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The northeastern United States began digging out Saturday in the wake of a fierce blizzard that left at least two dead, half a million customers without power, and air, road and rail links paralyzed. The storm dumped between one and two feet of snow across New England, with hurricane-strength wind…
Memorial honors Neil Armstrong
Top NASA officials, fellow astronauts, relatives and others paid a final tribute to Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, in a somber memorial Thursday at the Washington National Cathedral. The service opened with bagpipers, who led Armstrong’s relatives in a procession through the packed church, followed by a…
93-year-old woman suing Pennsylvania over voter ID law
Viviette Applewhite, like many elderly Americans, does hot have a birth certificate or a driver’s license. The 93-year-old grandmother is suing the state of Pennsylvania over its harsh new voter ID law, according to Think Progress. Applewhite said she has voted in every election since she voted for John F.…
Cardinal Dolan on secularism: Santorum had ‘good point’ about vomiting
The archbishop of New York on Sunday agreed that Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum had a “good point” when he said that John F. Kennedy’s speech about the separation of church in state made him want to “throw up.” In a 1960 speech, Kennedy had assured Southern Baptist leaders that…
Santorum: JFK’s secularism ‘makes me throw up’
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said on Sunday that former President John F. Kennedy’s commitment to the separation of church and state made him “throw up.” In a 1960 speech, Kennedy had assured Southern Baptist leaders that as the nation’s first Catholic president, he would not take orders from the…
New audio tape sheds light on JFK assassination
WASHINGTON — Long-lost audio recordings of the aftermath of president John F. Kennedy’s assassination have been made public, captivating historians and stirring fascination about that fateful day. Almost 50 years after the November 22, 1963 assassination, a two hour and 22 minute reel was found among the personal effects of…
JFK saw ‘tough day’ on eve of assassination
NEW YORK — In an unintentionally ominous prediction, John F. Kennedy said ahead of a trip to Dallas, where he would be assassinated, that he was expecting a “tough day,” secret recordings reveal. The John F Kennedy Presidential Library on Tuesday released 45 hours of recordings that Kennedy made of…
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