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Joerg Haider, 58, Austrian governor
The Associated PressAustrian politician Joerg Haider, whose far-right rhetoric at times sounded sympathetic to the Nazis and contemptuous of Jews and led to months of international isolation for the Alpine republic, died Saturday in a car accident. He was 58. Mr. Haider was...Tags: Adolf Hitler, Migration, European Union, Government, Human Rights
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Old associates dragged onstage
The Associated PressScraping for any advantage in the presidential campaign's waning days, John McCain and Barack Obama are introducing voters to a new cast of characters. McCain would like people to know about a former 1960s radical and a corrupt government insider, both...Tags: Weather Underground, Coup d'Etat, Internal Revenue Service, Barack Obama, Tony Rezko
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Ecstasy, abandon accent Christopher Taylor's 'Jesus'
Chicago Tribune criticFriday night in Ganz Hall of Roosevelt University, Christopher Taylor performed Olivier Messiaen's two-hour-long piano cycle, "20 Contemplations of the Infant Jesus," with staggering virtuosity and sweep. More than any of the other pianists who played...Tags: University of Chicago, Ceremonies, Olivier Messiaen, Roosevelt University
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'Dallas' cast heads to Southfork for 30th anniversary
Associated PressPARKER, Texas—Larry Hagman was reluctant to be on a new TV show called "Dallas" when he first read the script in the late 1970s, figuring there wouldn't be any money in it. But his wife persuaded him to give the role of conniving oil baron and...Tags: Dallas, Bing Crosby, Linda Gray, Alternative Energy, Larry Hagman
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LI man arrested for basement beatings
jennifer.maloney@newsday.comA West Hempstead man was arrested yesterday on charges that he beat his 11-year-old stepson, then beat and locked his wife in the basement when she tried to stop him, police said. According to police, Alon M. Holliday, 34, of 367 Elm St., was charged...Tags: Hempstead, West Hempstead, Metal and Mineral, Colleges and Universities
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Writers try to solve the mystery of their craft
To mark the Bouchercon mystery writers conference - which ends here today with the Anthony Awards ceremony - visiting authors have been writing guest posts on the Read Street blog all week. They discussed the challenges of creating realistic characters...Tags: Ceremonies
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Bernstein's eclectic, audacious approach
Baltimore Sun reporterWhen Leonard Bernstein undertook to create a work for the opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, it was inevitable that he would think big. Very big. The result was Mass, subtitled A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers....Tags: Classical Music, Richard Nixon, Government, Marin Alsop, Civil Unrest
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7 schools can use center's services
Children, families and staff members at seven Howard County schools are to benefit from information about resources and services available at North Laurel-Savage Multiservice Center. Through a new partnership between the multiservice center and the...Tags: Nature, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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Let kids pitch in to save money
If children sense your stress about the economy, try the approach suggested by Catherine Solheim, a professor in the Department of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota: For the youngest of children, Solheim suggests getting out some...Tags: University of Minnesota
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Matthew Shepard
Matthew Shepard's murder a decade ago still resonates with many in this small college town as they struggle with the aftermath of a crime that triggered nationwide sympathy and brought a re-examination of attitudes toward gays. Ten years ago, 21-year-old...Tags: Landforms, Laws, Minority Groups, Colleges and Universities, Mountains
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Philadelphia landmark regains its luster
The Associated PressMemorial Hall, one of the jewels of the Centennial Exposition of 1876, had lost its luster many years ago. Rain poured inside through this magnificent but neglected glass dome, soaking elaborate plasterwork and pooling on its marble floors, where buckets...Tags: Ulysses S Grant, Government, Metal and Mineral, Building Material, American Revolutionary War
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Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider killed in car crash
Far-right politician Joerg Haider was speeding at more than twice the posted limit before the car crash that killed him, investigators said Sunday as his grief-stricken party appointed a successor.
Flowers, notes and other tributes piled up at the...Tags: Migration, Government, Human Rights, Refugee, Road Accidents
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