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LETTER: IRS Problem Isn't Obama's
Regarding "IRS Boss: Policy Not Partisan" [May 18, news]: First, let's remember that the head of the IRS when the stepped-up examination of conservative groups' applicatiions for tax-exempt staus began was appointed by George Bush. So I have to question...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, George W. Bush, Richard Nixon, Politics, Taxation
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Kudos for the week of May 13
Here is our weekly salute to the people, places and organizations that make Northern Michigan a special place to live. Patrick Parker receives national award Petoskey native Patrick Parker was honored recently for a life-long commitment to his community....Tags: Boy Scouts of America, Executive Branch, Politics, Culture, Arts and Culture
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Cloned: Inheritance Windfall: Record-Breaking Year For Estate Taxes Helps Fuel Budget Surplus
The Hartford CourantEven if death and taxes are the only things certain in life, state legislators say they can never be certain about death taxes. With no crystal ball and no idea when spectacularly wealthy Connecticut residents might die, state officials make an educated...Tags: Politics, Litchfield County, Watertown, State Budgets, Ann Taylor
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GOP, Democrats continue to dispute regarding Benghazi deaths
WASHINGTON (AP) — Politicians love few things better than a scandal to trip up their opponents, and Republicans hope last year's fatal attack on U.S. diplomats in Libya will do exactly that to Hillary Rodham Clinton and other Democrats. History...
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Ford's structure complete after last "puzzle piece"
If the hull of the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is a massive jigsaw puzzle – a metaphor sometimes employed by its shipbuilders – then the forward end of the catapult is like a corner piece. On Tuesday, a crane operator at Newport News...
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NN Shipbuilding's carrier launch delay won't increase cost
The Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is rescheduled for a launch in November instead of July as originally planned, the Daily Press reported. The Navy and Newport News Shipbuilding had originally planned for a July launch but more time is needed to build...
Tags: Newport News Shipbuilding, Shipbuilding, Aircraft Carriers, Manufacturing and Engineering, John F. Kennedy
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Ford launch moved back from July to November
The Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier will be launched in November as opposed to July as was originally set in a contract between the Navy and Newport News Shipbuilding, a Navy official said. "We have agreed to push back the launch of CVN 78 (the Ford's...
Tags: Newport News Shipbuilding, Shipbuilding, Manufacturing and Engineering, John F. Kennedy
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Cheney to be in Mich. for Gerald Ford celebration
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney is visiting Grand Rapids as part of a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Gerald Ford. A tribute dinner is set for Monday and a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a...
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A politician-doctor's long life of service
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterFor Hoosiers, there will never be another "Doc" like Dr. Otis R. Bowen. Remembered both personally and in stories likely to be retold to generations to come, the former Indiana governor grew to become one of the state's most beloved politicians. A...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Civil and Public Service, Politics, Rentals, U.S. Army
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Jack W. Alexander, 88
Jack W. Alexander, 88, of Mercersburg, Pa., passed away Friday, May 3, 2013, at Chambersburg (Pa.) Hospital. Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Nov. 9, 1924, he was the son of Joseph B. Sr. and Charlotte Weir Alexander. He graduated from Uniontown High...Tags: American Legion, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), U.S. Military, Pittsburgh, Melbourne
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Former Petoskey resident receives national Eagle Scout award
GRAND RAPIDS -- Former Petoskey resident Patrick Parker was recently honored with the National Eagle Scout Association's National Outstanding Eagle Scout Award, the highest Eagle Scout recognition a council can bestow. The award recognizes Eagle Scouts...
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George W. Bush joins public service elite
Los Angeles TimesFormer President George W. Bush was joined by President Obama and three living former presidents in the dedication of his library last week in Dallas. It's important to remember that presidential libraries are relatively new. In 1941, while he was still...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Dracunculiasis , Executive Branch, George W. Bush, Civil and Public Service
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