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Scrubbed of Smoke and Grime, a Sanctuary Sparkles Again
“I miss the firefighters coming in for that memorial,” Dean Kowalski said. “After 9/11, hardly a day would go by when you wouldn’t see firefighters from New ...
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is seen during a tour of...
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is seen during a tour of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Sunday, July 20, 2008. Brown is on a two-day official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)


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  • John Clay: Relaxed Billy G. no longer the .new' coach at UK
    First of all, were we still on Tubby time, this column on this subject on this particular day would not exist. No how, no way. Tubby Smith was/is a great guy. But the former Kentucky basketball coach would rather have been tied to a tree in a lightning storm than spend a summer morning answering questions from a roomful of reporters. Even basketball questions. But Thursday morning in Memorial Col
    - 07/17/08 at 08:03PM


  • Report: Dozens of lawmakers took free trips during Memorial Day break
    U.S. News & World Report says more than 60 lawmakers took free trips during the Memorial Day recess. In addition to congressional delegations that visited Iraq and Afghanistan, the magazine says a significant number of legislators brought their relatives on...
    - 07/17/08 at 07:32PM


  • 10 from Nassau Memorial Day 'Wall of Shame' plead guilty
    Ten of the 81 drunken driving suspects arrested in Nassau on Memorial Day weekend in the first phase of County Executive Thomas Suozzi's so-called "Wall of Shame" initiative have already pleaded guilty, Nassau prosecutors said Thursday.
    - 07/17/08 at 06:48PM


  • Analysis: Coffins in Israel, cheers in Beirut
    By Joel Greenberg Beirut / Jerusalem - An exchange of bodies and prisoners between Israel and Hezbollah on Wednesday put on stark display the Middle East's bitter divisions: prisoner sawp - the three top leaders welcome prisoners.jpg a mournful welcome for two fallen soldiers returned to Israel in coffins and jubilant homecoming celebrations for five militants returned smiling to Lebanon. The swa
    - 07/17/08 at 06:36PM


  • McDonald's robber among finalists for new jingle
    A Miami man who held up a McDonald's at gunpoint in 1994 is now promoting the restaurant's signature sandwich in song. Tamien Bain is among five finalists in the fast food chain's contest for a new jingle promoting the Big Mac. Bain was arrested on Memorial Day 1994 for the holdup. He served 12 years in prison, where he became interested in making music. The 29-year-old Bain says he was up front
    - 07/17/08 at 06:02PM


  • Thibeault's estranged husband charged with her murder
    The estranged husband of a Cortland County woman found dead in her home on Memorial Day has been charged with her murder. Wendy Thibeault, 47, was found strangled to death...
    - 07/17/08 at 05:35PM


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    We spent Memorial Day weekend in Pawleys Island. While there, we visited one of those beach stores known as Eagles (anyone familiar wtih the Grand Strand area should be familiar with these stores. For those who aren't, they're basically ...
    - Sun, Jul 20


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    Should Have Named It Gil Hodges Memorial Park
    I wanted this new ball park to be named Gil Hodges Memorial Park. It would have had a link to the Mets past, and honor the first man to guide the Mets to the promised land. For more on this, please read Richard Sandomir's article.
    - Sun, Jul 20


    Memorial Day Weekend, 2009
    It's the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend (so everyone can sleep in on Monday morning). 5. In 1940, Igor Sikorsky performed the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight. In addition to the date meeting all of our requirements, ...
    - Sun, Jul 20


    Family Time Without The Gas
    On a personal level, Spices I hope for this Memorial Day weekend is that people spend time at home together engaged in family activities, and remembering those who laid down their lives in service to our country versus running off to a ...
    - Sun, Jul 20


    Why is 20 July not a national day of remembrance?
    And yet it is, perhaps, a date that should be remembered as humankind's most marked achievement. We rightly honor our fallen who carried out their duty on Memorial Day. We salute those who served on Veterans Day. ...
    - Sun, Jul 20


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