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Rolling Road lived up to its name in the early 1900s
100 Years Ago Rolling out the welcome mat In the Times social column: "Mr. Henry J. Bender has returned to his home on Rolling Road after visiting friends in New York City. Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Davis have returned to their home on Rolling Road after...Tags: Movies, Patapsco, Africa, Poland, World War II (1939-1945)
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Obama to ask Congress for power to combine agencies
President Obama is asking Congress for fast-track authority to shrink the federal government, creating an election-year talking point even if House Republicans reject his request. Obama's plan — to do away with the Department of Commerce and...Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Layoffs and Downsizing, Business, Elections
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Tensions grow at Occupy L.A. as deadline nears
Activists and L.A. officials faced difficult choices over the next phase of the Occupy L.A. movement as a 12:01 Monday deadline approached for the departure of nearly 700 protesters from an encampment on City Hall grounds.
On Sunday evening, Mayor...Tags: Occupy Wall Street, Demonstration, John Barrymore, Political Dissent, Freedom of the Press
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Letters to the Editor - Sept. 30
Dreyfuss’ efforts should be applauded To the editor: I applaud the efforts of Richard Dreyfuss to establish The Dreyfuss Initiative to advocate for the return of civics as a core course in public school education. The need to understand our...Tags: Constitutional Issues, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Jerusalem (Israel), Richard Dreyfuss, United Nations
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Remembering the Hoovervilles of 1932
It was the spring of 1932, and veterans of World War I were camped in a Hooverville (a shanty town built by the homeless and named after President Hoover) near Anacostia in a muddy field. They had constructed tents from any piece of debris they could find...Tags: Armed Conflicts, World War I (1914-1918), U.S. Congress, Veterans Affairs, Elections
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Opinion: CEOs Need A Salary Cap
KPLR11.comIf you are like a lot of office workers these days, getting a raise is no easy achievement. The economy has been tough, spending has been tight and that's left a lot of workers with a pay freeze. But we have some good news. There are signs the economy...Tags: Corporate Officers, Labor Legislation, Employees, Babe Ruth, Wages and Pensions
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PASSINGS: Hubert Schlafly, Alice Ward, Emil 'Jack' Kluever, Philip F. Jones
Hubert Schlafly
Inventor of the teleprompter
Hubert "Hub" Schlafly, 91, a key member of the team that invented the teleprompter, died April 20 at a hospital in Stamford, Conn., after a brief illness.
Schlafly helped start the TelePrompTer Corp.,...Tags: Boston, Southeast Missouri State University , Television Industry, Judges, Irving Berlin
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Mailbag: Government could learn from Congress of the '90s
I would like to add to Mr. Lightfoot's argument about the Roosevelt administration in prolonging the Great Depression. After President Hoover tried to tax America into being prosperous, FDR decided he would even do bigger tax increases in the name of...Tags: Republican Party, University of California, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Heads of State, Government
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'My Father's Bonus March' by Adam Langer
My Father's
Bonus March
Adam Langer
Spiegel & Grau: 244 pp., $26
In June 1932, at the height of the Great Depression, a ragtag collection of World War I veterans converged on Washington, D.C., to demand money the government had promised them. About...Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Family, Documentary (genre), Corporate Crime, Veterans Affairs
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Economy: Does Obama know what he's doing?
Spin CycleWe don't claim to be economists here (that's probably obvious), but occasionally wonder how it is that economic collapse suddenly fills the politicians with great confidence that they can and should spend money like drunken sailors. If you have......Tags: Barack Obama, Economic Policy, United States, National Government, Public Finance
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Arrested Attempted Murder Suspect Commits 22 Felonies In The Last Year
Staff reporterA Ponchatoula man accused of attempted murder of an elderly victim during a recent home invasion was arrested on a total of 39 charges in the last year, including 22 felonies and four burglaries in the month. Ponchatoula Assistant Chief of Police Jim...Tags: Trials, Prisons, Murder, Joshua Jackson, Police Arrests
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'Nothing to Fear' by Adam Cohen
Nothing to Fear FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America Adam Cohen Penguin Press: 372 pp., $29.95 Adam Cohen's cogent chronicle of the pell-mell opening months of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's administration couldn't be...Tags: Richard J. Daley, Biography (genre), Great Depression (1929), Sociology, Literature
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