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Museum Addition Opens With Fanfare, Ceremony

The dedication of the $60 million expansion of the National World War II Museum was a star-studded red carpet event, with appearances by actors Tom Hanks and Mickey Rooney, among others.

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Related Topix: Arts, Theater

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Wausau Daily Herald

COLUMN: Veterans Day commemorates WWI losses

On Nov. 11, the United States commemorates Veterans Day, originally called Armistice Day.

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Related Topix: Marathon County, WI, Wausau, WI, Wausau Metro

Midland / Penetanguishene Mirror

Make Nov. 11 a national holiday

During the First World War, an estimated 45,300 Canadian soldiers gave their lives.

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WRDW-TV Augusta

History of Veterans Day

Did you know that most Americans confuse Veterans Day with Memorial Day? Both holidays celebrate our veterans' service, but with one significant difference.

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Life, Holidays

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Army Times

Ky. Korean War veterans to be honored

Some Korean War veterans will be getting a special honor this weekend in Kentucky.

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Gouverneur Times

Virginia, New Jersey Races Showing Voters Changing Course

As the final votes were being counted, it was possible to draw some lessons from Republican Bob McDonnell's victory in Virginia and the close, three-way governor's race in New Jersey, never mind that White House press secretary Robert Gibbs has taken to saying that the elections don't mean much.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Mark Warner, Virginia, Virginia Government, 2008 Presidential Election, Bill Clinton

Clover Herald

New Woodrow Wilson bio presents a complex figure

"Woodrow Wilson" , By John Milton Cooper Jr.: Soon after he was elected president in 1912, Woodrow Wilson told a former colleague at Princeton University that all of his preparation for office was in the domestic sphere and it would be "an irony of fate" if his administration were to be consumed by concerns over foreign policy.

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Related Topix: Princeton University

Telegraph.co.uk

Hopes of restarting Middle East peace process look like a mirage

The US is desperate to stop relations between Israel and the Palestinians worsening, writes Con Coughlin .

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Opinion

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Slam Sports

Canada's health-care under fire in U.S.

Throughout the long and divisive debate about health-care reform in the United States, Canada's health-care system has often served as a popular punching bag for both Republicans openly swinging at it and Democrats ducking from any suggestion that Canadian-style reform is in the cards.

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Related Topix: US News, Bill Clinton, Representative Paul Broun, US Politics, Louie Gohmert, Republican, US House of Representatives, Hillary Clinton, Winter Sports, Curling

Antrim Today

Cities link up in greenhouse gas battle

Britain's biggest cities, including Leeds and Sheffield, have joined forces to cut their greenhouse gas emissions.

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Related Topix: Bill Clinton

Reuters

Magic Kingdom or money pit?

The opinions expressed are her own - China has finally given a green light for Disneyland to build a theme park in Shanghai.

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Related Topix: Travel, China Travel, Bill Clinton, Walt Disney

The Oregonian

Why Obama won't go to Berlin

In his first year in office, Barack Obama has visited more foreign countries than any other president.

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Related Topix: World News, Germany, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George Bush, Opinion

Politico.com

Obama's best, and worst, moves

Across Washington, political pros are quietly putting together their report cards on the first year of the Obama presidency.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Hillary Clinton, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Bill Clinton, 2008 Presidential Election

Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Seymour Herald

Veterans Day History

In 1921, an American Solider- his name "known but to God"- was buried on a Virginia hillside overlooking the Potomac River and the city of Washington.

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Related Topix: Washington, DC

KansasCity.com

WWII theater to open with Tom Hanks, '4-D' film

Tom Hanks is scheduled to be here when the National World War II Museum in New Orleans debuts the war film he produced to immerse audiences with all their senses in key battles.The film "Beyond All Boundaries" will be shown exclusively at the museum's new Victory Theater, which includes elements billed as "4-D" such as wind and shaking seats to ...

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Cbs3.com

More Parents Seeking Personal Trainers For Kids

Share + Nov 4, 2009 12:00 pm US/Eastern SCARSDALE, N.Y. What's smaller than a couch potato but just as lethargic? A tater tot.

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Related Topix: Scarsdale, NY, Potatoes, Life, Food, Vegetables, Offbeat

KSWB-TV San Diego

Former President Clinton talks about suicide bombers, links extremism with lack of opportunity

Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday drew a link between extremism and lack of opportunity in the Middle East, telling students in the region that suicide bombers are driven by a feeling they have more to gain in the afterlife than now.

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Related Topix: Bill Clinton, American University, Israel, World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories

WisInfo

Letters: U.S. killing innocents in war on terrorism

One of the first decisions made by President Obama after he was inaugurated early this year, with his promise of 'change we can believe in,' was to send U.S. military 'drones' into the skies over Pakistan to fire missiles at 'the bad guys.' Recently, in one of those drone attacks, more than 100 civilians living in the city of Peshawar, including ...

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Related Topix: World News, Pakistan, Bill Clinton, Opinion

Raw Story

US envoys in historic meeting with Myanmar PM

The most senior US official to visit Myanmar for nearly a decade and a half met the military-led nation's prime minister Wednesday as Washington seeks to improve ties with the ruling junta.

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Related Topix: Burma, Southeast Asia, World News, Travel, Myanmar Travel, Aung San Suu Kyi, Thein Sein, Than Shwe, Bill Clinton

Tue Nov 03, 2009

KDVR

George W. Bush vs. Bill Clinton; former presidents to debate

Former U.S. presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton will face each other in a no-holds-barred debate in New York early next year, the New York Post reports.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, George Bush, Bill Clinton

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