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Rex Scouten dies at 88; longtime White House chief usher
Rex Scouten, whose 48-year career in the White House began with the Trumans and ended with the Clintons, and whose duties included helping first families transition to their oversized new home, died Feb. 20 at a hospital near his home in Fairfax, Va. He...
Tags: Nancy Reagan, John F. Kennedy, Rosalynn Carter, White House, U.S. Army
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Revelers worldwide start to mark St. Patrick's Day
NEW YORK (AP) — Crowds cheered and bagpipes bellowed as New York City's annual St. Patrick's Day parade kicked off Saturday, and people with a fondness for anything Irish began a weekend of festivities from the Louisiana bayou to Dublin. With the...
Tags: Republic of Ireland, White House, Dublin (Ireland), Symbols and Symbolism, Shamrock
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100+ people are charged with paddlefish poaching at Warsaw
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Known as the “Paddlefish Capital of the World,” Warsaw, Missouri, is a favorite area for many of Missouri’s approximately 16,000 sport paddlefish snaggers because of its location along the Osage River. Agents...
Tags: Aquaculture, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Caviar, Prices, Police Arrests
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How budget cuts could affect you
Government agencies are already taking steps to comply with automatic spending cuts that took effect March 1. Some examples: ___ AIRCRAFT CARRIER One of the Navy's premiere warships, the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, sits pierside in...Tags: Taxation, Credit and Debt, Labor Markets, Job Layoffs, Afghanistan
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Mattis: No enemy advantage due to Truman delay
Postponing the combat deployment of a Norfolk-based aircraft carrier will not compromise the safety of troops in the Middle East, a top U.S. general told Congress Tuesday. Marine Gen. James Mattis, commander of U.S. Central Command, said defense...
Tags: The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Congress, Naval Station Norfolk, Bill Nelson, Chuck Hagel
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USS Harry S. Truman makes news -- in Russia
Americans aren't the only ones interested in what happens to Norfolk-based aircraft carriers. The Voice of Russia has noted how budget cuts have cancelled the combat deployment of the USS Harry S. Truman. It quotes a story from The Telegraph and notes...Tags: Russia, Aircraft Carriers, Military Equipment, U.S. Department of Defense, Armed Forces
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The stupid sequester -- and you
Tired of the sequester yet? The automatic cuts to federal spending don’t start until Friday, and even then their effects will only be gradual. But Washington is already in a frenzy over a crisis that the two parties have brought on themselves with...
Tags: Job Layoffs, Republican Party, Mitch McConnell, Elections, U.S. Senate
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Letters: Truman and civil rights
Re "Harry Truman, Lincoln's heir," Opinion, Feb. 17 Robert Shogan is correct that President Harry S. Truman did more for the cause of African American rights than his predecessor Franklin D. Roosevelt or his successor Dwight D. Eisenhower. Yet...
Tags: Woodrow Wilson, U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Rights, U.S. Army, The Home Depot
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Former Army general speaks at Letterkenny for Black History Month
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comLetterkenny Army Depot’s first African-American commander spoke during the Chambersburg base’s annual Black History Month observance. Retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert C. Gaskill Sr. was the guest speaker at Wednesday’s event held in...Tags: Sociology, Black History, U.S. Army, African-American History Month, Culture
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Actor burned at Lyric Opera of Chicago dress rehearsal; father there
A performer with Lyric Opera of Chicago suffered serious burns Monday afternoon when his face went up in flames during a dress rehearsal of Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg” at the Civic Opera House in Chicago. Wesley Daniel,...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Celebrities, Civic Opera House, Roosevelt University, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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Dad watches as son injured at Lyric Opera: 'You don't believe it'
Tribune reportersA day after he was burned while playing a fire-breathing stilt walker at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, actor Wesley Daniel was doing well and sending out photos of himself at the hospital, according to friends and relatives. "He’s all bandaged up but...Tags: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Roosevelt University, Lyric Opera of Baltimore, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Health and Safety at Work
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America needs a larger-than-life leader to awaken from its slumber
Has American public life always been dominated by Lilliputians? Have we always had more shlemiels than heroes? If not, who were some of our relatively recent larger-than-life leaders, what did they have in common, and why don't we have (m)any equal to...Tags: Civil Rights, Democratic Party, Highway Transportation, World War II (1939-1945), Satellite Technology
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