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Stars brave storm to attend Twinight bash
Newsday Staff WriterHoly Hanna, Batman! Was that really you sharing cocktails and mango lobster hors d'oeuvres with J.R. Ewing, the Incredible Hulk and two-thirds of the gang from "Three's Company" in Centre Island? By thunder it was. An eclectic mix of a dozen stars,...Tags: Morgan Fairchild, Larry Hagman, Adam West, Long Island, Joyce DeWitt
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Tips for grandparents raising grandchildren
CHICAGO -- A lack of experience is not generally a problem for grandparents who find themselves raising their grandchildren. They probably haven't forgotten the basics. But taking the right precautions and making all the necessary financial and legal...Tags: Retirement, Insurance, People, Vehicles, Roseland
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Life goes on but fears remain at shooting campus
Associated Press WriterHer first week of classes at Northern Illinois University made it clear to freshman Miraynda Castro that she wasn't beginning her college career at just any campus. Her philosophy teacher asked for a show of hands: Did students want the classroom door...Tags: Steven Kazmierczak, Northern Illinois University, Teaching and Learning, Sociology, Philosophy
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Personality emerges as tight race's pivot point
Barack Obama holds a slight advantage over John McCain going into the final phase of the 2008 campaign, which is shaping up more as a personality contest than a battle of ideas.
Both candidates are framing the choice for voters around a theme of change,...Tags: The White House, Langer, Democratic National Conventions, Executive Branch, Scranton
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A passing resemblance
As the curtains open on the 2008 season, we've already had a major cast change. No one had even found his seat yet, and already we saw Kyle Boller exit stage left and Joe Flacco enter stage right. The symbolism of the quarterback change glows in neon...Tags: National Football League, Fran Tarkenton, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Colts
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At Madison's Montpelier, what's old is new again
Associated PressIt isn't exactly common to make a house two-thirds smaller, or to remove the indoor plumbing. But that's what's been done at Montpelier, the plantation mansion of President James Madison. The brick Georgian home at the foothills of the Blue Ridge...Tags: Montpelier, Mount Vernon, Architecture, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington
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Howard County adoptions drop
While adoptions increased across the state last year, placements dropped in Howard County, but not enough to trouble social services officials. The findings, as well as news of increases in delinquent child-support payments, come from state social service...Tags: Catonsville, Book, Family, Social Services
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H.O.P.E searches for a home
Jane Seleski says she is usually very grounded, but when the Glen Burnie rental home she lived in with her two teenage sons burned to the ground in July, she could not think clearly. Their clothes, photos, furniture - all of it was gone. But somehow, in...Tags: Emergency Planning, Condos and Houses, Linthicum, Glen Burnie, Charity
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High-tech buoy marks old exploit
Harford and Cecil counties will mark the 400th anniversary of Captain John Smith's second expedition to the northern Chesapeake area with some 21st-century technology. A so-called smart buoy, equipped with sensors that constantly provide meteorological...Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Chesapeake Bay, Patapsco, Havre de Grace, John Smith
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Anne Arundel Education Notes
The Anne Arundel County Board of Education will meet for a workshop on the fiscal 2010 capital improvement budget and capital budget at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the administration building, 2644 Riva Road, Annapolis. A meeting and public hearing on the fiscal...Tags: Awards and Prizes, State Budgets, Public Finance, Financing and Stock Offerings, Budgets and Budgeting
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Virginia Lottery turns 20
Associated Press WriterThe Virginia Lottery is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month with a new raffle and other special events, including an opportunity to vote for the best lottery commercial and share your favorite memory of the state-run numbers games. The first...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Casino and Gambling, Consumer Electronics Industry, Ceremonies, Tourism and Leisure
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Lourdes, France, through the centuries
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer1844: Bernarde-Marie, called Bernadette, daughter of François and Louise Soubirous, is born at Boly Mill near Lourdes in southwestern France. 1854: Pope Pius IX proclaims that the Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin. In Lourdes, Bernadette...Tags: Pope, Fires, John Paul II, Cults and Sects, Ceremonies
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