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| Commentary: 'War on coal' and other mythical causes Kansas City Star The state stayed in the Union during the Civil War, yet many Kentuckians switched sides and mythologized the Confederacy after the war was over. Long after everyone else recognized smoking's deadly toll, Kentucky leaders remained apologists for tobacco ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Winning the debt ceiling tug-of-war won't be easy for either side Kansas City Star Recent polls aren't definitive on who's winning the budget tug-of-war. While Obama insists that most Americans agree with him that it's necessary to raise the debt ceiling, a recent Gallup poll concluded otherwise. Gallup found that 53 percent of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Brian Viloria Unseats Pingo Miranda: A War in Hawaii BoxingScene.com By Chris LaBate Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, Hawaii - In another fight of the year candidate, Brian Viloria (29-3, 16KOs) captured the WBO flyweight title with a twelve round unanimous decision over Julio Cesar "Pingo" Miranda (35-6-1, 28KOs) in a war ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Jane Fonda jabs at QVC over canceled TV appearance Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A new controversy over Oscar winner Jane Fonda's Vietnam War activism caused the actress to come out swinging against home shopping TV network QVC on Saturday, over what she described as its caving in to "extremist" pressure to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Iran's response to Second Lebanon War is Israel's gain Ha'aretz Even if the Second Lebanon War wasn't a zero-sum game in which one side's defeat is the other side's victory, if Nasrallah and Iran are dissatisfied with the war's results, Israel's situation has improved. By Yossi Melman It has been five years since ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Juan Manuel Marquez Vows: It Will Be War With Pacquiao BoxingScene.com We can give the fans a war. (Floyd) Mayweather is so defensive a fighter...but with Pacquiao, it's going to be a war," Marquez said. Los Hermanos Marquez, Juan Manuel and Rafael, topped a festive boxing show Saturday night at the Plaza de Toros in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| News Corp war - Fury of Rupert Murdoch's daughter as hacking scandal rips ... Scottish Daily Record NEWS Corp executives were back in crisis talks yesterday amid claims that Rupert Murdoch's children are at war over the company's meltdown. The media magnate's daughter Elisabeth had reportedly blamed the former News International chief executive ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Civil War Road Show pulls into Chambersburg Chambersburg Public Opinion Civil War 150 Road Show Friday in Chambersburg. By MORGAN YOUNG The past has become the present with the arrival of the Franklin Historical Society-Kittochtinny hosted PA Civil War Road Show. The exhibition, housed on a 53-foot trailer, visits all of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Manassas: Grim reality of Civil War's first major battle hit both sides Richmond Times Dispatch By Katherine Calos Until the battle began here on July 21, 1861, Americans on both sides of the Civil War thought of it almost as an adventure. A volley or two would make the enemy flee. The war would be over quickly and practically bloodlessly. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Historical Association gathering information on Civil War Plattsburgh Press Republican he role Clinton County played in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 have been well-documented and highly commemorated by the local community. However, the region's place in history when it comes to the Civil War has often taken a back seat. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Afghan turf war 'could embolden Taliban' Sky News Australia The assassination of the Afghan president's brother may trigger a turf war for control of the country's critical south that could embolden the Taliban and reverse NATO gains, analysts say. Kandahar - birthplace of the Taliban, home to President Hamid ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mumbai lessons: How not to fight this war Times of India A week after the 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai, then Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan called a high-level meeting to discuss a strategy to combat terrorism in the country's financial capital. At the meeting, the government decided to modernize ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Divers renew mine detonation bid BBC News Royal Navy divers are to make a second attempt to blow up a live World War II mine which was dredged up off the Essex coast. The 2000lb (900kg) German parachute mine was found on Friday eight miles off Clacton. It was due to be detonated on Saturday ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Should African-Americans commemorate the Civil War? Salisbury Post By Reginald W. Brown The American Civil War and the fight for civil rights began 150 years ago. The sesquicentennial finds many American descendents of enslaved Africans shrugging their shoulders and saying, "So what?" When told that the war freed over ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gilmour's behaviour angers war veterans Cambridge News War veterans have branded Cambridge University student Charlie Gilmour a disgrace for swinging from the Cenotaph during a day of violent protests. The son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour was spending his first night in jail yesterday after being ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| David Williams column: Second civil war will have no winners Fond du Lac Reporter Make no mistake: We are at war with ourselves. At the moment, it remains a cold war. However, I shudder to think of what would happen if this seemingly irrevocable conflict — this subtle civil war — escalates into true violence, especially when one ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| The Confederate Secret Service: A little-known Civil War story Anniston Star It's a little-known story that might well be overshadowed in the many events commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Although the Confederate spies failed to ignite any buildings at St. Albans, near Lake Champlain, they did rob three ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Civil War meant okra coffee, wallpaper-edition newspaper The Tennessean Karel Lea Biggs gave a lecture on civilian life during the Civil War to the Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society on Saturday in Nashville. / Jeanne Reasonover / The Tennessean The audience of about 40 sat riveted during most of Karel Lea Biggs' ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Augusta memorial respects Spanish-American war The Augusta Chronicle By Luke Thompson Georgia's last Spanish-American War veteran, Joseph Reese, died in 1984. Nathan Cook, the nation's last veteran from the short war in 1898, died eight years later. Kenneth Robison (center) and his group honoring the legacies of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Throughout St. Paul, and beyond, traces remain of Civil War Pioneer Press (Pioneer Press: John Doman) Minnesota's role in the Civil War started not long after the first shots were fired. It became the first state to volunteer men for the Union Army when Gov. Alexander Ramsey, who was in Washington, DC, when the skirmish at ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| A man who put the world in his orbit Philadelphia Inquirer He was born in a country that, in the years just after World War I, was self-conscious about its strength, nervous about its role, reluctant to confront either. He grew up in an innocent time (the 1920s) in an innocent place (New Concord, Ohio), ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| War games, not debates, are what this race needs Philadelphia Inquirer Last week's National Summit on Energy Security in Washington featured "Oil ShockWave," described as "a fast-paced war-game simulation" in which participants "grapple with spiraling oil prices and geopolitical turmoil delivered in a lifelike environment ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Civil War hero was headed for great things Zanesville Times Recorder James Birdseye McPherson, the highest ranking Union officer killed during the Civil War. It struck me that most of us outside of Clyde know little about this Civil War hero who apparently was headed for great things had he survived the war. