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1 hr ago | The Star Press Muncie News

I met a man

I was in a local store when I noticed a man wearing a U.S. Navy ship ballcap. I stopped him, for I had spent seven years of my career aboard the ship he was advertising.

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5 hrs ago | Times-Picayune

Editorial: Incomprehensible tragedy

There are countless questions yet to be answered about the murderous rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, that left 13 people dead and 28 people wounded Thursday.

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Related Topix: Fort Hood, TX, US Army, US Military, Fort Hood

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Detnews.com - Lions-NFL

Mike O'Hara: Lions are winners in Peterson trade, if not the game

The Lions go to Seattle this weekend with one victory assured. That doesn't mean they'll beat the Seahawks at Qwest Field.

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Related Topix: Sports, Detroit Lions, NFL Football, Julian Peterson, NFL Players, Seattle Seahawks

The Leaf Chronicle

Option for Afghan women?

It's been 11 years since I looked through a photo album smuggled out of Afghanistan by a brave young woman.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, George Bush, Hamid Karzai

Calgary Sun

Woman seeks direction

Dear Robin: I'm turning 23 this year and I've done nothing with my life. I change my mind about what I want to do every other week and can't stay focused on any projects I work on for longer than a day.

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The Union

Byron York: At key moment, Obama leaves health post unfilled

Medicare and Medicaid, the federal government's health insurance programs for the elderly and poor, play a big role in the health care reform proposals being considered on Capitol Hill.

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Related Topix: Medicare, Health, Medicaid, Family, Health Insurance, Elderly, US News, US Politics

Poughkeepsie Journal

Editorial: Yankees provide a nice diversion

With their 27th World Series victory Wednesday night, add the 2009 New York Yankees to the team's pantheon of greatness.

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Related Topix: Sports, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, Philadelphia Phillies, Baseball Players, Hideki Matsui, A.J. Burnett, CC Sabathia

Times Union

Legitimacy part of the equation

Actress Cate Blanchett, who has played Queen Elizabeth I, is performing in Washington, portraying someone less than regal -- flurried Blanche DuBois, in Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire." If Obama administration officials involved in formulating Afghanistan policy see her, they should wince when she speaks DuBois' signature line: "I ...

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Politics, US News, George Bush, State of the Union, Hamid Karzai

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Detroit News

John Niyo: Trade for linebacker Julian Peterson pays off for Lions

Allen Park -- It was billed as "a land of opportunity" to prospective free agents last winter, which, of course, sounds a lot more enticing than the "Island of Misfit Toys." It's not as if they were all spotted elephants and square-wheeled trains before Jim Schwartz & Co.

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Related Topix: Sports, Detroit Lions, NFL Football, Seattle Seahawks, Julian Peterson, NFL Players, Michigan High School Football, High School Football, NFC West, NFC, Cory Redding

The Greenville News

Letter: Society's drifting away from God

Two forces are available for us to choose from and the one we choose will govern our destiny.

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Ottawa Sun

Wall of shame

A senior Canadian diplomat posted abroad has egg on his Facebook after accidentally sharing his views with the world, including his rather undiplomatic opinion that Stephen Harper is a "terrible leader." One might think an experienced official in a foreign service obsessed with security would know social networking websites are just slightly more ...

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Related Topix: Social Software, North America, Canada, World News, Stephen Harper, Public Relations, Sports

The Sydney Morning Herald

Good Samaritan for whites only

The Australian silence has unique features. It affects our national life, the way we see the world, and the way we are manipulated by great power which speaks through an invisible government of propaganda that subdues and limits our political imagination and ensures we are always at war - against our own first people and those seeking refuge, or in ...

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Related Topix: Australia, Oceania, World News, Kevin Rudd

WWTC-AM Eagan

Can It Be? A Party for Capitalism?

For perhaps the first time in American history, seemingly rational adults will sit down and spend significant time dissecting the off-off-year elections in Virginia, New Jersey and New York's much-discussed 23rd Congressional District.

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Related Topix: US News

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Houston Chronicle

Broder: Defeats may mean trouble for Democrats next year

A year after Barack Obama's election stirred broad hopes for change among American voters, persistent high unemployment and the spectacle of continued gridlock in Washington threaten Democratic dominance of the political landscape.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Jon Corzine, US Governors, Jim Cooper, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Lamar Alexander, US Senate, Republican

OrlandoSentinel.com - Opinion

Don't kill messenger, let truth, justice prevail

At trial he recanted, saying he had been coerced. At the time of the killing, he said, he was home watching the Ali-Spinks fight.

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Related Topix: Northwestern University, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Statesman Journal

Burn calories by using rake, not leaf blower

It's that time of year when the leaves are falling and piling up. Before we reach for the leaf blower, I encourage all who are able to bust out the good old-fashioned lawn rake.

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Related Topix: Salem, OR, Salem Metro

Edmonton Sun

Fraser exposes Tories

Canadians who fear their hard-earned tax money is disappearing down a black hole will no doubt be relieved to learn they are actually investing in government mismanagement on a grand scale.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News

Newsday.com

Davidoff: Martinez's start heightens drama

NOVEMBER 03: Pedro Martinez #45 of the Philadelphia Phillies speaks to the media during a press conference at Yankee Stadium on November 3, 2009 in the Bronx borough of New York City.

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Related Topix: Sports, Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Pedro Martinez, Andy Pettitte, Derek Jeter, New York Yankees

The Gazette

Editorial: What, exactly, is a reservoir worth?

Town of Colonie should accept $3 million for reservoir it owns in Clifton Park... Subscribers must LOG-IN to read this full story.

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Related Topix: Colonie, NY, Clifton Park, NY

Tue Nov 03, 2009

TwinCities.com

McDonnell wins Virginia governorship for GOP

Republicans wrested political control of Virginia from the Democrats on Tuesday as independent voters swung behind the GOP, a troubling sign for President Barack Obama and his party heading into an important midterm election year.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

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