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ROAD WARRIOR: Gas prices at nine-tenths of a cent: When, and why?
Q: Why is gasoline charged at $3.799 per gallon? I'm questioning the nine-tenths part. Who was responsible for this addition to the price? Probably some government agency. — Kathryn Thompson, Hanover Township, Lehigh County Q: Why does the...Tags: Politics, Coplay, Road Transportation, Transportation, Highway Transportation
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Review: Flashes of lightning in Trisha Brown's 'Astral Converted'
The Sunset Canyon Amphitheatre, at the northwest corner of the UCLA campus, is not exactly the wilds. The bleachers overlook a recreation center's grassy knoll and a swimming pool in the distance. Still, the amphitheater is hidden away and, thanks to...
Tags: Dance, Arts, Artists, Getty Center, Arts and Culture
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Rex Scouten dies at 88; longtime White House chief usher
Rex Scouten, whose 48-year career in the White House began with the Trumans and ended with the Clintons, and whose duties included helping first families transition to their oversized new home, died Feb. 20 at a hospital near his home in Fairfax, Va. He...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Politics, U.S. Secret Service, White House, U.S. Army
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Flag Officer Announcements
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced this week that President Obama had nominated the following Navy captains for rear admiral, lower half. -- Capt. William J. Galinis, currently serving as commanding officer, Norfolk Ship Support Activity. --...Tags: Barack Obama, George H.W. Bush, Aircraft Carriers
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2012 National Recording Registry selections unveiled
This post has been updated. See note below for details. Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” is no longer just the rock album that has logged more weeks than any other on Billboard’s national album chart nor merely the one acid...
Tags: The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), Chubby Checker, Big Brother and the Holding Company (music group), John Travolta, Saturday Night Fever (movie)
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Eisenhower family backs legislation to scrap Gehry memorial design
The Eisenhower family told a congressional panel Tuesday that it supports a bill that would do away with architect Frank Gehry's design for the planned Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington and halt any additional federal funding for the design....Tags: Human Interest, Rob Bishop, Frank Gehry
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New debate over Frank Gehry's design for an Eisenhower Memorial
Architect Frank Gehry's controversial design for the proposed Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial is once again the object of bickering in Washington. A major architectural organization said it opposes a new congressional initiative to do away with Gehry's...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Architecture, Arts and Culture, Rob Bishop, Human Interest
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Invest wisely in early childhood
As we struggle through the fifth year of recession, facing budget cuts, austerity and now the sequester, it may be a good time to re-evaluate our national priorities. Last year, the Reach Out and Read program that distributes books to low-income...
Tags: University of Chicago, Head Start, Nobel Prize Awards, Nutrition, High Blood Pressure
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Ginny Wood dies at 95; pioneering Alaska environmentalist
Virginia "Ginny" Hill Wood led a life of adventure beginning at a young age, guiding horseback trips in her native Washington state, bicycling through Europe before and after World War II, serving as a WASP pilot and, after moving to Alaska, building a...Tags: Conservation, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Energy Resources, National Parks
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Guarding the right's flank
To understand what is wrong with today's political right, look no further than the American Conservative Union. The ACU made headlines last month when it snubbed New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. A source told National Review that Christie hadn't been...
Tags: Politics, Conservative Political Action Conference, Minority Groups, Elections, Chris Christie
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Crumbling highway infrastructure will take guts to fix
The good news is that Pennsylvania has more than 20,000 bridges that are considered structurally sound. The bad news? In the words of a new state report, Pennsylvania has 4,476 bridges that are "structurally deficient," which is 18 percent of our...Tags: Pennsylvania Turnpike, Germany, Transportation, Highway Transportation, Travel
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Federal budget is "March Madness"
Contributing ColumnistCongressional leaders have not passed a federal budget in four years and have continued to kick the can down the road with continuing resolutions rather than solve America’s spending and debt problems. If major corporations operated in that manner,...Tags: Defense, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Elections, Budgets and Budgeting
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Original site for Dwight D. Eisenhower topic gallery.