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Sarah Palin's TEA Party: A third party?
The Swampby Mark Silva Mark this as the week in which one of the potential players for 2012 set out to brand herself: Sarah Palin, the "common-sense conservative.'' Three years from now -- think about that phrase a moment -- we'll......Tags: Revolutions, Trade Dispute, India, Islam, United States
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White House: Health care by 'end of year'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, delaying a 10-day trip to Asia by a day so that he can travel to Fort Hood, Texas, on Tuesday to take part in a memorial for those killed in the shooting spree there,......Tags: Travel, White House, Fort Hood (military base), Fort Hood Shootings (2009), Medical Services
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'Barack and Yukio:' Tokyo talks today
The Swampby Peter Nicholas President Obama sought today to reassure Japan that he views the country as an equal partner and that the United States will strive to lessen the disruption caused by military forces housed on Japanese soil. After a......Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Travel, North Korea, Lawyers, Defense
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Obama: Human rights key to Asian future
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, delivering the first major public address of his Asian tour, told an audience in Tokyo -- Saturday morning there, Friday evening here in Washington -- that the United States "will always stand on the......Tags: Burma, Pittsburgh, Treaties, Productivity, History
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Obama's 'new era of U.S. engagement'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, returned from a weeklong tour of Asia where he is promoting "a new era of American engagement," says the continent holds promise for Americn exports that can spur new jobs at home. "Asia is......Tags: White House, Small Businesses, Productivity, Finance, Seoul (South Korea)
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Global war, no, failed states, yes
The Swampby Mark Silva There is no "global war on terrorism.'' That's the first thing that Anthony Cordesman, a seasoned expert on national security, has to say about the failed Christmas Day bomb-attempt on a U.S.-bound airliner. Inasmuch as we've had......Tags: Jon Stewart, Diplomacy, Islam, Cults and Sects, Corporate Crime
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Obama's Indonesian trip: Biography big
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama's planned, and slightly delayed, trip to Indonesia marks an important step in relations with the Islamic world, says an expert on U.S.-Asian relations who served the Bush administration on this front. " It is......Tags: Travel, Heads of State, Biography (genre), Democracy, Islam
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Boring bread and leaping fish case
Dining@LargeA culinary expedition to Catonsville gave Dining@Large reader Meekrat the chance to pass on both Wonder Bread and live frogs. If that's not the center of the foodie universe, I don't know what is. LV I've been needing an adventure......Tags: Bodies of Water, Florida, Catonsville, Breads, Rivers
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Chicago students excel at National History Day competition
Earlier this year, I told you about Chicago Academy High School sophomores, Le'Asia Williams, Summer Braxton and Hannah Modjeski, who were preparing a performance for the Chicago Metro History Fair. Their skit was based on the Idlewild resort, an...
Tags: History (tv network), Arts and Culture, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Entertainment, Colleges and Universities
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History is for the young
National science fairs, spelling bees and spoken word contests seem to get their share of attention. But over the next few days, schools in the Chicago area will host a less-heralded competition — their history fairs, with students hoping to win and...
Tags: Civil Rights, Chicago Public Schools, Entertainment, Justice and Rights, Emmett Till
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Lincoln Park Zoo works to eradicate rabies in Africa
NANGALE, Tanzania — Huddled with his younger brother, the young man laughs easily, conspiratorially, at the commotion caused by the presence of curious foreigners in his family's modest compound outside this small village. But when you ask 19-...
Tags: Merck & Company Incorporated, Diseases and Illnesses, Bird Flu, Rabies, National Parks
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Senior Travel: 'Airpasses' of limited use
The Skyteam airline alliance just announced a new "Go Africa" airpass, which joins the alliance's existing regional airpasses for Asia, China, Europe and Italy. Skyteam (www.skyteam.com) is anchored in North America by Delta, and includes Aeroflot, Air...Tags: Travel, Air France-KLM, U.S. Airways, British Airways Plc, Services and Shopping
Sep 27, 2009
|Blog| Chicago Tribune
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Nov 14, 2009
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Nov 21, 2009
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Jan 5, 2010
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Mar 15, 2010
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Apr 23, 2010
|Blog| Baltimore Sun
Jun 17, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Feb 25, 2013
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Dec 1, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Mar 6, 2012
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
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