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Obama bows to emperor, world reels?
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama has bowed to royalty, with a greeting for the Japanese emperor that erases any doubts about what the president's posture was -- remember that bow to the Saudi king that was not really a......Tags: Hideki Tojo, Imperial and Royal Matters, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Tokyo (Japan), Los Angeles Times
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Ticket Replay: How low will he go? Obama's wow bow to Japan's Emperor Akihito
Top of the TicketAs the holiday season arrives, our thoughts on The Ticket turn to working not quite so hard for a few days. So we are re-publishing some of our favorite or most-read items from 2009. This item originally appeared on Nov....... -
Calvary Assembly Celebrates Veterans, D-Day on June 6
The Religion World“Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.” General Douglas MacArthur spoke these words that have become a haunting reminder as approximately 900 American World War II veterans die every day. As of February 2007, the median age of a WWII veter... -
McChrystal sacked as Afghan commander
The SwampGen. Stanley McChrystal leaves the White House Wednesday morning after resigning as commander of Allied forces in Afghanistan. (AP/Evan Vucci) by Julian E. Barnes, Christi Parsons and Peter Nicholas President Obama ousted his top commander in...Tags: Heads of State, David Petraeus, Politics, Robert Gates, Local Government
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Simon & Schuster releases smart eBook: 'Truman Fires MacArthur'
Jacket CopyFast on the heels of news that President Obama had dismissed Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Simon & Schuster is releasing an eBook that chronicles another high-profile conflict between general and president. The eBook "Truman Fires MacArthur," a detailed... -
*Theater review: 'Thurgood' at Geffen Playhouse (updated)
Culture MonsterIn a recent poll testing the knowledge of basic American history, more than a quarter of those surveyed didn’t know that the U.S. gained its independence from Great Britain. OK, here’s a chance at redemption: How many of you can...... -
Yankees Owner Steinbrenner Dies
Web ReporterHe was baseball's bombastic Boss. He rebuilt the New York Yankees dynasty, ushering in the era of multimillion-dollar salaries and accepting nothing less in return than World Series championships. He fired managers. Rehired them. And fired them again....Tags: Michael Bloomberg, High School Sports, Bill Clinton, Derek Jeter, Public Employees
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10 things you might not know about D-Day
Sixty-six years ago Sunday, hundreds of thousands of people risked their lives to save the world for democracy. It was as simple as that, and as complicated as the Allied invasion of France's Normandy coast in World War II. Here are 10 facts about the...Tags: Justice System, Science and Technology, Museum of Science and Industry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Barack Obama
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George Steinbrenner dies at 80; owner of New York Yankees
George Steinbrenner, who made his name synonymous with the revival of the New York Yankees as a dominant baseball team and leveraged multiple championships into business ventures that forever changed the economics of the sport, has died. He was 80....Tags: Brooklyn Nets, Ken Griffey Sr., Derek Jeter, Public Employees, Companies and Corporations
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Democrat Obama paddles after Chairman Mao, many others with his latest swimming photo
Top of the TicketA gallery over the years of politics, summer and the remarkable photos they produce.... -
Peter Biskind on Warren Beatty: Was his theme song 'You're So Vain' or 'Just a Gigolo'?
The Big PictureOf all the many spellbindingly jaw-droppingly dishy anecdotes in Peter Biskind's new Warren Beatty biography, "Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America," I was found myself especially astounded--in a "what would a therapist make of this" kind of way--by... -
Wes Clark hits McCain landmine, again
The Swampby Frank James What was it that Gen. Douglas MacArthur said about old soldiers not dying but merely fading away? It's safe to guess that Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign would like Gen. Wesley Clark (ret.) to fade away right......Tags: Heads of State, Political Candidates, Elections, West Point, Defense
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