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'G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra,' 'I Love You, Beth Cooper' and 'The Taking of Pelham 123' are out on DVD today. ...more
November 3, 2009
Joseph Burrucker, 82, was an air traffic controller with the Tuskegee Airmen in the 1940s. For the past few weeks, he has been working out at a gym near his home in Shaker Heights, Ohio, trying to get in shape so that at Barack Obama's inauguration, he will be able to walk, albeit with a cane, to his seat. ...more
January 19, 2009
Barack Obama said he's as hopeful as ever about the future of the U.S. as thousands of Americans converged on Washington's Lincoln Memorial for a free concert to celebrate his inauguration as the first black president. ...more
January 18, 2009
Updates By Cell Phone; A Pitch For Ideas Barack Obama's high-tech bandwagon is rolling on, combining information on inauguration events with a pitch for cash to pay for them. The president-elect's aides told supporters this week that they could learn by e-mail about community service projects across the country tied to his swearing-in Tuesday; that they could receive updates by cell phone on traffic and events in the nation's capital; that the best of their ideas on how to govern, submitted on his Web site, would get his attention; and that they could contribute money. ...more
January 17, 2009
He'll lower gas prices, bring a favorite cousin home from Iraq, make racism go away and unite the whole world. ...more
November 9, 2008
Our country finds itself on the threshold of success in our long, hard-fought struggle toward racial tolerance and equality. Barack Obama, a product of a mixed marriage between a caucasian woman and a black man from Africa, won the Democratic caucuses in Iowa. This victory is of significant importance because the overwhelming majority of Iowa's population is caucasian. There are very, very few African-Americans in the entire state. Obama went on to win 13 other states on Super Tuesday. Furthermore, the candidacy of Obama has fueled a tsunami of political excitement among first-time voters — mostly those between the ages of 18 to 25. ...more
February 13, 2008
SEBRING — When it comes to being in charge and acting like an authority figure, Sun 'n Lake resident Terry Loughlin has just about done it all. Loughlin was a DEA agent, police officer, judge, jury foreman, school principal, lawyer, professor and even a general. The 63-year-old character actor worked in more than 20 feature films, about as many television shows and several theater productions. His resume includes movies: "A Time to Kill," "The Jackal,"and "Billy Bathgate;" plus television shows, "Matlock," "Walker, Texas Ranger" and "Heat of the Night." ...more
January 24, 2008
Sharon Jones is having her hair done while answering a reporter's questions by telephone. She just wants to make sure she can be heard over the noise from the hair dryer under which she's sitting. ...more
January 17, 2008
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