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Civil War: Confederate plan was simple, logical, effective in Battle of ... Carroll County Times In the previous Civil War column, we began a close look at the Battle of Cold Harbor, the epic struggle, which began June 1, 1864, and was over in essentially 20 minutes. The result was a solid Union defeat, and included some 12000 Northern casualties. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| One rich guy's unending war on light rail The Seattle Times Later he added: "The war is over and the rail zealots have won." Spoke too soon. Because the war is back on. We are going to fight about light rail all over again this year. Not because there's much new to this story. Sound Transit, the agency building ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| South Carolina beach city remembers black Civil War soldiers KFOR FOLLY BEACH, South Carolina (Reuters) -- The tiny island city of Folly Beach, South Carolina, paid tribute this week to Union soldiers whose bones were found there more than a century after the Civil War ended. Residents, visitors and Civil War ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Foundation members use varied skills to support battlefield Springfield News-Leader Wilson's Creek National Battlefield park ranger John Sutton shows Henry Dawson, 8, how to aim a cannon during a recent Civil War encampment demonstration sponsored by the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Foundation. / Nathan Papes News-Leader The ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Fiscal fact check Charlotte Observer Federal spending has recently been higher as a percentage of the nation's economic output than at any time since World War II. But by the same measure, Washington's revenues are the lowest in more than 60 years. So does the US have "a spending problem ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Corinth Area CVB offers new Civil War opportunities The Republic The Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau has launched a web site that highlights the area's Civil War Sesquicentennial events. CVB Director Kristy White tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal that since Corinth played such an important ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Stan Statham: Split would settle California's Civil War Record-Searchlight Shortly after l859, the Civil War interceded and Congress took no further action. More than 130 years later, the feelings for dividing were still strong in 1992 when voters in 27 counties approved dividing California. When I began my move in the early ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| For Revolutionary War hero's kin, the doctor is in Reading Eagle By Rose Schneider Descendants of Revolutionary War hero Dr. Bodo Otto Sr. gathered Saturday to honor the 300th anniversary of the Reading surgeon's birth. A group of 19 family members circled around the monument dedicated to Otto at Reading's Trinity ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Rios Wins War of Attrition with Antillon SecondsOut At this point, the war of attrition had been fully ignited and both fighters scored before the round came to a close. With the crowd beckoning for more, the bell signaled round two. In the center of the ring, the two traded jabs and left hooks, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| LETTERS: The 'D' word; Old spending problem; another war; and more Colorado Springs Gazette Americans are justifiably concerned about prolonged wars in the Near East. However, another war in Mexico, should be something to cause worry. If one were to count the number of men, women, and children dying daily, the number would exceed the daily ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Exposing USA's largest secret shady War– More Dangerous Than Terrorism itself Hindustan Globe Fred Branfman just wrote "Obama's Secret Wars: How Our Shady Counter-Terrorism Policies Are More Dangerous Than Terrorism." Just like Sy Hersh was known for exposing the Mail Lai massacres Fred Branfman is known for having exposed the US and CIA secret ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Civil War anniversary: Cleburne's proposal to arm, free slavesMoving The ... The Daily Citizen By John Hutcheson Dalton-Whitfield Civil War 150th Commemoration Committee One of the many topics agitating the new Confederate States government in the spring of 1861 was the location of the national capital. Since February, the regime's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Home From War. dagblog (blog) by kgb999 7/16/2011 - 5:22 pm Spc. Nicholas W. Newby, 20, died Thursday, July 7, 2011, from injuries after insurgents attacked his convoy with an explosive in Baghdad. Newby's mother and father released a statement, noting their son could play a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Oklahoma City pilot was known for his closeness to faith, family and flying NewsOK.com When Sidney Emmert and Mike Loyd left Oklahoma City in Emmert's vintage World War II training plane, it was supposed to be a grand adventure circling the United States. Instead, it ended a day later on a Colorado mountainside. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Civil War Battle of Bull Run The Augusta Chronicle (blog) But, they were plunged into a country on the verge of civil war. The brothers separated in 1854 with Fritz moving to Union Point, Georgia, in Greene County, and Wiegand moving to New Haven, Connecticut. Three days after the Confederate capture of Ft. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Ceremony marks first Portlander to die in Civil War Press Herald By Kelley Bouchard kbouchard@mainetoday.com PORTLAND -- The sacrifice of the first Portland resident to die in the Civil War was recognized Saturday in a ceremony at a granite monument in Eastern Cemetery on Munjoy Hill. Sgt. Alonzo P. Stinson of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Shooting for segment of WWII documentary wraps up in Neb.; film to be shown at ... Greenfield Daily Reporter Filming for a World War II documentary for the National Park Service has wrapped up in Nebraska. The documentary being filmed by Huntingtown, Md.-based Signature Communications will look at the effect the war had on communities across the United States ... See all stories on this topic » |
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