags: Religious Festivals, New Year's Day, Libraries, Museums, Ronald Reagan
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Jane Fonda and music producer Richard Perry buy in Beverly Hills
Actress Jane Fonda and music producer Richard Perry have bought an estate in Beverly Hills for $7.3 million. The Trousdale Estates property was the longtime home of Emmy-winning television director John Rich.
The two-story home, built in 1961 and...Tags: Carly Simon, Jane Fonda, John Rich, Rod Stewart, ABC (tv network)
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George Michael: Voting no could end O'Malley's career
For those too young to remember, first lady Nancy Reagan had an anti-drug message to Americans in the 1980s around the theme, “Just Say No!” Conservatives in Maryland could use this quip when entering the voting stalls on Nov. 6. It will be...Tags: Primaries, Executive Branch, Barack Obama, Regional Authority, Politics
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