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Wednesday, 26 December 2012

Egypt's Morsi Cedes Top Legislative Authority to Parliament

CAIRO, December 27 (RIA Novosti) - Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi said in his address to the nation late on Wednesday that he cedes the top legislative authority to the Shura Council, the upper chamber of the Egyptian parliament. "With the adoption of the country’s new fundamental...

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Helen Doria, cultural programmer for Chicago parks, helped design Bloomingdale Trail, dies at 61 Chicago Sun-Times

When Chicago’s parks seemed to have more gang members than ordinary people in the early 1990s, authorities turned to Helen Doria to help lure average citizens back. Ms. Doria, then a cultural programmer for the Chicago Park District, staged a series of culturally diverse “mini-festivals” that drew a...

Gun owners outed: Monsters in the closet (Video) The Examiner

When the Gannett-owned Journal News used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain information concerning 44,000 registered handgun owners in various suburban areas north of New York City -- and then published that information today online with Google Maps to show exactly where those gun owners lived...

Former president George H.W. Bush is in intensive care, fighting fever (Video) The Examiner

A spokesperson for the Bush family issued a brief statement today, Dec. 26, 2012, about the condition of former President George H.W. Bush. President Bush is battling a fever and is not yet responding to the treatment that is being administered at Houston Methodist Hospital. He has been moved to the...

Mendocino County commercial crab season delayed again The Press Democrat

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Hawaii’s Lieutenant Governor to Succeed Inouye The New York Times

HONOLULU — Hawaii’s lieutenant governor, a rising political star here who is unknown on the national scene, will become the state’s next United States senator, filling a leadership vacuum in Honolulu and in Washington after the death of Senator Daniel K. Inouye last week. Enlarge...

Affleck Also Passes on Senate Bid Political Wire

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Hawaii Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz tapped to succeed Sen. Daniel Inouye Daily Press

KANEOHE, Hawaii — Gov. Neil Abercrombie has appointed Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz to replace Daniel K. Inouye in the U.S. Senate, opting against the lawmaker the late senator had wanted as his successor, Rep. Colleen Hanabusa. In a news conference at the state capital Wednesday, Abercrombie said...

Washington State Senators Cross Aisle and Tilt Ideological Balance The New York Times

OLYMPIA, Wash. — From the governor-elect on down, through both chambers of the Legislature, a tincture of blue political monoculture drifts through Washington State politics like mist through the pines. Enlarge This Image Matthew Ryan Williams for The New York Times Members are pictured in the...

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