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On This Day, Jan. 15: Disabled US Airways flight lands in Hudson River
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 months agoOn Jan. 15, 2009, all 155 people aboard US Airways Flight 1549 escaped serious injury when pilot...
There’ll Be No Escape for Bob Menendez This Time
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe Supreme Court’s threshold for bribery these days is almost indistinguishable from a Thomas Nast cartoon. Corruption, in the justices’ eyes, is when a...
How Donald Trump's Plans Could Bring Back the Spoils System
Time via Yahoo News· 1 week agoPolitical cartoon by Thomas Nast (1840-1902), depicting William Marcy 'Boss' Tweed (1823 - 1878)...
Christopher Radko's Christmas tree is a stunner; meet him this week at ornament sale
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 6 months agoCOLD SPRING – At the end of a long, winding dirt road and the start of a straight one, the artist...
Tom Campbell: Democratic Party 'changing donkeys' under new leadership
Star News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Democratic Party of North Carolina just voted to replace its current chair and top leadership...
Historian: Save Ohio's kids from new Boss Tweed. Ed under Governor would be Tammany Hall
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEdward Janak is a professor of social foundations of education and chair of the Department of...
What do the Republicans stand for?
The Week via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe elephant has become an enduring symbol of the GOP. The United States has been a two-party democracy for most of its existence, much to the chagrin of...
Famous birthdays for Sept. 27: Gwyneth Paltrow, Lil Wayne
United Press International via Yahoo News· 8 months agoGwyneth Paltrow attends the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in...
What Does GOP Stand For? Here's Why Republicans Adopted the Nickname
People via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe Republican Party has used the GOP nickname since the 1870s Mark Wilson/Getty The 2012 Republican...
How Christmas became an American holiday tradition, with a Santa Claus, gifts and a tree
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe pagan tradition of celebrating the winter solstice with bonfires on Dec. 21 inspired the early...
