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What can Obama tell Appalachia?
If you're a Democrat who needs help getting the votes of rural white folks, the go-to guy is David "Mudcat" Saunders, a central-casting political consultant recently made famous by a parade of magazine writers led by The Weekly Standard's Matt Labash....Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Jim Webb, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Minority Groups
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Presidential debate a hot topic at Hofstra University
karla.schuster@newsday.comWonder what Harriet Tubman might say about Barack Obama running for president? Or how Susan B. Anthony would feel about Hillary Clinton's candidacy? Go ahead, ask them. For the next two days, Hofstra University students will perform costumed re-...Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Hillary Clinton, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Barack Obama
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Two-Day Event At Yale To Mark Webster's 250th Birthday
By ALAINE GRIFFIN |In the dictionary that bears his name, Noah Webster is defined simply as an American lexicographer and author. A two-day celebration at Yale University this week marking Webster's 250th birthday is expected to prove that Webster was much more than that....Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Noah Webster, Yale University, Wars and Interventions, Colleges and Universities
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N-word should stay buried, no matter the 'context'
Dear Chris Rock: I apologize in advance for the language that will shortly follow. And yes, there is a certain irony there, given that you are one of the most profane men on the planet. Also one of the funniest. That's why I eagerly anticipated your new...Tags: Kanye West, Richard Pryor, Chris Rock, Cultural Development, NAACP
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History sails into harbor aboard the Amistad
A replica of La Amistad docked at the Inner Harbor yesterday as part of an 18-month voyage that retraced the history of the original ship and the slave trade on the Atlantic Ocean.
Several speakers, including Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, extolled the...Tags: Highlandtown, The Amistad, Elijah E Cummings, History
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Amistad replica retraces path, docks at Inner Harbor
A replica of La Amistad docked at the Inner Harbor today as part of an 18-month voyage that has retraced the history of the original ship and the slave trade on the Atlantic Ocean.
Several speakers, including Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, extolled the...Tags: Highlandtown, The Amistad, Elijah E Cummings
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Viewpoint: To Appalachia, with respect
If you're a Democrat who needs help getting the votes of rural white folks, the go-to guy is David "Mudcat" Saunders, a central-casting political consultant recently made famous by a parade of magazine writers led by The Weekly Standard's Matt Labash....Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Jim Webb, Film Festivals, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin
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Patriots play to fife, drum
Pasadena Theatre Company, showing a good sense of timing or a little bit of luck, scheduled in the middle of an election season a musical chronicling the vote for independence by the Continental Congress in the summer of 1776. The theater group knew...Tags: Broadway, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, National Government
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The failed 'god' of The Market
The best question not answered during the whole second town-hall-style presidential debate was when one woman asked ''Is it right to treat medical care as a commodity?'' The very idea is, of course, heresy. This person questioned the basic tenets of...Tags: Marketing, Anglican, Christianity, Star Trek, Medical Services
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Kathleen Parker: How Obama can win over Appalachia
If you're a Democrat who needs help getting the votes of rural white folks, the go-to guy is David ''Mudcat'' Saunders, a central-casting political consultant recently made famous by a parade of magazine writers led by The Weekly Standard's Matt Labash....Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Jim Webb, Film Festivals, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin
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Friday's Talk Shows
The Early Show Chuck Nice; Early awareness mammogram screening. 7 a.m. KCBS 21749 Today Author Richard Branson ("Business Stripped Bare"); chef Paula Deen ("Paula Deen's My First Cookbook"); author Nigella Lawson ("Nigella Express"); Michelle Williams. 7...Tags: Terry Bradshaw, Jay Leno, Jeff Henderson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Craig Ferguson
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Black Civil War colonel's dream town celebrates 100 years of civil rights inspiration
Associated Press WriterALLENSWORTH, Calif. (AP) _ Spirals of alkaline dust swirl across the hardpan where a century ago 300 black Americans planted alfalfa and corn hoping racial tolerance would take root. They were led to this remote place by escaped slave Allen Allensworth,...Tags: Local Elections, Wars and Interventions, Sojourner Truth, Booker T. Washington, Christianity
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