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Here's your first look at Orlando's new performing-arts center
SENTINEL STAFF WRITERA great steel roof, resembling the outstretched wings of a bird in flight, will draw visitors into the new Dr. P. Phillips Orlando Performing Arts Center, scheduled to open in 2012 across Orange Avenue from Orlando City Hall. The center's design team...Tags: Campaign Finance, Music Theater, Dance, Culture, Rollins College
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Jackson eclipsed in the age of Obama
Chicago Tribune correspondentIn this periodic series, the Tribune examines the nation’s enduring struggles over race. For most of Jesse Jackson's life, his trademark declaration — "I am somebody!" — has been self-evident. But not so much anymore. The rise of...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Schools, National Government, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson
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McCain Staff Quarantined After Powder Found in Letter
Associated PressCENTENNIAL, Colo. -- A threatening letter containing an unidentified white powder was sent to a John McCain campaign office in this south Denver suburb Thursday, authorities said. No injuries were immediately reported. Authorities later said the...Tags: National Government, George Bush, Michigan, Migration, Texas
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Governor names Milwaukee judge to Appeals Court
Judge Kitty Brennan of Milwaukee County Circuit Court is Gov. Jim Doyle's appointee to the District 1 Court of Appeals. The governor announced Thursday he has appointed Brennan to fill a vacancy created by the death of Judge Ted E. Wedemeyer Jr....Tags: Court Administration, Justice System, Executive Branch, Judges, Local Elections
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Obama's Louisiana Campaign Director Is 2008 Loyola Grad
The Associated PressThe Louisiana director for Democrat Barack Obama's presidential campaign is a 2008 graduate of Loyola University in New Orleans. The Obama campaign announced Thursday that the campaign will be led by David Huynh (whin), who joined a boutique media...Tags: Karen Carter, Louisiana, Barack Obama, Political Candidates, Mississippi
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Company Acknowledges Voting Machine Error
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The maker of the most widely used touch-screen voting machine in Ohio has acknowledged the machines have a programming error that led to votes being dropped in the March primary.
Premier Election Solutions Inc. notified Ohio Secretary...Tags: California, Los Angeles, Referenda, Local Elections, Political Candidates
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Obama maintains lead over McCain in Michigan in new survey
A new poll says Democrat Barack Obama has extended his lead over Republican John McCain in Michigan. The survey conducted by the Detroit Free Press and WDIV-TV shows Obama leading McCain, 46 percent to 39 percent, with 12 percent undecided and 3 percent...Tags: Michigan, Election Day, Barack Obama, Quinnipiac University, Iowa
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News from around Wisconsin at 6:58 p.m. CDT
A Ladysmith man's conviction this week for strangling a woman 32 years ago may seem like the high drama of the CBS television show "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation." But the idea only made the northern Wisconsin police chief whose department led the...Tags: National Government, Fires, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Political Candidates, Government
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Group to spend $2.8 million on anti-Obama ad
Associated Press WriterA conservative nonprofit group with a past link to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign wants to spend $2.8 million on an ad questioning Democrat Barack Obama's relationship to a founder of the 1960s radical group Weather Underground. The ad,...Tags: Campaign Finance, Chicago, Ohio, National Government, University of Illinois at Chicago
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Barack Obama says he's chosen his running mate, but won't reveal who it is
Associated Press WriterEMPORIA, Va ( AP) _ Barack Obama said Thursday he's chosen his running mate, but coyly kept all the details to himself as he campaigned with one leading contender and planned a major rally to present the Democratic ticket Saturday in Illinois. Obama...Tags: Telecommunication Service, National Government, Illinois, Montana, Georgia
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Officials: Threat, powder sent to McCain office
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) _ Authorities say a threatening letter containing an unidentified white powder was sent to a John McCain campaign office in the Denver suburb of Centennial, and a similar letter was sent to a McCain office in Manchester, N.H. A...Tags: Colorado, John McCain, Political Candidates, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New Hampshire
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Hallmark Introduces Gay Marriage Cards
Associated PressLOS ANGELES -- Most states don't recognize gay marriage - but Hallmark does. The nation's largest greeting card company is rolling out same-sex wedding cards - featuring two tuxedos, overlapping hearts or intertwined flowers, with best wishes inside....Tags: Gavin Newsom, California, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Local Authority, Beverly Hills
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