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50th anniversary of John Glenn's Friendship 7 flight
Maryland WeatherFrom the Sun's print edition:Baltimore Sun librarian Paul McCardell offers this post: "Godspeed, John Glenn." Fellow astronaut Scott Carpenter spoke those words 50 years ago on Feb. 20, 1962, during the launch of Mercury spacecraft "Friendship 7." On bo.....Tags: Space Programs, United States Naval Academy, Washington, DC
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Oval Office gets a makeover
The Swampby Mike Memoli While President Obama was on vacation, his West Wing office got a bit of a face lift, complete with a new rug, fresh wallpaper and paint, and new furniture -- all done at no taxpayer expense, the......Tags: Furniture, George W. Bush, Theodore Roosevelt, Barack Obama, White House
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Obama's Kennedy bond deepens
The Swampby Mike Dorning MIDDLETOWN, Conn.--Barack Obama's connection to the Kennedy mystique deepens today as he steps into the shoes of Sen. Edward Kennedy to deliver a commencement address at Wesleyan University. The address, which will sound a call to public.....Tags: Political Candidates, Political Campaigns, Hillary Clinton, Elections, Barack Obama
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Which year of the Sixties are YOU reliving?
Spin CycleEarlier in the presidential race, the Hillary Clinton candidacy seemed to echo the 1968 campaign of Republican Richard Nixon. Like her, Nixon left a secondary role in the White House nearly eight years earlier and had high negatives. Yet he......Tags: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Richard Nixon, Robert F. Kennedy, White House
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Obama: Clinton's RFK remark fatigue
The Swampby Mike Dorning SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico-- Barack Obama said Saturday that he accepted rival Hillary Clinton's explanation that she made an innocent gaffe in citing Robert F. Kennedy's June 1968 assassination as a justification for continuing her long-shot...Tags: Political Candidates, Primaries, Health and Safety at School, Hillary Clinton, Puerto Rico
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Obama vs. McCain: Study in contrasts
The Swampby Mark Silva In their age, experience, race, faith in the power of government and views of a complex world, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain offer American voters one of the sharpest contrasts in candidates for the presidency in......Tags: Political Candidates, National Government, George Washington, Defense, Armed Forces
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Religion's role in elections past, present
The Swampby Rona Marech When it became known in late 1976 that the Plains Baptist Church had a 12-year-old policy on its books that excluded "blacks and other civil rights agitators" from worshiping there, its most prominent member - soon-to-be-president Jimmy.......Tags: Political Candidates, Jeremiah Wright, National Government, Same-Sex Marriage, Jerry Falwell
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Viloria-Fisher is voted in as deputy PO of Suffolk Leg.
Spin CycleDemocratic Legis. Vivian Viloria-Fisher today won the post of deputy presiding officer. For her 10-vote majority, nine came from the Democratic caucus and one from Republican Jay Schneiderman of Montauk. Democrat Rick Montano abstained. During debate,... -
Obama veep vetter quits
The SwampJim Johnson on Capitol Hill, Monday, June 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) by Mike Dorning Updated An embattled member of Barack Obama's vice presidential search team quit today following criticism of favorable loans he received from a subprime.......Tags: Political Candidates, Countrywide Financial Corp., Housing and Urban Planning, Fannie Mae, Corporate Officers
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Obama v.p. list includes ex-military brass
The Swampby Mike Dorning Barack Obama's vice presidential search team is considering former military leaders among potential choices, said a senator who spoke with the vetting team today. Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), who met with members of the Obama vice...Tags: Kent Conrad, Fannie Mae, Defense, Caroline Kennedy, Government
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In politics, Chicago takes center stage
The SwampSen. Barack Obama and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Friday, June 6, 2008, during an unscheduled stop at the Chicago 2016 Olympic Rally in Chicago at Daley Plaza.(Chicago Tribune photo by Heather Stone) by Amanda Erickson Chicago's taking a......Tags: Parties and Movements, The Second City, National Government, Richard Nixon, Barack Obama
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Al Gore for Obama: Cites JFK on youth
The Swampby Mark Silva Al Gore, with a mixture of respect for Republican John McCain and dismissal of the claim of experience that the Arizona senator is making in his camapign for president, spoke out for Barack Obama last night with......Tags: Political Candidates, National Government, Al Gore, Government, John McCain
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