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2009 Mummers Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE INFORMATION ABOUT THE 2009 NEW YEAR'S DAY MUMMERS PARADE EDITORS: If postponed, the Mummers Parade press credentials issued originally for coverage on New Year's Day will be honored on the postponement date. Philadelphia Mummers...Tags: New Year's Day, Health, Gardens and Parks, Festive Events, WGN
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FOOTBALL: Saints add 4
Four high school seniors will play football for coach Andy Carr this fall at Presentation College. Blake Olson was a 6-foot-2, 250-pound offensive tackle for Rapid City Central. A two-year starter, he helped anchor an offense that rushed for more than...Tags: Sports, Football, High School Sports, High Schools, Schools
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Letters to the Editor - May 23
Without fear of penalties, brokers will scam system To the editor: Tim Rowland’s Sunday Opinion column, “It takes talent to lose $2 billion,” is right on point. Clearly, rewarding those who screwed up the financial system with huge...Tags: Finance, France, Religion and Belief, U.S. Army, Church and State Relations
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Benjamin F. Litten, 91
Benjamin Franklin Litten, 91, of Boonsboro, Md., and formerly of Halfway, Md., passed away Sunday, May 20, 2012, at Fahrney-Keedy Home & Village in Boonsboro. He was born Dec. 9, 1920, in Quicksburg, Va., to the late Charles Edward and Elsie Davenport...
Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Funeral Parlor and Crematorium
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The freedom of man
Summit TownshipThe beginning of the mission statement for our group starts with this most important idea, "We, the Roof Garden Patriots, recognizing Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior…" We consider the inclusion of this precept of recognizing Jesus Christ as...Tags: Poetry, Crime, Law and Justice, Thomas Jefferson, Religion and Belief, Genesis (music group)
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Newsweek's 'gay president' cover was unfair to Pennsylvania
Pennsylvanians have justification for being upset over this week's Newsweek magazine cover, portraying President Barack Obama as "the first gay president."
That had to do with Obama's decision to come out, excuse the expression, in favor of same-sex...Tags: Richard Nixon, James Buchanan, Joe McCarthy, Thomas Jefferson, Newspaper and Magazine
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Pen Argyl High School wins 'Scholastic Scrimmage' championship
They rode out of the mountain Wednesday with purpose and pride.
Four Green Knights they were from tiny Pen Argyl High.
They carried not balls, bats and hats,
But brains packed with numbers, names and facts.
And thumbs, oh those thumbs they possessed....Tags: College Basketball, Basketball, Michael Evans, Lehigh University, Teaching and Learning
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City Lights: Benjamin Franklin: statesman and the bringer of 'Tau-fu'?
A few years ago, I visited the home of the blues and came away with a theory: If God wants to punish vegans, He sends them to Memphis. I came to that belief after nearly an hour trying to find an animal-free entrée on the posted menus on Beale Street,...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Health, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), John Bartram, Vegan Diet
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New leaf
To understand why the hiring of Brian Bannon as Chicago's public library commissioner caused a more-than-ordinary stir, let us quote a learned cultural authority. That authority is not Socrates. It is not Shakespeare. It is not Goethe. Nor is it...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Human Rights, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Health, Libraries
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More than just graduation day at FAU
Even before the grads in blue caps and gowns walked to their seats in the processional, their fans in the stands had cameras, camcorders and videos out, ready to record the big moment. It was the fourth of five graduation ceremonies of the largest...Tags: University of Pennsylvania, Florida Atlantic University, Health and Medical Professionals, Colleges and Universities, Health
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Students plan to protest social host ordinance
Laguna Beach High School students are challenging a proposed municipal law that would hold adults responsible if underage drinking takes place in their homes. The proposed social host ordinance would fine adults whether or not they are present when teens...Tags: PTA, Alcohol Addiction, Crime, Law and Justice, Teaching and Learning, Students
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Franklin County family thanks community for its help
ReporterA Franklin County family who lost everything in a fire wants to thank people for helping them. Their house on Rolling Road was destroyed last Friday. Since then the homeowner Joey Hall says the community has really stepped up to help him, his wife...Tags: Rentals
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