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Yale grad, philanthropist, pros win at poker World Series
O, by the WayThe World Series of Poker going on in Las Vegas right now always produces its share of intriguing human interest stories.In the last few days, winners of tournaments included a few famous TV poker personalities and a couple of less......Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Human Rights, Casino and Gambling Industry, Casino and Gambling
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Top 10 Freeways We Can Do Without
KickingTiresLiving in the city has its pros and cons. One con that would make the top five in a ???Family Feud??? survey would obviously be the traffic, as overpopulated urban streets often leave cities paralyzed during rush hour. When highways......Tags: Transportation, Road Transportation
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Hofstra: Scenes from a Debate III: Lonely Mac Man
Spin CycleNewsday's team at Hofstra continues to gather color from around the campus as the debate draws near. You can read them here, including: Patrick Whittle, sighting a flicker of the GOP's charges about voter fraud on a sign held......Tags: Republican Party, Boston Red Sox, John McCain, Civil Rights
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New York has third-least broadcast-only TV homes
WatchdogInspired by the item four posts down about Barry Horn's list of the markets with the lowest percentage of pay TV customers, I wondered about the top 10, figuring New York would be in it. Sure enough . . .......Tags: Palm Springs (Riverside, California), Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), West Palm Beach, Consumer Electronics Industry
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Obama's crowd: Record 2 million?
The Swampby Mark Silva and Richard Simon In the business of crowd estimation, the National Mall is something of a riddle: The National Park Service will not count the crowd. But those sitting on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, some......Tags: United States, Tourism and Leisure, Washington Monument, Barack Obama, Gardens and Parks
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Did a Bush steal Geronimo's bones?
The Swampby Frank James Some news stories leave you wondering just what to believe. A small New York Times story falls into that category. An excerpt: HOUSTON -- The descendants of Geronimo have sued Skull and Bones, a secret society at......Tags: George W. Bush, National Government, World War I (1914-1918), Yale University, Oliver Stone
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Top 10 Places to Hear Good Jazz While You Eat
Dining@LargeBecause I'm on vacation this week, I'm turning Top 10 Tuesday over to a guest poster.I've been thinking about doing this for awhile, but I hadn't hit on the right person. Then Barry Glassman, founder of the Baltimore Jazz Alliance,......Tags: Restaurants, Barry Glassman, Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking
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Supreme Court: Race in hiring, promoting
The Swampby David G. Savage With Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. leading the way, the Supreme Court debated today whether to put stricter limits on the use of race as a factor in deciding who gets hired or promoted.......Tags: Antonin Scalia, Court Administration, Lawyers, Local Government, Justice System
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Obama's new top-court nominee: Reaction begins
Spin CyclePresident Barack Obama's selection of Sonia Sotomayor for the U.S. Supreme Court has two predictable consequences: Celebration of the first Hispanic appointment -- she's Puerto Rican from the Bronx -- mingled with "conservative" admonishments that she's...Tags: United States, Sonia Sotomayor, Barack Obama, Fires
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Republicans, 'racism' & Latino pride
The Swampby Mark Silva In the course of any debate, the most extreme views have a way of overshadowing sensible discourse. And they have a way of backfiring on the most extreme debaters -- iand perhaps their entire party, when the......Tags: National Government, National or Ethnic Minorities, Parties and Movements, Court Administration, Minority Groups
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Firefighters: Sotomayor's benchmark?
The Swampby James Oliphant The Supreme Court's reversal Monday of a discrimination ruling involving a group of white Connecticut firefighters has provided critics of high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor with some fresh ammunition. Republican senators and...Tags: Court Administration, Minority Groups, Mitch McConnell, Local Government, Parliament
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Firefighters victims of discrimination
The Swampby David G. Savage The Supreme Court ruled today that white firefighters who lost promotions in New Haven, Conn., were victims of illegal racial discrimination, with the court holding that employers should not rely on "raw racial statistics" to set......Tags: Antonin Scalia, United States, Court Administration, Minority Groups, Local Government
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