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The Titanic: '...a finite mind cannot measure the Infinite'
There weren't any Harford County residents aboard the Titanic, or at least local newspaper accounts and obituaries published in the days and weeks following the sinking of the great ship in 1912 don't indicate anyone local perished, or was even aboard....
Tags: Primaries, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Havre de Grace, Theodore Roosevelt, Elections
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In Kansas speech, Obama finally finds his voice
The general rap against the Occupy Wall Street movement is that it has no clear leadership or goals. And a complaint of some Democrats against President Obama is that he hasn't found a way to get in front of it and harness its energy to work for his re-...Tags: Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Democratic Party, Companies and Corporations, Republican Party
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100 years later, Flowermart still blooming
It has been 100 years since Baltimore's ladies of the gentry decided to call attention to their efforts to beautify the city by holding a Flower Mart at the base of the Washington Monument in Mount Vernon, selling crab cakes their cooks prepared and...Tags: William Donald Schaefer, Religious Education, Riots, Music, Mount Vernon
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Presidential party
What better way to celebrate Presidents Day weekend than getting up close and personal with all 43 presidents — well, their lifelike wax figures, that is.
The Presidents Gallery at Madame Tussauds Washington opens this week with an unveiling of the...Tags: George Washington, Photography, Michelle Obama, Grover Cleveland, Tourism and Leisure
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Civil war events
Sesquicentennial events abound as the four-year observance of the Civil War begins this week. Here's a sampler of those upcoming in the next few months:
Maryland
Baltimore, April 15-17: Commemorative events, living-history exhibits and a grand...Tags: Manassas (Manassas, Virginia), History, Minority Groups, The Washington Post, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)
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Into the deep freeze... single digits Friday night
Maryland WeatherForecasters out at Sterling are warning of bitter cold by the end of this week as cold air from the Yukon rolls in. They foresee temperatures in the single digits in parts of the Baltimore region by Friday night or Saturday......Tags: Weather Reports, Weather Warnings, Maryland, Lehigh Valley Weather
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Bel Air throws parade for skater
Sun reporterShe was ushered through the heart of her hometown as adoring fans snapped her picture and screamed her name, and she later listened as a bevy of elected officials sang her praises and handed her enough proclamations, gift baskets and bouquets to fill a...Tags: Local Elections, George Bush, 2016 Olympic Games, Ice Skating, 2010 Winter Olympic Games
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State funeral is bound by rules and tradition
From Wire ReportsWASHINGTON - Former President Ronald Reagan will be memorialized at the first presidential state funeral in more than three decades, a ritual rich in traditions from the country's earliest days. Presidents, former presidents and presidents-elect are...Tags: History, John Quincy Adams, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, William McKinley
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Gov. Scott Walker and the danger of the recall movement
I'm a lifelong Democrat and a career educator. So I'm predictably appalled by Wisconsin's Republican Gov. Scott Walker, who has cut spending for schools and stripped teachers — and most of the state's public workers — of collective...
Tags: Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Punishment, Interior Policy, Scott Walker
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Banks lost track of their mission, values, RBC exec tells local audience
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comThe root of the Great Recession which began in 2008 in the United States, shriveling up bank accounts and withering cash flow, is simple to banking executive and author John G. Taft. Taft, the great-grandson of the 27th U.S. President William H. Taft and...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Finance, Financial and Business Services, Royal Bank of Canada, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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A Century Later, Male Politicians Still Don't Get It
The Hartford CourantThe political "war on women" has been in the spotlight recently, so it might not shock you to read a prominent newspaper headline blaring, "Never before in the history of the United States have women taken a deeper interest in a presidential campaign than...Tags: Democratic Party, Rick Santorum, Heart Attack, Republican Party, U.S. Electoral College
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Having a heat wave
jnatalie-lees@aberdeennews.comAberdeen experienced the warmest March in more than 100 years, according to data from the National Weather Service in Aberdeen. The average temperature was 43.8 degrees, the second warmest March since daily temperature records have been kept. The average...Tags: Winter Solstice, Weather Statistics
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