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Jefferson County backs Friends of Happy Retreat's efforts to buy home of Charles Washington
richardb@herald-mail.comFive years ago the nonprofit Friends of Happy Retreat organized to find a way to buy the home of Charles Washington, founder of Charles Town and kid brother to the first president, and turn the estate into a community asset. On Thursday, the Jefferson...Tags: Local Government, Human Interest, Politics, West Virginia, Property
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100 Years Ago Sheep vs. dogs "It is reported that Mr. Harold Hopkins had a large number of sheep killed by dogs last Sunday morning. "Wanted: A woman to cook, wash and clean, and remain at night, good wages. Mrs. James Steward. Hill St. Ellicott City....Tags: Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Howard County, Sears, Surgery, Arts and Culture
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Damage control: Obama takes action on trio of controversies, but Republicans still unsatisfied
AP White House CorrespondentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, seeking to regain his footing amid controversies hammering the White House, named a temporary chief for the scandal-marred Internal Revenue Service Thursday and pressed Congress to approve new security money...Tags: Parties and Movements, Politics, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Washington, DC, National Government
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Harbor of Grace DAR chapter learns about a hero
At the Saturday, Feb. 9 Harbor of Grace Chapter meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the membership was treated to a presentation by Dawn Fairchild, "Image of a Hero - Recreating George Washington's Revolutionary War Uniform." Fairchild...Tags: American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Heroism
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Obama, under pressure, tries to regain control amid trio of controversies
AP White House CorrespondentWASHINGTON (AP) — Under mounting pressure, President Barack Obama on Wednesday released a trove of documents related to the Benghazi attack and forced out the top official at the Internal Revenue Service following revelations that the agency...Tags: Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Politics, David Petraeus, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Sweat-free labels to change the garment trade [Blowback]
In a May 7 Op-Ed article, Richard Greenwald and Michael Hirsch exhort consumers to support the workers who make our clothes rather than the global apparel industry that exploits them with low wages and unsafe working conditions. Yet exactly how we...
Tags: City University of New York, Politics, Laws, U.S. Supreme Court, Northern Mariana Islands
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A fascinating historical account
"Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution" by Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, 398 pages, $32.95. This is a non-fiction account of before, during and after the Battle of Bunker Hill. The Founding Fathers generally associated with Boston — John Adams,...Tags: Tea Party Movement, John Adams, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
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Women pen children's books
South Bend TribuneTwo local women have achieved a dream come true by becoming published authors. They will sign copies of their books in the near future. Diane Bradley, of Granger, is thrilled to have published her first children’s book titled “Wilder&...Tags: Book, Washington, DC, Mount Vernon
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Review: "Bunker Hill" by Nathaniel Philbrick
"I cannot pretend to describe the horror of the scene," Adjutant John Waller, a British soldier, would write of the Battle of Bunker Hill. He nevertheless tries. Inside the fortifications, as the British overwhelmed the provincial forces, "'twas streaming...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Boston, Entertainment Events, United Kingdom, Authors
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Was the Revolutionary War a reactionary war? 'Bunker Hill' reconsiders history.
It turns out the modern incarnation of the tea party may have more in common with the original Boston hell-raisers than people think. Americans have long romanticized the events leading to the Battle of Bunker Hill and the start of the American...
Tags: Armed Forces, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Congress, Lexington (Lexington, Virginia), Tea Party Movement
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A Speaking Dog bank could put some money in your account
Children's toys often tell us how times have changed. Canada stopped making pennies last year, so saving money a penny at a time will soon be a problem in Canada. The United States also may stop making pennies, since the cost of the copper in a single...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, China, New York City
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Stembler named principal of Calvert Hall; Bullis wins student video contest
Brother Thomas Zoppo, president of Calvert Hall High School College has announced that Charles Stembler, Class of 1983, the school's current assistant principal for Student Affairs, has been appointed Calvert Hall's principal, effective July 1. Stembler...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Separation of Church and State, Christianity, Baptist
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