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On their groundbreaking Sweetheart of the Rodeo, The Byrds did nothing less than invent the country rock genre. Watch and listen as the late band's frontman, Chicago native Roger McGuinn, performs a Woody Guthrie song, "Pretty Boy Floyd."
by Mark Silva
President Barack Obama went to Home Depot today.
"Seeing how Christmas is right around the corner, and we're at Home Depot, I figured I might knock out some of my shopping,'' the president said at the icon of the big-box stores in Northern Virginia.
"My press secretary wants something' [...]
As we travelled across Illinois on our way to St. Louis, we were shocked to see a fair amount of corn in the fields not yet harvested. Several weeks ago, I heard that the corn harvest was very late this year due to the extremely wet [...]
In 2006 I assembled the links below that addressed the question, "When was Jesus actually born?"
When was Jesus born? Sept 29, 2 B.C. When was Jesus born? Between September 16 and 29, 4 B.C. When exactly was Jesus born? Sept. 11, 3 B.C. When was Jesus [...]The taxpayer-funded Metra folks had to apologize today for refusing to allow 135 children on the Union Pacific line for their pre-paid "Polar Express" ride. Seems the Metra bureaucrats couldn't get their signals straight regarding the annual event. However, they were successful in leaving the kids - many in their' [...]
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by Mark Silva
During the tour of the White House at Christmas that Oprah Winfrey gave viewers last night, she also got the president of the United States to give himself a grade.
After [...]
WASHINGTON--First Lady Michelle Obama told Oprah Winfrey the Obama family will celebrate Christmas and New Years this year--as they do every year--in President Obama's native Hawaii. Obama returned to Hawaii last year as president-elect.
Mrs. Obama told Winfrey on her Christmas special, broadcast Sunday, "You know, we're going to spend'" [...]
So when my friend E. and I met for lunch to discuss this year's trip to the Christmas markets in Germany, we had a horrible shock. We peered into our wallets and found that due to the recession that we both had hardly any money! That [...]
Wilson Area Merchants Association (WAMA)'s 1st Annual Christmas Cocktail Crawl is next Sunday, December 20th. Buy a custom mug at The Spot (4437 N. Broadway) or Fontana Grill (1329 W. Wilson) for $12 and enjoy hugely discounted cocktails all over Uptown, all day!
Some of the' [...]
On the surface, it seems like a gesture of respect and equal time -- the giant menorah erected in Daley Plaza just a few dozen feet from the city's official Christmas tree.
The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard [...]
In a stunning development in the ongoing legal saga of Muslim-turned-Christian convert Rifqa Bary, the parents' attorney, Omar Tarazi, filed a motion with' [...]
A few photos from my block. Sorry they aren't very good. (We welcome submissions form our readers). by Mark Silva,
with a noon posting moved up for the evening: We're hard-pressed for more pressing news heading into the first of the holiday weekends. Cheers.
Bo has a stocking.
This is only part of what's to be revealed Sunday night on "Christmas at the White" [...]
by Mark Silva
Bo has a stocking.
This is only part of what's to be revealed Sunday night on "Christmas at the White House: An Oprah Primetime Special.''
The first family and the first lady of daytime television sat in the Green Room of the White House, where" [...]
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