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One for the Road

March 14, 2010

I am often asked to list my favorite US heritage sites and people are always as surprised, as am I, with my answers. My favorites change often and sometimes they are located in places where people tend to think no African Americans ever had an impact.

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Obama pitches health plan in spirited appearance

March 14, 2010

Stirring memories of his campaign for the White House, President Barack Obama made a spirited, shirt-sleeved appeal for passage of long-stalled health care changes last Monday as Democratic congressional leaders worked behind the scenes on legislation they hope can quickly gain passage.

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Kansas City, Mo., closing nearly half its schools

March 14, 2010

The board voted 5-4 after parents and community leaders made final pleas to spare the schools even as the beleaguered district seeks to erase a projected $50 million budget shortfall. The approved plan calls for shuttering 29 of 61 schools…

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‘Change Your Clock – Change Your Battery’

March 14, 2010

PECO, the American Red Cross of Southeastern Pennsylvania (SEPA), and the Philadelphia Fire Department are teaming up to remind everyone that turning back your clocks is also a great time to change the battery in your smoke detectors.

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‘I do’ in DC: Same-sex couples wed in Washington

March 14, 2010

One bride wore a knee-length lace dress and pearls. The other bride wore a yellow shirt and white suit. And when a pastor pronounced them “partners in life this day and for always” last Tuesday, they hugged and smiled in front of wedding guests and nearly a dozen TV cameras and reporters.

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Oh, the hypocrisy!!

March 14, 2010

Whenever Palin opens her mouth, it becomes a font of ridiculousness—like the time during the 2008 campaign when she couldn’t answer a 3rd grader’s question regarding the role of the vice-president; or her reference to ‘the Department of Law’, a federal agency that doesn’t exist; or the time she…

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