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Hofstra had right stuff to host presidential debate
chau.lam@newsday.comHofstra University has everything the Commission on Presidential Debates looked for in a host: sufficiently large facilities, easy access to transportation and parking, adequate security, workspace for several thousand journalists and a $1.35-million...Tags: Hofstra University, U.S. Elections, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Government, John F. Kennedy
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Politics and Palin lure viewers to 'Saturday Night Live'
Of The Contra Costa TimesLast month, '' Saturday Night Live'' launched its 34th season. By television standards, that's as ancient as the Pyramids. And with advancing age comes ridicule: ''The show isn't nearly as good as it used to be,'' the critics cry. ''It's past its prime.'...Tags: Sarah Palin, Illinois, Government, Primaries, Tina Fey
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Dodgers-Giants rivalry comes to a parade head
Some, perhaps, take the Dodgers- Giants rivalry a bit too seriously. . . . In San Francisco, Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier threatened to introduce a resolution calling for Tom Lasorda's removal as grand marshal of today's Italian Heritage Day parade,...Tags: Festive Event, Entourage, Chad Billingsley, John Wooden, National League
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Dirt and destruction: our political guilty pleasures
It is said that political campaigns spend big money to put lies and distortions on television because they work. We say we don't like it, but the political pros just smile. Watching the mud fly has become a kind of guilty pleasure. In the latter stages...Tags: Sarah Palin, Motor Racing, Political Campaigns, Republican Party, Joe Biden
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Tina Fey shaping Sarah Palin's image on Saturday Night Live
MNaanes@am-ny.comWhether it's asking for a lifeline in her twangy voice when stumped by Katie Couric or playing the flute in her debate with Joe Biden, voters might be getting to know Tina Fey as Sarah Palin more than the vice presidential candidate herself. " Saturday...Tags: Sarah Palin, The White House, Joe Biden, Manhattan (New York City), Aaron Jones
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Construction of Bush carrier behind schedule
247-4744With time winding down in the George W. Bush presidency, shipbuilders at Northrop Grumman's Newport News shipyard are working around the clock to ensure the ship named after the president's father will be completed by the time he leaves office. The...Tags: Northrop Grumman Corp., Aerospace Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Government, Northrop Grumman Newport News
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Phelpstival host appreciated the love
Access Hollywood host Billy Bush schlepped all the way from L.A. to Baltimore to host the Phelpstivities at Fort McHenry, but he didn't spend the night in town. He stayed instead at the Ritz in Georgetown. Charm City not swanky enough? Not at all,...Tags: Republican Party, Brad Pitt, Hotels and Accommodations, Billy Bush, Tourism and Leisure
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So far, this year's presidential debates lack the memorable lines of the past
AP Television WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ Late in their debate, Sarah Palin looked over at Joe Biden and channeled the memory of Ronald Reagan's famed putdown of Jimmy Carter in 1980. "There you go again," she said. Well, governor, we knew Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan was a...Tags: Sarah Palin, Television Industry, Joe Biden, Walter Mondale, Government
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FBI file details Knievel's dark side
Evel Knievel never denied his scrapes with the law -- the late motorcycle daredevil often reveled in them. But even he objected to a 1970s FBI investigation of whether he was involved in a string of beatings. According to documents obtained by The...Tags: Motorcycling, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Police, Police Investigations, John F. Kennedy
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Today In History
There are 86 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: I In 1973, war erupted in the Middle East as Egypt and Syria attacked Israel during the Yom Kippur holiday. On this date: In 1927, talking pictures arrived with the opening of "The Jazz...Tags: Jimmy Carter, Yom Kippur, National Government, Murder, Crimes
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On this day in history
On Oct. 6, 1884, the Naval War College was established in Newport, R.I. In 1889 the Moulin Rouge in Paris first opened its doors to the public. In 1891 Charles Stewart Parnell, the "Uncrowned King of Ireland," died in Brighton, England. In 1905...Tags: Chicago White Sox, Civil Unrest, Carole Lombard, Al Jolson, Saddam Hussein
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Almanac
Today is Monday, Oct. 6, the 280th day of 2008. 1683: Thirteen families from Krefeld, Germany, arrived in Philadelphia to begin Germantown, one of America's oldest settlements. 1884: The Naval War College was established in Newport, R.I. 1908:...Tags: Carole Lombard, Al Jolson, Murder, Government, Jimmy Carter
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