Saturday, June 12th, 2010
Back on May 10, 1869, Union PacificĀ No. 119 and Central Pacific No. 60, better known as the Jupiter, met at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory, for the laying of the Golden Spike joining the rails of the First Transcontinental Railroad across the United States.
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Making tracks
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
The following obituaries were published in the March 5, 2010 print edition of The Warren Reporter. George C. Miller Jr. George (Buddy) C. Miller, Jr., 55, died suddenly on March 1, 2010 at Hackettstown Hospital. Born in Denville, he was...
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Obituaries published in Warren Reporter (The Warren Reporter)
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Monday, August 31st, 2009
So What DO you talk about when you're fitting the Queen's bra? (And other dilemmas of the firm who are bosom buddies to the famous)
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So What DO you talk about when you're fitting the Queen's bra? (And other dilemmas of the firm who are bosom buddies ... (Daily Mail)
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
In recent months, Jenny Sanford, the scorned wife of S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford, has become somewhat of an oft-sung heroine. Her graceful public response to her husband's very public affair compelled the Washington Post to call her a "role model," Newsweek to deem her a "media genius", and even actress Julianna Margulies (of ER fame) to chime in, calling her "so unbelievably classy."
More here: Jenny Sanford: Media's oft-sung heroine (The Yahoo! Newsroom via Yahoo! News)
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Monday, April 27th, 2009
Greensburg Art Club's home in Hempfield, built in 1883, once was a tiny, two-room schoolhouse.
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Fruition of a Dream (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
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Sunday, March 1st, 2009
China's industry slump has educated women taking blue-collar jobs She majored in English and loved her job as an office worker in China's once-booming export industry. But now Xiong Xuhua is jobless and in training to be a housekeeper, a fate she is too embarrassed to tell even her husband about.
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Professionals go domestic (Baltimore Sun)
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