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'Hyde Park on Hudson'
Rather than merely doing an impersonation, Bill Murray makes a surprisingly credible Franklin Delano Roosevelt in director Roger Michell's ("Notting Hill") portrait of the president during a weekend visit from British royalty (Samuel West, Olivia Colman)...Tags: Bill Murray, Elizabeth Wilson, Blu-ray Discs, Olivia Williams, Laura Linney
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Cermak's death offers lesson in Chicago Way
The assassinated Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak, who died 80 years ago this week, is often portrayed by official histories as just an innocent victim of bad luck and bad aim. But Chicagoans don't believe in coincidences, not even us chumbolones,...
Tags: Kelsey Grammer, Prisons, Shootings, Edward M. Burke, Chicago Mayor
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Greatest generation the most entitled
One thing nearly everybody agrees upon is that the "sequester" is a silly sideshow to the real challenge facing America: unsustainable spending on entitlements. Ironies abound. Democrats, with large support from young people, tend to believe that we...
Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Labor Legislation, Youth Organizations, Unrest, Conflicts and War, White House
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Earth-like planet just a ‘stroll’ away? Sci-fi knew that all along
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesWe're in no danger of a Crisis on Infinite Earths, but the discovery of an Earth-like planet just 13 light-years ...... -
Taking the oath for a second time
President Barack Obama's first inauguration, in 2009, was a historic moment — the largest attendance at any presidential inauguration ceremony and most-attended event in the history of Washington, according to the Joint Congressional Committee on...Tags: Superman (fictional character), Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama, World War II (1939-1945)
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This soldier's skill had nothing to do with gender
Lyudmila Pavlichenko was a hunter. She tracked men and she killed them. And no woman was ever better at it. She'd hide under bushes in the snow. Or she'd find a burned-out building and watch in the gray rubble in the cold, waiting for enemy soldiers....
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Iraq, Nursing, Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945)
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Now that's a wall of books
Circle City Books in Pittsboro, N.C., has just completed an eye-catching mural: a side of a building covered in books. Huge, oversize books, with titles that even this myopic passerby could read. What's on it? Forty-eight titles, some of which are...
Tags: William Faulkner, Social Media, Maya Angelou, O. Henry, Arts
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Harry Truman, Lincoln's heir
Presidents Day, which falls between the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, celebrates the contributions of those presidents. But here's a nomination for another president worth remembering on this long weekend: Harry Truman, the first...
Tags: George Washington, White House, Politics, Justice and Rights, Lyndon B. Johnson
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Baltimore firefighter indicted on federal prostitution charges
Federal prosecutors have taken on the case of a Baltimore City firefighter accused of running a prostitution ring, alleging that he lured women to the city to work for him from as far away as Texas and South Dakota. Prosecutors say Jamar Simmons, 30, and...
Tags: Lawyers, Baltimore County, Prostitution, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution
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Obama to visit South Florida for work-free weekend
After days of jetting around the country to sell his State of the Union proposals, President Barack Obama is following the path set by previous presidents — coming to South Florida for some R&R. The White House has been mum about details, the...
Tags: Donald Trump, Palm Beach County, White House, Newspaper and Magazine, State of the Union Address
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FDR film falls flat
Bill Murray as FDR? The casting might sound weird at first. But Murray's subtly charming presence ends up being one of the stronger elements of the otherwise lightweight romance "Hyde Park on Hudson," which depicts one of the most revered United...Tags: Polio, Bill Murray, Elizabeth II, World War II (1939-1945)
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How Obama is wielding executive power in 2nd term
WASHINGTON (AP) — This is what "Forward" looks like. Fast forward, even. President Barack Obama's campaign slogan is springing to life in a surge of executive directives and agency rule-making that touch many of the affairs of government. They are...
Tags: Japan, Conservation, Personal Weapon Control, Environmental Issues, Parties and Movements
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