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Families of 9/11 victims speak out on revised TSA knife policy
The Transportation Security Administration will soon let airline passengers carry small folding knives onto planes for the first time since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. But a group of flight attendants are doing everything they can to halt the...
Tags: Security Measures, Air Transportation Industry, U.S. Airways, American Airlines, Inc., Transportation Security Administration
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Quinn touts tax-form donations for military families
Tribune reporterWhen Sgt. Jason Hoster deployed to Kuwait last year, the $500 checks supported his father while he underwent chemotherapy for lung cancer. During an earlier tour in Afghanistan, the cash helped his mother cover expenses. Those grants came from the...Tags: Chemotherapy, Politics, Regional Authority, Pat Quinn, Government
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A book editor unleashes the beast within in Arnon Grunberg's 'Tirza'
"Parental love is the sacrifice made in silence," says Jorgen Hofmeester, the protagonist of "Tirza," Arnon Grunberg's latest translated novel. In "Tirza," the quiet martyrdom of parenthood rubs up against the banality of bourgeois life. Sacrifices go un-...Tags: Religion and Belief, The New York Times, Labor Legislation, Authors, Israel
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'Oh, happy day,' George W. Bush says, dedicating his Texas library
DALLAS -- Led by the only people who really understand what it means to sit in the Oval Office, the nation commemorated the presidential administration of George W. Bush on Thursday at the dedication of the library, museum and policy center that bears his...
Tags: Politics, George W. Bush Presidential Center, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Government
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Architecture review: Bush presidential library is fittingly blunt
DALLAS — What do neo-classicism and neo-conservatism have in common? That's the question at the heart of the design by New York's Robert A.M. Stern Architects for the George W. Bush presidential library, set to open to the public May 1 on the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, George W. Bush Presidential Center, Museums, Libraries
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Red meat risks: One more reason to go vegetarian
The new link between meat consumption and heart disease, discovered by Dr. Stanley Hazen of the Cleveland Clinic, is just the latest evidence linking meat consumption to killer diseases that cripple, then kill, 1.3 million Americans annually. Dr. Hazen'...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Health and Medical Professionals, University of Oxford, Canterbury, Carnitine (dietary supplement)
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Dad feels traumatized by Sandy Hook tragedy
Dear Amy: I hope you can help me. Months after the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre, I am still haunted by the horrific nature of that tragedy. I've never been anywhere in New England and have no personal connection to Newtown, Conn. I am the adoring...
Tags: Allergies, Human Interest
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Who were the children killed in Afghanistan?
I watched 60 Minutes on Sunday and saw the anguish still being experienced by the Sandy Hook parents. Their grief has caused them to turn to action, and they are in Washington to lobby Congress to pass legislation that might prevent other gun tragedies....Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, U.S. Congress, NATO, Lobbying
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PBS re-airing updated Frontline “Top Secret America” episode to include coverage of Boston bombings
Channel Guide MagazineOn April 30, PBS will be re-airing an episode of its news program Frontline called “Top Secret America — 9/11 to the Boston Bombings.” This episode originally aired in September 2011 (without the Boston reference) and is a look at the... -
Obama treats Boston bomber with kid gloves
One of the consequences of abandoning a standard by which right and wrong can be judged is our increasing inability to mete out punishment that fits the crime. In fact, too often we weigh extenuating circumstances rather than guilty actions. In the case...Tags: Punishment, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Islam, Judges
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Student shoots himself in Roman Catholic school in Cincinnati
A student at a Cincinnati parochial school was in critical condition after he pulled out a gun in a classroom and shot himself in an apparent suicide attempt, officials said. The youth, who has not been named, was taken to the University of Cincinnati...
Tags: Religious Education, Religion and Belief, Christianity, University of Cincinnati, Roman Catholicism
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Misoverestimating George W. Bush
It will be many years yet before historians can make their full assessment of the presidency of George W. Bush, but we have a sneaking suspicion their conclusions will not be nearly as generous as the puffery that has accompanied the opening of his...Tags: Iraq, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, The Washington Post, Tour Operations Industry
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