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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, Transportation, World War II (1939-1945), Travel, Germany
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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: Military Equipment, Politics, Wars and Interventions, Ray LaHood, Budget Control Act of 2011
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'Genius on Hold': An inventor, his jewel thief son and Steve Jobs
Most likely you've never heard of Walter L. Shaw. But it's just as likely that his inventions have been a regular part of your life. Here are a few things Shaw invented: Call forwarding. Conference calling. Touch-tone dialing. The answering machine....
Tags: Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, FBI, Tim Cook, Apple iTunes
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Allan Powell: Adrift in a sea of war
When the news came that Rachel Maddow had written a book based upon a long study of our wars and the consequences, there was little delay in the purchase and reading. Those who have watched her display of talents, energy, brilliance and grasp of world...Tags: Armed Forces, Halliburton Company, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Congress
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JFK's bomber jacket sells at auction for $570,000
A leather bomber jacket worn by President John F. Kennedy fetched well more than 10 times the asking price at auction, an indication of the fascination the nation still has for the president who ushered in the upbeat era of Camelot after the political...
Tags: John F. Kennedy, World War II (1939-1945), Auction Service, George Washington
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Harry Truman, Lincoln's heir
Presidents Day, which falls between the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, celebrates the contributions of those presidents. But here's a nomination for another president worth remembering on this long weekend: Harry Truman, the first...
Tags: Social Issues, NAACP, John F. Kennedy, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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The Political Transformation Of Joe Lieberman
Hartford CourantTalking to reporters in his driveway on a hot day in August 2000, Connecticut U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman beamed — he had just been chosen as the Democratic vice presidential candidate to Al Gore. "Miracles happen," the proud son of a Stamford liquor...Tags: Rentals, Ed Koch, Politics, Human Interest, Gays and Lesbians
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Bios of all the Lehigh Valley High School Football Scholar-Athletes to be honored on March 3
Groller's CornerThe Lehigh Valley Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete Dnner is coming up a month from today, March 3 at the Northampton Community Center and Penn State football coach Bill O'Brien is the main speaker. I... -
Lessons from a five-star president
As President Obama contemplates his second term, he has been talking to historians about another two-term president, Dwight D. Eisenhower. We think of Ike as a great military man, but as president he used his understanding of the military to rein it in....
Tags: West Point, Politics, Wars and Interventions, Armed Forces, International Military Interventions
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Rep. Randy Forbes visiting shipyards in Hampton Roads
Eyeing budget problems galore, Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Chesapeake, is visiting six shipyards in Hampton Roads today and Friday to gauge how deep cuts in defense spending will hurt business. He'll stop at Newport News Shipbuilding and five shipyards in...
Tags: Military Equipment, John F. Kennedy, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Hampton Roads, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Letters: Scouts' honor
Re "Boy Scouts may lift ban on gays," Jan. 29 I was an Eagle Scout who for decades proudly carried my Scout card signed by President Eisenhower, which I eventually returned to protest the Boy Scouts of America's exclusion of gays. The small step the...Tags: Minority Groups, Lifestyle and Leisure, Clubs and Associations, Youth Organizations, Social Organizations
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Letters: Hillary Clinton's legacy
Re "Stellar, but short of spectacular," Jan. 28 Being of the opinion that Hillary Rodham Clinton is among the best secretaries of State, I was completely taken aback by the article's finding that although she is very well thought of by the American...
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