Golden Gate Bridge: San Francisco icon celebrates 75 years

Source: Daily Mail - UK

It was built as the country was emerging from the Great Depression, and grew into an icon of America. It was also heralded as an engineering marvel when it opened in 1937. It was the world's longest suspension span and had been built ac ...
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Cohen not walking away from UI

Source: Iowa City Press Citizen

Five years after Jordan Cohen first announced his retirement from the University of Iowa, hes finally preparing to step down as an administrator. But make no mistake, the 69-year-old Cohen isnt slowing down. Even though hell leave his ...
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Wilcox's legacy carries on

Source: The Springfield News-Leader

He dreamed the big dreams, even well beyond the baseball field. Of attending and graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point. Of dutifully serving the country long after. And of going the extra mile, ...
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It's costly, but Los Angeles is getting its rail mojo back

Source: Sacramento Bee

"C'mon. Nobody's going to drive this lousy freeway when they can take the Red Car for a nickel." "Oh, they'll drive. They'll have to." from the 1988 movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" LOS ANGELES It took more than a ...
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Economist Arthur Laffer enjoys renewed popularity

Source: The Tennessean

Arthur Laffer says he has a plan to fix California. And Ohio. And Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, Florida and Tennessee. The solution from the former adviser to President Ronald Reagan and the father of supply-s ...
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Women's Red-Blue A Balanced Result

Source: United States Olympic Committee

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 26, 2012) – The U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team, ranked No. 1 in the world by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), ended its second Red-Blue intrasquad scrimmage in an even tie Saturday ...
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Caroline Vu, Edward Cha - Weddings

Source: The New York Times

Caroline Vu and Edward Namserk Cha were married Saturday at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Palo Alto, Calif. The Rev. Matthew D. Stanley, a Roman Catholic priest and the church’s pastor, performed the ceremony. Mrs. Cha, 36, is a senior counsel at Exelixi ...
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Shivani Chopra, Vinod Kannarkat - Weddings

Source: The New York Times

Dr. Shivani Chopra, a daughter of Neelam and Jagdish Chopra of Orange, Calif., was married Saturday to Dr. Vinod Tony Kannarkat, the son of Devi Kannarkat and Dr. Tony P. Kannarkat of Potomac, Md. The Rev. Paul Kannarkat, a ...
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Jennifer Breckheimer, Steven Rosenzweig - Weddings

Source: The New York Times

Jennifer Lynn Breckheimer, a daughter of Martha and Peter Breckheimer of La Cañada Flintridge, Calif., is to be married Sunday to Steven Carl Rosenzweig, a son of Lizanne Landsman Rosenzweig of Harrison, N.Y., and the late Jeffrey S. Rosenzweig. ...
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