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    Bob Schieffer on the Kennedy Assassination

    Nov 20, 2003 05:00 AM EDT

    We got to the police station. Bill Foster went to park the car, and I took her into the police station. And the rules of the road in those days were, at least for us at the Star-Telegram, if people didn't ask, we never told people who we ...

  • Federal immigration agents sent to U.S. airports to support security during budget impasse

    Federal immigration agents sent to U.S. airports to support security during budget impasse

    Mar 22, 2026 05:08 PM EDT

    ... ICE and other immigration operations are largely being paid during the partial shutdown, thanks to an influx of cash from Trump’s big tax breaks bill last year. “There are lots of ideas swirling right now,” said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. “The good news in all ...

  • Could Congress force the Mueller report to be made public?

    Could Congress force the Mueller report to be made public?

    Mar 23, 2019 12:35 AM EDT

    ... anything else,’” said Stephen Bates, a legal expert at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, who worked on the independent counsel investigation into former President Bill Clinton. If a legal battle over the report erupts between Democrats and Trump, Bates added, “this could be the real hindrance -- this rule of ...

  • Overheard live at the GOP retreat

    Overheard live at the GOP retreat

    Feb 01, 2018 04:28 PM EDT

    ... drive to see the outside world. There is mist and a light rain, but no sign of a single protester. All is quiet at the gates and along the brief drive through White Sulphur Springs. A cupcake shop tempts, but she returns straight away to the press center. 3:25 ...

  • Column: Sadly, in Silicon Valley, Uber's Kalanick is no outlier

    Column: Sadly, in Silicon Valley, Uber's Kalanick is no outlier

    Jun 26, 2017 04:38 PM EDT

    ... in the tech industry, venture capitalists brag about their “pattern recognition” capabilities. They say they can recognize a successful entrepreneur when they see one. The pattern always resembles Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos or them: a nerdy male. Women, blacks and Latinos need not apply. Venture capitalists openly ad

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    Perry's Sign Problem Could Spell Another Long Week Ahead

    Oct 03, 2011 12:53 PM EDT

    ... entrance of a West Texas ranch leased by the governor's family. The Post reported that the land had a stone at one of its gates with "Niggerhead" painted on it in big block letters. The name, according to the Post, became attached to the site before Perry's family ...

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    President to Address Nation on Libya

    Mar 28, 2011 12:59 PM EDT

    ... what is being asked of our men and women in uniform. The second major objective is the far trickier one, and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates didn't do much to clear the path on the Sunday morning political talk shows. "No, no. It was not," Gates replied to ABC ...

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    The Morning Line: Obama 2.0 Launches

    Nov 29, 2010 01:46 PM EDT

    As the tryptophan wears off and before the reality of divided government takes hold in January, President Obama enters a week chock full of opportunities to demonstrate how the post-shellacking Obama presidency will present itself. In the four weeks since the election, the president has held the obligatory press conference to take his lumps, traveled...

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    Pitchfork Music Festival, From the Windy City & WBEZ

    Jul 17, 2010 04:43 AM EDT

    We're working with "Sound Opinions" host and Vocalo blogger Jim DeRogatis this weekend to bring you the best (and worst) of the Chicago's Pitchfork Music Festival 2010. Day 1: Robyn, Broken Social Scene, Modest Mouse and more.

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    Acting White

    Sep 27, 2004 04:00 AM EDT

    Essayist Clarence Page talks about the ramifications of using the term "acting white" and about taking personal responsibility.