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    Aug 25, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  1. Deaths elsewhere

    STANLEY H. KAPLAN, 90 Test preparation company founder The founder of the Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Centers Ltd., who built the nation's first test preparation company, has died. He was 90. Stanley H. Kaplan passed away from natural...
  2. Aug 14, 2009 |Column| Baltimore Sun
  3. At least the health reform bill is good for somebody: lobbyists

    There is no government that doesn't demand tribute from those it rules. The French political philosopher Frederic Bastiat famously argued that all government is in essence organized theft. It can safely be said that government is the biggest, baddest gang...

    Tags: Government Health Care, Insurance, Private Health Care, Medical Services, Barack Obama

  4. Aug 25, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  5. Stanley H. Kaplan dies at 90; founded test-prep company

    Stanley H. Kaplan, the founder and namesake of the nation's first test-preparation company, died of heart failure Sunday at his home in New York City. He was 90.
    Times Staff And Wire Reports
    Stanley H. Kaplan, the founder and namesake of the nation's first test-preparation company, died of heart failure Sunday at his home in New York City. He was 90. Kaplan started a tutoring company in his parents' Brooklyn home in 1938. In 1946, a...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, New York Times, Teaching and Learning, Death and Dying, Newspapers

  6. Aug 17, 2009 |Story| WTVR-LTV
  7. McDonnell Up In New Washington Post Poll

    The Republican who wants to be Virginia's next governor is maintaining a lead over his Democratic opponent in a new poll.
    Producer
    The Republican who wants to be Virginia's next governor is maintaining a lead over his Democratic opponent in a new poll. The new Washington Post survey shows 47% of registered voters backing Bob McDonnell, with 40% supporting Creigh Deeds. The poll...

    Tags: CBS Corp., Bob McDonnell

  8. Aug 19, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  9. "60 Minutes" Creator Don Hewitt Dies 86

    Don Hewitt, the innovative television news pioneer who changed the face of broadcast journalism in 1968 as the creator and executive producer of " 60 Minutes," the long-running CBS News powerhouse that launched the TV newsmagazine genre and turned a ticking stopwatch into a journalistic icon, died today. He was 86.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    Don Hewitt, the innovative television news pioneer who changed the face of broadcast journalism in 1968 as the creator and executive producer of " 60 Minutes," the long-running CBS News powerhouse that launched the TV newsmagazine genre and turned a...

    Tags: Journalism, World War II (1939-1945), CBS Corp., John F. Kennedy, Robert J Thompson

  10. Aug 15, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  11. Margaret Bush Wilson dies at 90; first black woman to head national NAACP board

    Margaret Bush Wilson, the first African American woman to head the national NAACP board of directors, and who was ousted in 1983 after a public feud with its executive director, died Tuesday  at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis of multiple organ failure. She was 90.
    Margaret Bush Wilson, the first African American woman to head the national NAACP board of directors, and who was ousted in 1983 after a public feud with its executive director, died Tuesday at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis of multiple organ...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, Homes, NAACP, Real Estate Agents, Lawyers

  12. Aug 19, 2009 |Story| Associated Press
  13. Afghan election could undermine political strength of Taliban

    KABUL (AP) — Some voted eagerly, but many held back and waited to hear if the Taliban would make good on vows of violence Thursday in Afghanistan's presidential election.
    AP National Security Writer
    KABUL (AP) — Some voted eagerly, but many held back and waited to hear if the Taliban would make good on vows of violence Thursday in Afghanistan's presidential election. Those who defied the militants' threats and went to the polls displayed a...

    Tags: Economic Policy, Hamid Karzai, Terrorism, Polls, Defense

  14. Jul 13, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  15. Video game depiction of Navy football gets more real

    Washington Post reporter
    When Navy junior wide receiver Mario Washington gets his hands on NCAA Football 10, the latest edition of the popular EA Sports video game, he will immediately pull up the Midshipmen and see how accurately the game represents his team. For the most part,...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, Firearms, Defense, Satellite and Cable Service, Animation

  16. Jul 20, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  17. Obama Demands Congress Move Quickly On Healthcare Reform

    President Obama, calling the need for healthcare reform "urgent" and "indisputable," said today that it is not his own political fortune that is at stake, but rather the health of the nation's economy.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    President Obama, calling the need for healthcare reform "urgent" and "indisputable," said today that it is not his own political fortune that is at stake, but rather the health of the nation's economy. "The need for reform is urgent, and it is...

    Tags: Polls, Private Health Care, Los Angeles Times, Barack Obama, Hospitals and Clinics

  18. Jul 18, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  19. Walter Cronkite dies at 92; longtime CBS anchorman

    Walter Cronkite, the television newsman whose steady baritone informed, reassured and guided the nation during the tumultuous 1960s and '70s and who was still regarded as "the most trusted man in America" years after leaving his CBS anchor chair, has died. He was 92.
    Walter Cronkite, the television newsman whose steady baritone informed, reassured and guided the nation during the tumultuous 1960s and '70s and who was still regarded as "the most trusted man in America" years after leaving his CBS anchor chair, has...

    Tags: Houston, Journalism, World War II (1939-1945), CBS Corp., United States

  20. Jul 27, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  21. Betty Allen dies at 82; mezzo-soprano and music teacher

    Betty Allen, one of the first African American singers to reach prominence on the international opera stage, died June 22 of complications from kidney disease at a hospital in Valhalla, N.Y. She was 82.
    Betty Allen, one of the first African American singers to reach prominence on the international opera stage, died June 22 of complications from kidney disease at a hospital in Valhalla, N.Y. She was 82. If contralto Marian Anderson in the 1930s and 1940s...

    Tags: Music Theater, Maytag Corporation, New York Times, Leontyne Price, Virgil Thomson

  22. Jul 27, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  23. Harold W. Snider dies at 61; blind activist helped craft disability legislation

    Harold W. Snider, a prominent advocate for the blind who helped craft legislation that expanded the civil rights of Americans with disabilities and aided in the launching of an audible newspaper service, died June 26 at his home in Rockville, Md., after a...

    Tags: George H.W. Bush, Colleges and Universities, University of Oxford, New York Times, Los Angeles Times

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