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Celebrating Independence Day in Philadelphia
No one does Fourth of July like Philadelphia! Though sometimes, celebrating the birth of our nation in our nation's birthplace can be a little overwhelming so we took the leg work out of planning the holiday weekend for you. We scoured the internet...Tags: Hamburgers, Washington (U.S. state), Festive Events, Music Industry, Tourism and Leisure
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Germantown Archaeological Dig at Upsala
Staff reporterBetter Philly Host Damian Muziani is at Upsala National Register Historic Site in Germantown with Jack Kitchen, President & CEO of OARC, where students from the Martin Luther King School are digging up some of America's history! On Monday, September...Tags: New York, Fashion Shows, Entertainment, Meredith Corporation
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Letters to the Editor - May 25
Today’s GOP leaders offer no future at all To the editor: I’m sick of hearing Pennsylvania’s Republican legislators brag that they haven’t raised taxes and rant about cutting spending. Because of them, property taxes have risen...Tags: Republican Party, Baseball, Public Officials, Students, Sports
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H.H. Brookins dies at 86; pastor was influential black leader
The Rev. Hamel Hartford Brookins, an influential bishop and former pastor of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles who became a political power broker, civil rights leader and mentor to former Mayor Tom Bradley, the Rev. Jesse...Tags: Robert F. Kennedy, Christianity, Religion and Belief, Civil Rights, Human Interest
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Petoskey council OKs updates for fireworks rules
PETOSKEY — An update to Petoskey’s city rules concerning fireworks use and sales received unanimous approval Monday from the city council. Officials pursued the ordinance change to bring the local rules into compliance with recently changed...
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Gays may have the fastest of all civil rights movements
SAN FRANCISCO — In 1958, the Gallup Poll asked Americans whether they approved or disapproved of marriage between blacks and whites. The response was overwhelming: 94% were opposed, a sentiment that held for decades. It took nearly 40 years until...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Harvey Milk, Gallup, Inc., NBC (tv network), Civil Rights
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San Francisco street to be renamed for Nancy Pelosi
L.A. NOWHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will join the likes of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. after a San Francisco street is named in her honor.... -
Several Indy Parks pools to open this weekend
Nine Indy Parks pools and aquatic centers will open this Saturday with 10 others opening on June 9. "These are great way for families to spend time together especially this summer where we are offering new evening hours you have daylight that extends...
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Protest groups move into place as G-8 Summit begins
andrews@herald-mail.comWith world leaders on their way to Camp David for a Group of Eight summit, protesters trickled into nearby Thurmont to speak their minds. The movement started slowly Friday morning, with just two representatives of the Larouche Political Action Committee...Tags: Activism, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Germany, Barack Obama, Cheng Yu-tung
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Gayle on the Go: Southland Events for May 19 & 20
KTLA NewsSouthland Events for May 19 & 20, 2012 Saturday @ 8am to 2pm Western Costume Company's Centennial Spring Cleaning Sale 11041 Vanowen Street North Hollywood 818 760 0900 www.westerncostume.com Costumes and accessories from 50-cent to 300-dollars are...Tags: Radio, Festive Events, Christianity, Rose Bowl Game, Arts and Culture
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Romney's Prep School Memories Unforgettable
The Hartford CourantIt is possible, although just barely, that Mitt Romney cannot conjure up the memory of youthful actions that today would be considered borderline felonious. Such, however, was the gist of his comment on a story in the Washington Post that he, as a...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Teaching and Learning, Mitt Romney, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Windsor (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Rev. Marion Bascom, civil rights activist and pastor, dies
The Rev. Marion C. Bascom, a leading Baltimore civil rights activist remembered for his lifetime quest for social justice, died of a heart attack Thursday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He was 87 and lived in Reservoir Hill.
"A giant has...Tags: Health, New York City, Howard University, Crime, Law and Justice, University of Maryland Medical Center
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