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• The benefactor of the ball
Stafford, a retired Air Force officer, noted that he does not agree with all of Obama's positions. Still, he concluded that Obama could win the election and realized that the inauguration would be "a transition in history, if you will . . . and ...
• California must-see: Mission Inn holiday lights
And besides its famous past guest list, the inn has its own quirky history, thanks to its eccentric former owner, Frank Miller, who let his pet macaws have the run of the place and filled the hotel with treasures from around the world. The current ...
• Movies no place to learn real history
If you watched Oliver Stone’s 1991 film “JFK,” and came away with the belief that everybody did it, you also unintentionally stumbled into a debate about the responsibilities of filmmakers dealing with historical subject matter. “JFK” still ...
• Solar car finishes 1st ever round-the-world trip
... trailer of solar cells and carrying chief U.N. climate official Yvo de Boer, glided up to a building in Poznan, Poland, where delegates from some 190 nations are working toward a new treaty to control climate change. "This is the first time in history ...
• History of terror attacks
The use of heavily armed "fedayeen" or suicide attackers bears the hallmarks of Pakistan-based militant groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba or Jaish-e-Mohammed, blamed for a 2001 attack on India's parliament. Both groups made their name fighting Indian rule ...