Chance and timing brought Dr. Suzanne Lagarde, a Connecticut gastroenterologist, to Mississippi on a church mission to help rebuild homes and put her on a quest to provide pro bono medical care along
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On first impressions, Bridgeport needs some help.
From car, train or boat, the first view of the Park City gives people all the reason they need to keep moving -- to find somewhere else to spend
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Forgive me if I find the travails of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford tedious. I could have been spared his rambling, weird mea culpa of adultery and the media's inevitable rehashing of the
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"I should like to know if taking this old Declaration of Independence, which declares that all men are equal upon principle and making exceptions to it," asked Abraham Lincoln in July 1858, "where
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This weekend is "Christmas in July" for barbeque junkies everywhere. It's time for braised short ribs, Jamaican jerk chicken, and more homemade hamburgers and charred hot dogs than most of us will
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Many people are trying to discern important precedent for civil rights and employment law in the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the New Haven firefighters case.
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The National Transportation Safety Board has now issued its official review of "The Miracle On The Hudson" -- the US Airways flight from New York City that struck a flock of geese, lost all power,
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According to the U.S. Supreme Court, several white firefighters were treated unfairly by the city of New Haven when it refused to promote them despite their high scores on a promotional exam.
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It seemed appropriate during the continuing circus over the state budget that on last Wednesday, the first day of the new fiscal year, Republican Gov. M.
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When parents admonish kids against following "the crowd," the common setup is if all of your friends jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge, would you?
When it comes to highway safety, states often look over
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