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When Walter Hendricks returned home from France in 1946 to start a college on his Vermont farm, 35 of the first 50 students were fellow GIs _ young men experienced beyond their years, eager to learn, and grateful for a peaceful place to do so.Sixty-two...
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The deadpan and depressed characters Bill Murray has specialized in portraying as an actor in recent years have always stood in contrast to the life-of-the-party guy he...
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The company with the nation’s largest chain of Chevrolet dealerships violated federal labor law when it fired thousands of employees last month, according to a...
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A disbarred attorney who lived three doors down from Bill and Hillary Clinton in a New York City suburb has been convicted of murdering his wife.
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A tax break for rum produced in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands may trigger a hangover for proponents of Congress’ huge bailout bill after the U.S. Senate...
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Two Saturdays ago, it totaled just three pages _ the White House’s request for $700 billion to rescue tottering financial institutions by buying their devalued...
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The city of Springfield plans to bill Barack Obama’s presidential campaign about $50,000 to cover expenses related to the August rally he held to introduce...
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While spending a busy weekend trying to bail out the nation’s troubled financial system, Congress also found time to tell the FCC that its current method for...
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U.S. lawmakers approved the creation of a cabinet-level position of copyright czar as part of sweeping intellectual property enforcement legislation that sailed through...
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Troops would get a pay raise in a defense bill that Congress sent President Bush on Saturday. Even before passage, lawmakers had backed away from an election-season...
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Bowing to President Bush’s demands, the House has passed and was sending to the Senate a mammoth package for the Pentagon on Wednesday that contains a pay raise...
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The House has passed and sent to the Senate a major military bill that includes a pay raise for soldiers and money for the Iraq war.
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Bill Clinton said Monday he understands why Sarah Palin is popular in the heartland: because people relate to her.
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Be careful when you boast.
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The Senate passed a massive defense bill Wednesday that includes a pay raise for military personnel, despite Republican objections to billions of dollars in special...
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The Senate has passed a massive defense bill that includes a pay raise for military personnel. It was a defeat for some Republicans who said Congress had added too many...
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Republicans lost their battle to delete special projects from a defense bill Wednesday and the Senate was poised to pass the measure as is, complete with a pay raise...
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Steve Oswald isn’t getting back the $156.94 he charged the city for cleaning a public bathroom. However, he did get the attention of city officials who promised...
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Republicans failed Tuesday to block a major defense bill that included a pay raise for military personnel when one of their own, retiring Sen. John Warner, rallied...
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A businessman said he was so frustrated with the condition of a public bathroom in the western Michigan tourist town of Saugatuck that he cleaned it himself, and billed...
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Former President Bill Clinton is predicting that Democratic candidate Barack Obama will win the November election “pretty handily.”
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Republican John McCain said Thursday that Democrat Barack Obama had no right to criticize McCain’s position on military scholarships because the Illinois senator...
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A Democratic congressman on Saturday urged Republicans to “step up to the plate” to help veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.Rep. Xavier Becerra,...
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The Democratic-led House on Thursday rejected more funds to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as many Republicans angry over the majority party’s tactics...
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The Democratic-led House on Thursday rejected more funds to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as many Republicans angry over the majority party’s tactics...
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Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked a bill by John McCain that would have increased college aid for military veterans because they said it doesn’t go far enough...
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Veterans groups say it’s time to expand college aid for GIs, and Democrats want to use an election year to do it. Their biggest obstacle? The Pentagon.The Defense...
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Congressional Democrats are pushing what could become the most dramatic expansion of college aid for military veterans since World War II, with a bill they hope will...
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Forced to leave the combat zone after his two brothers died in the Iraq war, Army Spc. Jason Hubbard faced another battle once he returned home: The military cut off...
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Blood Sugar is always a problem to diabetics. Its raised level can trouble them. Therefore, maintaining ideal level of blood sugar in body tends to be the anxiety of...
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Actor Robin Williams speaks to reporters at a press conference for “Campaign For a New G.I. Bill” in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Sunday, June 22, 2008.
