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Princeton economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wins Nobel Prize in economics
Associated Press WritersPRINCETON, N.J. (AP) _ Paul Krugman, whose relentless criticism of the Bush administration includes opposition to the $700 billion financial bailout, won the Nobel prize in economics Monday for his work on international trade patterns. The Princeton...Tags: Republican Party, The White House, Vehicles, Karl Ritter, Globalization
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Obama knocks on doors, surprises voters
The SwampSen. Barack Obama canvasses a Holland, Ohio neighborhood on October 12, 2008.(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) by Jill Zuckman Barack Obama jetted back to Ohio today to spend three days preparing for his final debate with John McCain. But......Tags: Oregon, John Kerry, John McCain, Government, Ohio
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Obama settles into Ohio battleground
The Swampby Jill Zuckman Barack Obama jetted back to Ohio today to spend three days preparing for his final debate with John McCain. His move to the Toledo area comes as a new Ohio Newspaper poll puts the race at a......Tags: Ohio, National Government, North Carolina, Florida, Oregon
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Marion's mayor since 1963 getting statue
The man who's been Marion's mayor since John F. Kennedy occupied the White House is being immortalized in the southern Illinois city. A statue of Mayor Bob Butler is coming to Marion's town square. The idea started as a joke years ago, with the...Tags: The White House, Regional Authority, Sculpture
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YOU BETCHA: ACCENTS GET ATTENTION
St. Louis Post-dispatchSo what's with that accent, anyway? By now, even those of us who aren't Tina Fey can do a pretty good rendition: Linger at the vowels, push the R's, drop the G's. "Ya" instead of "you," "dee" instead of "day," "taakin'" instead of "talking." In fact,...Tags: Jimmy Carter, Sarah Palin, Republican Party, Bill Clinton, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Almanac
Today is Monday, Oct. 13, the 287th day of 2008. This is the Columbus Day holiday in the United States, as well as Thanksgiving Day in Canada. A.D. 54: Roman emperor Claudius I died, poisoned apparently at the behest of his wife, Agrippina....Tags: The White House, National Basketball Association, Public Holidays, Edward Albee, Thanksgiving
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On Oct. 13, 1792, the cornerstone of the White House was laid in the District of Columbia
Today is Monday, Oct. 13, the 287th day of 2008. There are 79 days left in the year. This is the Columbus Day holiday in the United States, as well as Thanksgiving Day in Canada. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 13, 1792, the cornerstone of the...Tags: Music Industry, New York Yankees, Kelly Preston, The White House, Kate Walsh
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'W' a prime candidate for Oliver Stone
Special to NewsdayFor the first 113 of the 232 years that a United States of America has existed, there wasn't anything called cinema. So movies about Washington, Lincoln or the peccadilloes of Grover Cleveland weren't really an option -- not, at least, while the men...Tags: No Country for Old Men, W., Central Intelligence Agency, James Cromwell, Richard Dreyfuss
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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: Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, U.S. Elections, Government, Colleges and Universities
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School news: Massapequa students go to preserve
More than 650 students at McKenna Elementary School in Massapequa are boosting their knowledge of environmental science by using the Massapequa Park Preserve as their open-air classroom through the Brookhaven National Laboratory's Open Space Stewardship...Tags: Plainview, Game Playing, Bethpage, Lawrence, West Hempstead
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Oliver Stone, master of controversy
Special to NewsdayList five films you think represent the storied career of director Oliver Stone, and whatever you left out would start a new conspiracy theory. So here are seven films that summarize one of the more controversial careers in American cinema: PLATOON...Tags: Robert Downey Jr., Charlie Sheen, Joan Allen, Film Festivals, Ray Milland
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Richard Stephen Heyser dies at 81; spy plane pilot took first photos of Cuban missile launch sites in 1962
From Times Staff and Wire ReportsRichard Stephen Heyser, a U-2 spy plane pilot who took the first photos of ballistic missile launch sites during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, died Monday at a nursing home in Port St. Joe, Fla. He was 81. A resident of nearby Apalachicola, Fla., Heyser...Tags: Florida State University, Armed Forces, Central Intelligence Agency, Key West, Death and Dying
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