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Sanford victory shows adultery, lies can't trump party loyalty
It would be too easy to make fun of the good Christian voters of South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District who saw fit to return their disgraced former Gov. Mark Sanford to the office he once held. I won’t do it. Well, maybe just a...
Tags: Los Angeles Times Journalists, Elections, Jenny Sanford, The Washington Post, Politics
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At 71, Kutztown man to cycle 4,000 miles cross country
At 71, Peter Karch is ready to leave his mark in the cycling world. The former biology professor at Lehigh Carbon Community College plans to bicycle more than 4,000 miles solo and unsupported from California to Virginia. "I want to do something in...
Tags: Tire Change, Health Treatments, Lehigh Carbon Community College, Track Cycling, Health and Medical Professionals
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GOP's campaign arm withdraws Sanford's financial support
WASHINGTON -- Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s comeback try encountered severe turbulence Wednesday when the National Republican Congressional Committee withdrew its financial support less than three weeks before a special election for...Tags: Heritage Foundation, Government, John Boehner, Jenny Sanford, Tim Scott
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Trashing of Slate Belt historic home sends two men to state prison
Two men who trashed a historic farmhouse near the Appalachian Trail are headed to state prison to serve lengthy sentences, due to their long criminal pasts. At 22, Ronald C. Ulmer is already what is known as a repeat felony offender, a classification...Tags: National Parks, Judges, Lawyers, Prisons, Theft
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A wind-win for Maryland and a beacon for the bay
After protesting at a nearby coal plant in 2008 and becoming discouraged with his own dependence on unsustainable energy, Charles County Commissioner Ken Robinson decided to build a wind generator on his coastal property and get off the grid. He became...Tags: Greenpeace, Environmental Issues, Wind Power, Renewable Energy, Ocean City
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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: Hillary Clinton, Annette Funicello, Elections, U.S. Senate, Politics
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O'Malley among hosts of Colbert Busch fundrasier
The Baltimore SunGov. Martin O'Malley has thrown some weight behind electing Elizabeth Colbert Busch, sister of comedian and political satirist Stephen Colbert, to Congress. O'Malley is the only governor on a list of more than 30 high-profile Democrats hosting a Colbert...Tags: Government, Politics, Mark Sanford, Washington, DC, Martin O'Malley
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Cheating a forgivable offense?
Change of SubjectBy Jessica Reynolds Former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner wants to be New York City's next mayor, he admitted in an interview with New York Times Magazine. Weiner's political committee has already spent $100,000 on research and polling to see...... -
Comeback: Weiner says he may run for NYC mayor
NEW YORK (AP) — A bold comeback attempt or the height of chutzpah? In what could be the start of one of the most intriguing second acts in American politics, Anthony Weiner, the congressman who tweeted himself out of a job two years ago with a...
Tags: Human Interest, The New York Times, Politics, Huma Abedin, Primaries
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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: Human Interest, Government, Jenny Sanford, U.S. Senate, Politics
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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: Government, Barack Obama, Rutgers University, Politics, College Basketball
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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, Bill Clinton, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Barack Obama, Politics
May 8, 2013
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Apr 29, 2013
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Apr 17, 2013
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Apr 14, 2013
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Apr 14, 2013
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Apr 8, 2013
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Apr 10, 2013
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Apr 22, 2013
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Apr 8, 2013
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Apr 21, 2013
|Column| Hartford Courant
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