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North Carolina GOP's careful plan could be in jeopardy

Edit Topix 24 Apr 2016

" A decade ago, GOP leaders developed a strategy to take over North Carolina's state government for the first time since 1870. Aggressively pursue the seats of vulnerable Democratic lawmakers and win House and Senate majorities by 2010; use those majorities to redistrict the state in Republicans' favor; and push a business-friendly, socially conservative agenda in a Southern state where progressive policies once held sway ... ....

You ARE the father: Who is Doc Adams, baseball's dad

Edit Denver Post 24 Apr 2016

Click photo to enlarge. This photo circa 1870 courtesy of Marjorie Putnam Adams shows Daniel Lucius "Doc" Adams. A newly verified set of documents from baseball's early history serve almost as a paternity test for the game. Maury Povich might look at them on his daytime talk show and declare ... «1» ... Here's a closer look at baseball's new-old daddy....

You ARE the father: Who is Doc Adams, baseball's dad?

Edit Atlanta Journal 24 Apr 2016

Daniel Lucius "Doc" Adams may never be a household name like baseball's imagined inventor Abner Doubleday or basketball's actual inventor James Naismith. But a newly verified set of documents, titled "Laws of Base Ball," sold at auction early Sunday for nearly $3.3 million, go a long way toward lifting him to legendary status ... ___This photo circa 1870 courtesy of Marjorie Putnam Adams shows Daniel Lucius "Doc" Adams ... ___ ... ___ ... ___ ... ___ ... ....

The American Influence on Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising

Edit Time Magazine 24 Apr 2016

With the first battles of insurrection waged that April 24 and the General Post Office (GPO) in downtown Dublin now occupied by rebel forces, P. H. Pearse stood under the portico of the GPO to tell passersby—and the world—the reasons for the earlier gunfire and combat ... In the United States, John Devoy saw the Rising as his life’s crowning achievement ... During the next decade (1861–1870), another 690,845 followed ... ....

Summary of CHRB Actions & Discussions 04-21-16 (California Horse Racing Board)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Apr 2016

(Source. California Horse Racing Board) STATE OF CALIFORNIA STATE OF CALIFORNIA EDMUND G. BROWN JR., GOVERNOR BUSINESS, CONSUMER SERVICES, AND HOUSING AGENCY. 1010 Hurley Way, Suite 300. Sacramento, CA 95825. (916) 263-6000. Fax (916) 263-6042. www.chrb.ca.gov CALIFORNIA HORSE RACING BOARD Los Alamitos Race Course. 4961 E. Katella Avenue Los Alamitos, CA 90720. Contact. Mike Marten. (714) 820-2748. Cell. (714) 240-1870. Fax (714) 821-6232 ... # ... (noodl....

Vintage photo: Before cell phones, alarm boxes are used to report emergencies

Edit Syracuse 22 Apr 2016

Syracuse had several catastrophic fires in the 19th century which produced an enormous loss of life and property. On March 15, 1834, a fire virtually destroyed Syracuse's business district, after 11 buildings burned down ... In 1870, officials installed the city's first fire alarm system – a telegraph link-up between 34 street boxes and the fire controller at City Hall ... The installation, began on Oct ... Retro prom ... Email . 315-427-3958.  . ....