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FBI files detail Hoover's loathing for columnist Jack Anderson, efforts to debunk reporting
Associated Press WritersWASHINGTON (AP) _ In caustic comments on internal FBI memos, bureau director J. Edgar Hoover referred to prominent columnist Jack Anderson with undisguised contempt, calling him "a jackal" as agents combed his articles for errors and hints about...Tags: Jack Anderson, Police, National Government, Civil Rights, News Media
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Incumbent seeks last 8 years on Mich. high court
Associated Press WriterChief Justice Clifford Taylor is at an age when he could retire to a nice life reading about Abraham Lincoln and helping his wife garden at their rural lakeside home. Instead, the 65-year-old is running for a final eight years on the Michigan Supreme...Tags: National Government, Justice System, Vehicles, Lawyers, Trials
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Dream of becoming a rabbi comes true
South Florida Sun-SentinelAmanda Lurer knew what her career would be when she was in the 4th grade. One day she came home and said, "'Oh, I want to be a rabbi,'" Lurer's mother, Bonnie Heather Lurer, said. "She continues to surprise me." Last June the 29-year-old, one time David...Tags: Civil Unrest, Torah, Religious Texts, Armed Forces, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Breaking down the candidates
THE DISTRICT Democrats lead Republicans in voter registration 145,108 to 130,087, according to New York State enrollment figures. DEMOCRAT STEVE ISRAEL HOME: Dix Hills AGE: 50 EDUCATION: George Washington University, 1983 RELIGION: Jewish FAMILY:...Tags: National Government, Wildlife, Natural Resources, Huntington, Local Authority
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Readers share experiences on "legacy" college students
steve.parks@newsday.comWhen we were visiting colleges with our daughter, Rachel, a student tour guide escorted us through a dorm. It was coed. We were introduced to the girls residing in room 408 - one from Rachel's native state, New York, and the other from my wife's and mine,...Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Teaching and Learning, Fordham University, College Park, Melville
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When your child attends your alma mater
steve.parks@newsday.comWhen we were visiting colleges with our daughter, Rachel, a student tour guide escorted us through a dorm. It was coed. We were introduced to the girls residing in room 408 -- one from Rachel's native state, New York, and the other from my wife's and...Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Teaching and Learning, Fordham University, College Park, Melville
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Criminals' DNA ignored
In at least nine homicide, sex assault and burglary cases, Baltimore police detectives instructed crime lab technicians not to follow up on convicted criminals' DNA found on evidence at crime scenes because they determined it was not relevant to their...Tags: Identification Technology, Police, Justice System, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Lawyers
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Protesting pastors back candidates from their pulpits
The Associated PressPastor Luke Emrich prepared his sermon this week knowing his remarks could invite an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service. But that was the whole point, so Emrich forged ahead with his message: Thou shalt vote according to the Scriptures. "I'm...Tags: Ohio, Christianity, Baptist, Internal Revenue Service, Sarah Palin
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Protesting pastors endorse from pulpit
Associated PressWEST BEND, Wis. — Pastor Luke Emrich prepared his Sunday sermon knowing his remarks could invite an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service. But that was the whole point, so Emrich forged ahead with his message: Thou shalt vote according to...Tags: Christianity, Bethlehem (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Baptist, Barack Obama, Internal Revenue Service
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Disparity of disease
Since 2001, the government has spent almost $50 billion for national biodefense at sites such as Fort Detrick and other specialty laboratories and universities, and this amount is likely to increase further with ambitious plans to build high-containment...Tags: Poverty, Minority Groups, Medicine, Preventative Medicine, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Pastors take politics to the pulpit
Los Angeles TimesDozens of pastors across the country took politics to the pulpit yesterday in hopes of influencing the Nov. 4 presidential election and setting off a legal fight over the Internal Revenue Service's restrictions on church involvement in politics. While...Tags: Values, Ethics, Huntington Beach, Christianity, Baptist
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China's spacewalk a step toward moon
Los Angeles TimesChina will launch its most ambitious space mission to date as early as today, including the program's first spacewalk, as this increasingly confident nation stakes a claim on the heavens while impressing people on Earth. The Shenzhou 7 is scheduled to...Tags: Space Programs
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