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Mail Call - March 25
“I really feel so sad today. I don’t know what is happening to our country. First, you can’t buy Twinkies anymore. Now you can’t take a tour of the White House. And to make matters worse, you can’t buy Gibble’s potato...Tags: Abortion, North Korea, Weight, Jane Fonda, Overweight
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Allan Powell: What can we learn from 'Little Dorrit?'
Hardly more than a year ago, I made my first contact with “Little Dorrit” when I read a newly published biography of Charles Dickens. Then, a friend, the late Robert Molten, bound several editions of Harper’s Magazine (1856) into three...Tags: Labor Legislation, Employees, Philosophy, Religion and Belief, Charles Dickens
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House passes stopgap spending bill, avoiding government shutdown
Associated PressThe House has passed a huge stopgap spending bill to keep the government open through the end of September, sidestepping any threat of a government shutdown. The bipartisan 318-109 vote sends the measure to President Barack Obama to be signed into law....Tags: U.S. Department of Defense
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GOP budget plan promising deep cuts is approved by House
Associated PressThe Republican-controlled House passed a tea party-flavored budget plan Thursday that promises sharp cuts in safety-net programs for the poor and a clampdown on domestic agencies, in sharp contrast to less austere plans favored by President Barack Obama...Tags: Paul Ryan, John Boehner, Budgets and Budgeting, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Public Finance
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In Israel, Obama vows unwavering support for Mideast ally
Associated PressRenewing U.S. support for the difficult "work of generations," President Barack Obama assured Israel on Wednesday that his administration would pursue an elusive Mideast peace that would allow residents of the Jewish state to live in peace and free from...Tags: Gaza Strip, Wars and Interventions, Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz al Saud, Judaism, Politics
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Mail Call - March 21
“In response to street cleaning, I have driven down those streets. If the people had more pride, they could get a bunch of young people together on a Saturday, put gloves on them, and clean your own street. That’s what I do. Be proud of...Tags: China, Boy Scouts of America, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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Senate Democrats' gun bill won't include assault weapons ban
An assault weapons ban won’t be in the gun-control legislation that Democrats bring to the Senate floor next month, a decision that means the ban’s chances of survival now are all but hopeless. The ban is the most controversial firearms...
Tags: Chuck Schumer, National Rifle Association of America, Health and Safety at School, Firearms, Politics
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Mail Call - March 19
“Here’s the biggest fable of the USA: Christopher Columbus discovered America. He never set foot on American soil. He found the Bahamas, and last I looked, the Bahamas wasn’t part of the U.S. So why is he getting credit? Now, 400 years...Tags: Dentistry and Dental Health, Bahamas, John Brennan, Republican Party, Punishment
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Mail call - March 18
“To the Hagerstown caller, about President Obama and oil prices and gas prices: Obama doesn’t have a magic wand to wave. If you want to complain, complain about the Republican House. They’re the ones who like to give all the oil...Tags: Movies, Republican Party, Jeb Bush, Budget Control Act of 2011, Politics
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'No wonder they call us the Forgotten War': Federal budget cuts threaten Korean War anniversary event
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comA Pentagon official told local Korean War veterans Wednesday that federal budget cuts known as sequestration might have a negative impact on plans to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War. U.S. Army Col. Dave Clark made the remarks...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Human Interest, Battle of Antietam, Korean War (1950-1953), Budget Control Act of 2011
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Common ground in W.Va. politics: Guns
The West Virginia Legislature has had a few partisan clashes this session, but one issue seems to be uniting Democrats and Republicans: gun rights. Congress and some states are considering assault weapon bans and similar measures in response to recent...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Firearms, Republican Party, Politics, Gun Control
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GOP lawmakers welcome Obama overtures on budget battle
Republican lawmakers said Sunday they welcome President Obama’s courtship and suggested the fresh engagement between the White House and Congress might help yield solutions to the stubborn budget battle that puts Americans’ jobs at risk....
Tags: Timothy M. Kaine, Paul Ryan, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Democratic Party, Politics
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