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Alcohol was also one of the first medicines as well as a component of many early religious practices.

As South Dakota Democrats scan the horizon for a challenger to Sen. John Thune next year, one name starting to appear has a familiar ring to it.

What: By Brian Friel. Directed by Joe Dowling and Ben McGovern. When: Previews 7 p.m. today; 7:30 p.m. Tue.-Thu. Opens 7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat.; 7 p.m. next Sun.

LEHMAN TWP., Oct 13, 2009 -- Lake-Lehman officials hope more cyber charter school students opt to use a new program affiliated with the district, which would help reduce its more than $350,000 annual cyber charter tuition bill.

Patrick McGovern had just emerged from the ancient burial chamber in one of the most extensively excavated archaeological sites in China when a local scientist presented him with what he calls "the real treasure." It was a sealed bronze drinking vessel that resembled a teapot from 1200 B.C. With liquid still inside.

The National Assn. of Insurance Commissioners is seeking congressional sponsors for legislation that would establish the federal Reinsurance Supervision Review Board and ease collateral requirements for reinsurers based outside the United States.

Surviving: The Body of Evidence, a new, interactive exhibit that explores the process of evolution and its profound impact on humans, opens October 3 at The John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science, also known as The Health Museum.

George McGovern , the 1972 Democratic presidential nominee, will give a speech at 7 p.m. tonight at Le Moyne College's Grewen Auditorium.

Good ol' Genesee Cream Ale. Once I started drinking beer, somewhere around 15, I sometimes would score a six-pack of this stuff in my eastern Pennsylvania hometown .

The NY Times : Crux of Afghan Debate: Will More Troops Curb Terror? The Times finds some experts who think we can fight a long-range remote control war and prevent Al Qaeda from re-establishing itself in Afghanistan, but most think we need more troops and a robust presence.

When the Democratic party handed its nomination to George McGovern at the 1972 convention in Miami, correspondent Robert Sherill reported on Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American candidate to seek the nomination of a major party; explored the diminished role of George Wallace; and served up sharp observations of the protesters outside the ...

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Bonnie Sweeten, accused of staging her own abduction, faces charges of false reports and identity theft.

Academics have long studied, argued and written about the politics of downtown development.

Academics have long studied, argued and written about the politics of downtown development.

"What this bill explicitly aims at is this practice where people are given bonuses if the gamble pays off, but don't lose anything if it doesn't," said Rep.

Walter Cronkite could have been vice president of the United States. And that would have both ended the war in Vietnam with some dignity and prevented Watergate from becoming "our long national nightmare." It's not even a long story.

William Adams and son Andrew, Fivemiletown, with their champion Belgian Blue. A highly competitive cattle section ensured that quality stock was chosen by the judges at the Clogher Valley Show yesterday .

Vice President Walter Cronkite has a nice ring to it, and according to an op-ed in today's Washington Post by Frank Mankiewicza 'political director of George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaigna 'it coulda, woulda happened if only other top McGovernites had grabbed the trial balloon Mankiewicz launched in July 1972, when he proposed that their ...

As Sarah Palin prepares to bid Alaska adieu, liberals should hope that she runs for president in 2012.