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Oil painting portrait of Gen. John J. Pershing painted in 1919 by Irving Sinclair.

The Nashville Parks & Recreation Board on Friday approved a plan presented by Mayor Karl Dean's administration that balances the department's budget while avoiding the extensive layoffs being considered.

STAUNTON - Just blocks away from Woodrow Wilson's birthplace, one of the nation's preeminent scholars on the 28th president spoke to a crowd about Wilson's life and legacy.

Even before President Obama sets foot on Air Force One tomorrow to begin a 9-day trip to Asia, he has traveled to more countries in his first year in office than any of his predecessors.

Metro finance officials said Tuesday they will temporarily move into the city parks department's offices to help untangle a budget mess that has the department facing a projected $1.77 million deficit for this fiscal year.

In the century that's been operating, The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO., has hosted many famous faces and countless guests some of whom have refused to check out after their deaths.

A TALENTED young footballer is considering giving up the game after a high-ball clash with a goalie at the weekend.

Today is Thursday, Nov. 5, the 309th day of 2009. There are 56 days left in the year.

The Associated Press= Today is Thursday, Nov. 5, the 309th day of 2009. There are 56 days left in the year.

Metro Finance officials will temporarily move into the city parks department's offices to help sort out a budget mess that has the department facing a projected $1.77 million deficit for this fiscal year, officials said today.

If William Howard Taft, the Cincinnatian who reached the presidency of the United States 100 years ago, is largely overlooked or written off by historians, it may have more to do with who preceded him and who followed him in the White House.

By GRANT MCCABE A FORMER headteacher is behind bars after he was caught with almost 3,000 child porn images.

He admitted to charges of possessing and downloading child porn between May 2004 and December 2008.

By Duane Bonifer, LWC Director of Public Relations COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Kentucky Poet Laureate Gurney Norman will speak Thursday night at Lindsey Wilson College.

STAUNTON - The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum today announced that John Milton Cooper Jr., the foremost Woodrow Wilson scholar in the country and author of a new biography about President Wilson, will be the 2009 annual Luncheon Speaker at noon on Nov.

MUCH has been written about the selection of President Obama as this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Ever so slowly, sane Republicans and conservatives are finally marshaling the courage to confront the unhinged broadcasters in their midst - and not a moment too soon, given the fact that these loons now seem to be running the asylum.

Ah, the good ol' days! Jared Jernagan's views of history do not reflect those of any history scholar anywhere.

The Nobel Peace Prize goes to someone chosen by a five-person committee selected by the Norwegian Parliament.

Havana, October 16, 2009 Reflections of Fidel: A Nobel Prize for Evo Taken from CubaDebate IF Obama was awarded the Prize for winning the elections in a racist society despite being African-American, then Evo deserves it for winning in his country despite being an indigenous man, and moreover for keeping his promises.