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Fiesta is not a Mexican festival. It’s a Hispanic festival. If you don’t know the difference, then the six hours of music, storytelling, dancing, drinking, eating and general revelry scheduled for this Saturday in Linn Park will be a good primer on Latin American culture. At the very least, you might learn the difference between Cumbia and clave, or between a habanero and a habanera.
Glenny
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Finding a home for Birmingham’s historic fire-fighting equ
“All men and kids love steam engines, steam locomotives and it’s kind of the same thing with fire trucks,” according to Terry Oden, a member of the Birmingham-based Southern Vintage Fire Apparatus Association. “I don’t know what it is. Big huge pieces of machinery. They’re red. They’ve got sirens and whistles and make a lot of noise. And they’re good-looking machines, too.”
Glenny
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By 1920 no star shone with greater magnitude. Chaplin’s recurring character, the Little Tramp, wore the world’s most recognizable face. After he was driven out of America by the U.S. government during the McCarthy era, Chaplin was knighted by Queen Elizabeth and granted a special Oscar late in life by a grateful Motion Picture Academy.
Finding a home for Birmingham’s historic fire-fighting equ
“All men and kids love steam engines, steam locomotives and it’s kind of the same thing with fire trucks,” according to Terry Oden, a member of the Birmingham-based Southern Vintage Fire Apparatus Association. “I don’t know what it is. Big huge pieces of machinery. They’re red. They’ve got sirens and whistles and make a lot of noise. And they’re good-looking machines, too.”
Elections 2008
Obama seeks greater rein on financial institutions
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AP - President Barack Obama says he wants Congress to pass legislation giving the government greater regulatory authority over financial institutions like American International Group.
Sources: Pentagon to stop forced tour extension
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AP - The Army will substantially reduce use of the unpopular practice of holding troops beyond their enlistment dates and will pay $500 to those still forced to stay in the service, defense and congressional officials said Wednesday.
AIG head shares US anger of bonuses but backs them
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AP - The chief executive officer of failed insurance conglomerate AIG acknowledged Wednesday that the company's multimillion-dollar bonuses were "distasteful" to many and had provoked a firestorm of wrath. "I share that anger," Edward Liddy, chairman and CEO of the American International Group Inc., said in testimony prepared for Congress.
Analysis: White House, Dems backpedaling on AIG
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AP - For the first time since last fall's election, Democrats and the Obama administration are backpedaling furiously on an issue easily understood by financially strapped taxpayers: $165 million in bonuses paid out at bailed-out AIG.
Pence: Return AIG donations
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Politico - House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence is urging politicians from both parties to strongly consider returning campaign contributions from AIG.
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AIG head shares US anger of bonuses but backs them
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AP - President Barack Obama, saying "the buck stops with me," said Wednesday he wants legislation to give the federal government vast new powers over financial institutions like failed AIG to protect the public.
Obama seeks greater rein on financial institutions
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AP - President Barack Obama says he wants Congress to pass legislation giving the government greater regulatory authority over financial institutions like American International Group.
Consumer prices rise by largest amount in 7 months
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AP - Consumer prices rose in February by the largest amount in seven months as gasoline prices surged again and clothing costs jumped the most in nearly two decades.
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