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Cookbooks on '88 books that shaped America' list from Library of Congress
Tribune reportersA just-released list from the Library of Congress salutes 88 books that shaped America, all by American authors. It starts with Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and continues alphabetically on through "Beloved" by Toni Morrison, "Common...Tags: Pies and Tarts, Oprah Winfrey, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Toni Morrison, Library of Congress
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88 books that shaped America, at the Library of Congress
Jacket CopyThe Library of Congress' list of 88 books that shaped America includes poetry, novels, nonfiction, a play, a polemic, books of science and grammar, cookbooks and children's books. What's it missing?... -
The United States is more than a country
The United States of America is the embodiment of the struggle of humanity to rise from the tyranny of feudalistic oppression. It is a laboratory where great experiments to discover the limits of human potential are performed. To quote from Thomas Paine&...Tags: American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington
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Thief of historic documents sentenced to prison
Disgraced collector Barry H. Landau was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in federal prison for stealing thousands of historic documents worth as much as $2.5 million from archives along the East Coast, including one in Baltimore, where the scheme...
Tags: Edgar Allan Poe, Manhattan (New York City), Bill Clinton, Celebrities, Theft
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Mailbag: Catamaran took him around the globe
John Conser of Costa Mesa, a designer and builder of the Conser 47 catamaran, greeted David Pollitt, proud owner of the Conser 47, Shearwater, upon David's completion of a three-year, solo circumnavigation around the world. "Congratulations, David, on...
Tags: Government, Chris Christie, Unemployment, Pacific Ocean, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Shadia: Islam's influence on the Founding Fathers
Even though I wasn't born or raised here, there's a reason I feel at home in America. America's principles align with Islam's teachings. In fact, America's principles are not just based on Judeo-Christian values, but Judeo-Christian-Islamic values. After...Tags: Qur'an, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Sculpture, Human Rights, Judaism
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FRIDAY Surf City Splash Surf City Rotary Club of Huntington Beach and Boys & Girls Clubs of Huntington Valley host "Surf City Splash," a fundraising evening of dinner, dancing and auctions, at the Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort, 21100 Pacific Coast...Tags: Music, Vaccines, Concerts, Tea Party Movement, Animals
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PA is overdue for its second president as Santorum surges
How can it be that Pennsylvania, the state with the most precious historical legacy of all, has produced only one president?
This is the land of Thomas Paine and Benjamin Franklin, the Declaration of Independence, George Washington crossing the Delaware,...Tags: Republican Party, Nature Religion, Elections, Health Treatments, James Buchanan
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From the Right: Desperate times, time for desperate measures?
As we head into today’s primary in Florida, the big surprise is that Newt Gingrich is still one of the favorites to win. How is it that this one time has-been may be on the cusp of victory? A man with a list of personal problems that makes Bill...Tags: Politics, Bill Clinton, Elections, Winston Churchill, Mitt Romney
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Just say no to marijuana convictions
Should juries vote "not guilty" on low-level marijuana charges to send a message about our country's insane marijuana arrest policy? Jury nullification is a constitutional doctrine that allows juries to acquit defendants who are technically guilty but...Tags: Republican Party, Elections, Unrest, Conflicts and War, New York City, Prisons
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Christopher Hitchens, writer and intellectual, dies at 62
Jacket CopyProlific, argumentative and intellectually bracing writer Christopher Hitchens has died of cancer. He was 62....
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