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Parnell Orders State Flags to Half-Staff on Pearl Harbor Day
Channel 2 NewsGov. Sean Parnell has asked that all state flags be lowered to half-staff Friday to commemorate Pearl Harbor Day and to honor all the Americans who fought in World War II. "The attack on Pearl Harbor continues to serve as an important reminder that...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Sean Parnell, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
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Fallen Alaskan Firefighters Honored on 9-11
Channel 2 NewsJust as 9-11 ushered in the war on terror, the attack on Pearl Harbor ushered in World War II 60 years earlier. Just before the attack, as Alaska fortified its coast against the Japanese, four army fireman died as they attempted to put out a grass fire...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Ansell Limited, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Fires
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Goldberg: Obama's 'idiot' defense
Although there's still a great deal to be learned about the scandals and controversies swirling around the White House like so many ominous dorsal fins in the surf, the nature of President Obama's bind is becoming clear. The best defenses of his...Tags: Gun Control, CBS Corp., September 11, 2001 Attacks, David Axelrod, John F. Kennedy Assassination (1963)
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Obama administration needs to change the conversation
By WILLIAM P. HOJNACKI I am very disappointed in the way that the Obama administration is dealing with the Republicans in the ongoing discussions concerning the federal budget. The administration has, once again, allowed the Republicans to set the agenda...Tags: Public Finance, Labor Markets, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Productivity, Government
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Superman, a hero with staying power
My nomination for American hero of the 20th century is someone who lived half his life in disguise and the other half as the world's most recognizable man. He appeared on more radio broadcasts than Ellery Queen and in more movies than Marlon Brando, who...
Tags: Nazi Party, Man of Steel (movie), Superman (fictional character), Ku Klux Klan, Heart Attack
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Ben Jealous: Black farm ownership overcoming decades of discrimination
There is no way to make up for decades of discrimination that crippled the proud history of black farm ownership. But we can do our best to move forward. In 1999 the U.S. Department of Agriculture agreed to settle the civil rights lawsuit Pigford v...Tags: Justice System, Ronald Reagan, FBI, Social Issues, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Will Dodd-Frank save (or stifle) capitalism?
WASHINGTON -- It's been five years since the onset of the financial crisis -- the rescue of Bear Stearns in March 2008 -- and we still don't know whether the financial system is safe. In a recent speech, Daniel Tarullo, the Federal Reserve's point man...
Tags: Justice System, Christopher Dodd, U.S. Congress, Barney Frank, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Naperville honors barbershop singers
Barbershop singing has remained on a short list of activities that might be enjoyed equally by teenagers and octogenarians since a revival of the turn-of-the-century music took off in the 1930s. A Naperville chapter of men's barbershop vocalists who...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Culture, Human Interest, Entertainment, Parent Organizations
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Obama the latest in line of US presidents to face suggestions of political bias in IRS actions
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service controversy dogging President Barack Obama is hardly the first time a White House and the tax agency have been accused of political meddling and bias. Nor is it the first time that political and...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Political Fundraising, NAACP, Crime, Law and Justice, John F. Kennedy
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A health plan prescribed by 'Doc' Bowen
Instead of Obamacare, still so contentious and with all the pieces not yet in place, we could have had Bowencare, with the key piece put in place on July 1, 1988, by Ronald Reagan. It would be named for Dr. Otis R. Bowen, about whom there were many...
Tags: Human Interest, U.S. Congress, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Government Health Care, Health Insurance Cost
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Letters to the Editor - May 12
Police chief supports Zook in Pa. judicial race To the editor: As the chief of the Shippensburg (Pa.) Police Department and a retired state police sergeant with more than 40 years of combined experience, I write this endorsement. I have had the...Tags: Justice System, Gun Control, U.S. Congress, Judges, The Herald-Mail
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My Word: One step closer to freedom from fear
Years ago, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed four fundamental freedoms that all people everywhere ought to enjoy: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. Of the four, freedom from fear is the most difficult...Tags: FBI, Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Justice, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights
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May 12, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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