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Malloy Pays Price For D.C. Hobnob
The Hartford CourantLast weekend, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy tried to give Connecticut the slip to attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner. The dinner is an annual affair at which Washington-based media, politicians and celebrities get all tuxed up and bejeweled and...Tags: Government, People (magazine), U.S. Congress, Politics, Dannel P. Malloy
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Mark Sanford's comedy of errors
WASHINGTON -- In a congressional campaign ad released Wednesday, Mark Sanford, R-Appalachian Trail, looks soberly into the camera and makes his closing plea before Tuesday's vote. "Nancy Pelosi and allies have spent more than a million dollars to...Tags: U.S. Congress, Government, Parties and Movements, Nikki Haley, Politics
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The governor, the soul mate and … The End
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- As the reporter said to the novelist: Why bother to make stuff up? For stories and characters, one needs only a pair of walking shoes in this city, where recent attentions have turned to two salacious stories. One concerns a murder-...
Tags: Government, U.S. Congress, Politics, David Vitter, Executive Branch
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Just a Bad, Sad Week
The Hartford CourantIt was not a good week: At the Boston Marathon, where bombs killed and maimed. In West, Texas, where a fertilizer plant exploded, taking lives and leveling the community. For the media, which seemed to get it first more than it got it right. And in...Tags: University of Connecticut Football, U.S. Congress, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Politics
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An Iconic Figure Passes – No, Not Thatcher
The Hartford CourantThis past week saw the passing of an iconic figure, one whose power and influence was unparalleled during the height of her popularity. No, not Margaret Thatcher. I'm talking about Annette Funicello. In the mid-to-late 1950s, Annette ruled the hearts of...Tags: Politics, Hillary Clinton, Mark Sanford, Huma Abedin, New York City
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On Rutgers basketball, Princeton husband-hunting and Jimmy Kimmel
"What's the second paragraph?" That is my boilerplate response when someone suggests a column idea to me. "Yeah. Right. But where do I go from there?" Not every topic is worth 700 words. So, today I will offer a few words on recent headlines in the...Tags: U.S. Congress, NBC (tv network), U.S. Department of the Treasury, Politics, Rutgers University
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Is this the best the GOP can come up with?
WASHINGTON -- I think I've figured it out. Republicans must be staging some kind of fiendishly clever plot to lure Democrats into a false sense of security. That's the only possible explanation for some of the weirdness we're seeing and hearing from the...
Tags: Government, U.S. Congress, Politics, Ken Cuccinelli, Primaries
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Republicans Embarked On Navel Gazing
The Hartford CourantThe Republican Party has not been on a roll. In November, it lost seats in the House, gave away seats it should have won in the Senate, and for the fifth time in the last six presidential elections lost the popular vote. While conservatives attending...Tags: Government, U.S. Congress, Politics, National Rifle Association of America, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Daum: The frump factor and Holly Petraeus
Last week was a historic one for women. Eighteen women won or reclaimed Senate seats, bringing the number of women in that body to 20. Nearly 80 women now occupy the House. New Hampshire became the first state to elect a female governor and an all-women...
Tags: Government, Condoleezza Rice, Politics, Hillary Clinton, Central Intelligence Agency
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Matt Long is keynote speaker for Runner's World half marathon
Matt Long is 46 now, a few years older than when he triumphantly ran the New York City Marathon in 2008, finishing in 7 hours, 21 minutes. And he's a few years older than he was after finishing his triumphant 2009 Lake Placid Ironman Triathlon in 16...Tags: Lymphoma, Arms, Marty Nothstein, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Leukemia
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No pheasants will be stocked in Northampton County
Pheasant hunters in Pennsylvania can get excited about the upcoming season because of an increase in the number of birds the Pennsylvania Game Commission plans to stock throughout the state this fall. Northampton County hunters, not so much. For the...Tags: Game, Allentown, Radio Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Sandy Relief Vote And Sally Field
The Hartford CourantThe $50 billion Sandy relief package to aid people and communities in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut devastated by the super storm finally passed the House last week. All told, 179 Republicans voted against it. The only Democrat to vote no was...Tags: U.S. Congress, Government, Marvin Gaye, Academy Awards, Politics
May 5, 2013
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May 2, 2013
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Apr 22, 2013
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Apr 21, 2013
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Apr 14, 2013
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Apr 8, 2013
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Apr 5, 2013
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Mar 24, 2013
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Nov 15, 2012
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Oct 12, 2012
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Oct 1, 2012
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Jan 20, 2013
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