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Obama's Chrysler 300 on sale for $1 million
CNNMoneyA Chrysler 300C once leased by President Barack Obama is for sale on eBay with the eye-popping "opening bid" of $1 million. The opening bid, which is dictated by the seller, means that bidding for the car must start at that price. The woman who posted...Tags: eBay Inc., John F. Kennedy, Golf, Vehicles, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Closing Comments: Fear Itself
KIAHThe other day, out of nowhere, my youngest asks me, dad, who said, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"? I guess she heard it somewhere and was using the phrase to get past her own fear of the dark. I told her that the 32nd President of the...Tags: Elections, Politics
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War Veterans Host Pearl Harbor Ceremony
KIAHAs we approach the 69th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, one World War II veteran expressed concerns about another attack similar to Pearl Harbor or Sept. 11, 2001. The memories of Dec. 7, 1941 are still fresh with billions of Americans to this day. 39...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Radio, Veterans Affairs, Japan
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Memorial Day: How much do you know about the holiday's history?
Los Angeles Times Travel editorMemorial Day is a day off for many of us, so as you’re lighting the fire and throwing another burger on the grill, consider this quiz, which talks about the meaning of the day. If you get all 10, well, pop open a beverage and have another dog. 1....Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Korean War (1950-1953), International Military Interventions, Wars and Interventions, Holidays
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A Source of Pride
South Bend TribuneNILES -- The year was 1946, and Alfred Walker had just started a new job in Milwaukee. But the Arkansas native also had just turned 18, making him eligible for the draft. After passing his physical exam, Walker thought he was headed for the Air Force but...Tags: Camp Lejeune (military base), Korean War (1950-1953), Awards and Prizes, Discrimination
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World War II veteran receives high school diploma at 87 years old
Multi-Media JournalistSeventy years after dropping out of high school to serve his country during World War 11, 87-year-old Carlos E. Gonzalez of East Lampeter Township received his diploma. Conestoga Valley School District officials awarded Gonzalez his diploma at a board...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945)
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'Boca's Cinderella' Caldwell Theatre struggling to stave off bankruptcy liquidation
The Caldwell Theatre in Boca Raton, one of South Florida's oldest and most prestigious arts institutions, may be no more. For the past 35 years, audiences have enjoyed Tony Award-winning plays and musicals, classics by Chekhov, Ibsen and Shaw,...
Tags: Lawyers, Ernest Hemingway, Caldwell Theatre, Fort Lauderdale, Culture
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'Coal Miner's Daughter' Lynn married at 15, not 13
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Country music legend Loretta Lynn is three years older than she has led people to believe, an age change that undermines the story she told of being married at 13 in "Coal Miner's Daughter," documents obtained by The...
Tags: Marriage, Music, Loretta Lynn, Broadway Theater, Academy Awards
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WWII battleship to begin transformation into L.A. museum
The battleship Iowa, a storied vessel that languished for years in the U.S. Navy's mothball fleet, is about to start its final journey, from San Francisco to its permanent home as a museum in the Port of Los Angeles. Next Sunday, four tugboats will guide...
Tags: Port of Los Angeles, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Korean War (1950-1953), Crowley Maritime Corporation, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
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Doctors group says no junk food for the Obamas
First Lady Michelle Obama is on a mission to get our kids to eat healthy, but every now and then she is known to indulge on a cheeseburger or other food that is not so good for the body. A few years ago she made a lunch run with staff to a Five Guys...
Tags: David Cameron, General Practitioners, Health, Hamburgers, Joe Biden
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Big government is bad, except when talking schools
You don't get much more conservative than Seminole County, where a Democrat running for president hasn't won since Franklin Roosevelt.
Democrats who run for the state Legislature there are like lambs to the slaughter.
So Seminole County's...Tags: Elections, Longwood (Seminole, Florida), Layoffs and Downsizing, Democratic Party, Politics
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For the record
Politics: A May 4 Op-Ed article about political coalitions referred to Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1938 court-packing scheme. The correct year is 1937. Politics: A May 6 Op-Ed about historical views of the federal government referred to Barry Goldwater's...
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