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Thief of historic documents sentenced to prison
Disgraced collector Barry H. Landau was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in federal prison for stealing thousands of historic documents worth as much as $2.5 million from archives along the East Coast, including one in Baltimore, where the scheme...
Tags: FBI, Gerald Ford, Bill Clinton, Libraries, Central Intelligence Agency
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Just say no to marijuana convictions
Should juries vote "not guilty" on low-level marijuana charges to send a message about our country's insane marijuana arrest policy? Jury nullification is a constitutional doctrine that allows juries to acquit defendants who are technically guilty but...Tags: Republican Party, New York City, Richard Nixon, The New York Times, Prisons
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Occupy Wall Street protesters are the extremists, not the tea party
Brian Phillips is the head of communications for the NYC General Assembly, the group primarily responsible for occupying Wall Street. I learned about him while listening to National Public Radio's "Morning Edition." According to NPR, Phillips is "an ex-...Tags: Harry Reid, Racism, Herman Cain, Lyndon LaRouche, NPR
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The United States is more than a country
The United States of America is the embodiment of the struggle of humanity to rise from the tyranny of feudalistic oppression. It is a laboratory where great experiments to discover the limits of human potential are performed. To quote from Thomas Paine&...Tags: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), John Adams
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88 books that shaped America, at the Library of Congress
Jacket CopyThe Library of Congress' list of 88 books that shaped America includes poetry, novels, nonfiction, a play, a polemic, books of science and grammar, cookbooks and children's books. What's it missing?... -
Cookbooks on '88 books that shaped America' list from Library of Congress
Tribune reportersA just-released list from the Library of Congress salutes 88 books that shaped America, all by American authors. It starts with Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and continues alphabetically on through "Beloved" by Toni Morrison, "Common...Tags: Mark Twain, Library of Congress, Oprah Winfrey, Pies and Tarts, Martha Stewart
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Mailbag: Catamaran took him around the globe
John Conser of Costa Mesa, a designer and builder of the Conser 47 catamaran, greeted David Pollitt, proud owner of the Conser 47, Shearwater, upon David's completion of a three-year, solo circumnavigation around the world. "Congratulations, David, on...
Tags: Oceans, Riviera Beach, Marco Rubio, Teachers, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
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Patrick Henry's Virginia home broadens view of historical figure
BROOKNEAL, Va. — Most Americans know Patrick Henry for one speech: "Give me liberty or give me death," delivered March 23, 1775, at St. John's Episcopal Church in Richmond, Va., during the Second Virginia Convention.
One place you can learn more...Tags: Memorial Day, Tourism and Leisure, Judges, Justice System, Thomas Jefferson
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Shadia: Islam's influence on the Founding Fathers
Even though I wasn't born or raised here, there's a reason I feel at home in America. America's principles align with Islam's teachings. In fact, America's principles are not just based on Judeo-Christian values, but Judeo-Christian-Islamic values. After...Tags: Civil Rights, Library of Congress, Qur'an, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Sculpture
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FRIDAY Surf City Splash Surf City Rotary Club of Huntington Beach and Boys & Girls Clubs of Huntington Valley host "Surf City Splash," a fundraising evening of dinner, dancing and auctions, at the Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort, 21100 Pacific Coast...Tags: Whole Foods Market, Restaurants, Vaccines, Culture, Dance
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PA is overdue for its second president as Santorum surges
How can it be that Pennsylvania, the state with the most precious historical legacy of all, has produced only one president?
This is the land of Thomas Paine and Benjamin Franklin, the Declaration of Independence, George Washington crossing the Delaware,...Tags: Republican Party, William Henry Harrison, Health Treatments, Rick Santorum, John F. Kennedy
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