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Congressional candidate Swint campaigns in the Panhandle
richardb@herald-mail.comHoward Swint, “a common man running a common campaign to represent the common people,” wants to wrest the 12-year Second District U.S. House seat from Republican incumbent Shelley Moore Capito. Swint, 53, of Charleston, W.Va., said Monday...Tags: Politics, Social Security, Metal and Mineral, Elections, Mining
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Former WWE champion to climb tallest mountains in the world for charity
Former WWEsuperstar and Fox Newsfinancial analyst John “Bradshaw” Layfield, 45, begins his years-long project today to climb each continent's highest summit in an effort to raise money for underprivileged children at Family Centre in Bermuda....
Tags: Media Industry, New York City, Kevin Dunn, World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Vince McMahon
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Russian journalist stabbed outside his Moscow home
World NowA Russian radio journalist known for reporting on the country’s auto industry and corrupt traffic police and who recently referred to the prophet Muhammad as a businessman was stabbed outside his home, police said Tuesday.... -
Intersections: Discovering the heart of Armenia
On a mild summer day, itching to get out of Yerevan, I took a Soviet minibus known locally as a marshutka to the northern Armenian city of Vanadzor. After weeks in the congested capital, Vanadzor's lush landscapes, wide spaces and crisp air put me at...Tags: Yerevan (Armenia), Tourism and Leisure, Travel, Armenia, International Travel
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Intersections: A place best understood up close
“The motherland is best loved from afar,” I was told several times en route to Armenia late last month. When I arrived in Yerevan, the country’s capital and its largest city, this cautionary advice lingered in my mind as I rode by...Tags: Elton John, Yerevan (Armenia), Eric Clapton, Los Angeles, Journalism
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Intersections: Rings of heritage's tree trunk
Aydin was an Iranian mountaineer who had climbed 572 steps to the top of the Cascade — a towering architectural feat in the heart of Yerevan that now houses the Cafesjian Center for the Arts — with his wife. On a South Caucasus road trip,...Tags: Politics, E.E. Cummings, Iran, Yerevan (Armenia), Tourism and Leisure
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Burns forced out of Somerset County in new redistricting plan
Daily American Staff WriterState Rep. Frank Burns was squeezed out of Somerset County to make room for three additional representatives in the latest state redistricting plan. The new proposal was released late Thursday by the Legislative Reapportionment Commission. It replaces...Tags: Bryan Barbin, Carl Walker Metzgar, Frank Burns, Tim Mahoney
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Texas federal court settles redistricting map case, but fighting continues
CNNRedrawing Congressional voting district maps is never easy. But in Texas, in the midst of this election year, the already contentious process has been made even more volatile with its mix of race and politics. When 2010 Census numbers showed that Texas's...Tags: Justice System, Ethics, Politics, NAACP, Voting
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Virginia House passes redistricting without debate
A Republican-authored congressional redistricting bill that has divided black legislative Democrats has
won final House passage.
Friday's vote took just seconds. The bill heads now to a Senate newly under GOP rule.
The bill provides for only one...Tags: Mamie E. Locke, Politics, Voting, U.S. Senate, L Louise Lucas
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Latino aldermen invite non-Hispanic colleagues into group
Clout StreetThe City Council Latino Caucus is opening its tent to non-Latino aldermen who represent --- or soon might represent --- wards with sizable Hispanic populations. The eight-member group will extend invitations to seven more aldermen who are not...Tags: Daniel Solis, Minority Groups, Richard F. Mell, Nicholas Sposato, Edward M. Burke
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Black lawmakers criticize O'Malley redistricting plan, saying it will leave General Assembly overly white
Black lawmakers sharply criticized the governor's proposed General Assembly redistricting plan Thursday, saying his committee has drawn a map that will likely produce a legislature that looks whiter than the actual population of Maryland. "I consider...Tags: Justice System, C. Anthony Muse, Politics, NAACP, Government
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