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SFJAZZ plays another bold riff
SAN FRANCISCO — "This is one of my favorite rooms," said SFJAZZ founder and Executive Artistic Director Randall Kline, smiling as he stepped over exposed pipes and dusty planks in the SFJAZZ Center. "Then again, they're all my favorite rooms," he...
Tags: Robin Williams, New York City, Concerts, Bill Cosby, Entertainment
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A new Christopher Commission for the Christopher Dorner case?
He was, by every account, both a cop killer and a killer cop, and even in death, he might end up shaking the LAPD like no one since Rodney King. Christopher Dorner regarded himself as a victim of institutional racism and a wronged man unfairly turned...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, Crime, Law and Justice, Racism, Robin Hood, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Oak Park teen goes backstage at Grammys
An Oak Park teen watched Grammy performers rehearse for last weekend's awards show as one of three musicians who won a national songwriting competition. Hannah Rand, a senior at Oak Park and River Forest High School, wrote and performed her original...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Apple iPad, Colleges and Universities, Entertainment, Kelly Clarkson
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West Indian Dining in Connecticut? No Problem.
It was Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the morning of Barack Obama's second inauguration, and four members of the planning committee for Hartford's Taste of the Caribbean and Jerk Festival sat down to draw up the agenda for this year's event, slated for Aug....
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure, Middletown, Danbury, Authors
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Sen. Northam delivers redistricting petitions to McDonnell
Sen. Ralph Northam, D-Norfolk, delivered a petition containing more than 14,000 signatures to Gov. Bob McDonnell Tuesday asking him to veto the Senate Republicans redistricting plan should it reach his desk. Senate Republicans ambushed outraged...Tags: Executive Branch, Bob McDonnell, Parties and Movements, Politics, Voting
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Former major leaguer Don Buford keeps the dreams alive
It is early Monday morning, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. But Don Buford is not standing on a stage and talking about having a dream. That's not his style. Besides, he has already lived one himself, the kind Dr. King preached about. Buford has a new job,...
Tags: Brooks Robinson, Folklore and Mythology, Major League Baseball, University of California, Los Angeles, Frank Robinson
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Season's wintry turn boosts some businesses
PETOSKEY -- Sometimes, a chilly reception suits a community's visitors just fine. Winter sports enthusiasts may embrace those cold conditions particularly when they're accompanied by snow. Area businesses that cater to skiers and snowmobilers found...
Tags: Rentals, Religious Festivals, Sales, Business, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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GOP moves toward oblivion
I spent most of Martin Luther King Jr. Day watching the inauguration ceremonies. When I look at our president, I see a superbly educated, intelligent and capable man who inherited an economy that was in ruins, an auto industry that was near bankruptcy,...Tags: Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Politics
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'Celebrating the Dream' features music with memories of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Though Jan. 21 was a school holiday for students around the country, a number of students were on a school campus earlier this week. McDaniel College welcomed nearly 100 Carroll County schoolchildren on Monday to the fourth annual Martin Luther King Day...Tags: Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), NAACP, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Students
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South Florida gay community thrilled by Obama's speech
When he heard the president's words last Monday, Norm Kent said he jumped out of his chair and threw up his right fist as if "Giancarlo Stanton had just hit a home run in the bottom of the ninth for the Marlins." Carole Benowitz said, "I had goosebumps....Tags: New York City, Gays and Lesbians, Crime, Law and Justice, Ronald Reagan, Politics
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Martin Luther King Day highlighted with service projects and celebrations
FrameworkWashington, D.C., wasn't the only city celebrating on Monday. Various groups in Los Angeles marked Martin Luther King Day with service projects and celebrations, some of which coincided with President Obama's second inaugural ceremony in the nation's... -
No patsy now
WASHINGTON -- My inner Pollyanna was basking in blissfulness, rolling in the hay of righteous rhetoric, backstroking through the sunny sibilance of aspiration. Drunk, apparently, on alliteration. It was a perfect day. Cold but not freezing. Crowded...
Tags: Government Health Care, Paul Ryan, Barack Obama
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