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The New Town Hall Reality: Why Did Congressman Baron Hill (D-IN) Blow Up?

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

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Gail McGowan Mellor

At the New Albany meeting, people were polite and even relaxed enough to chuckle whenever someone spoke with dry Indiana wit. Yet Hill silenced would-be hecklers by saying "Let me answer that before you interrupt, please!"

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GM Dealerships Saved From Closing

Huffington Post | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 07.22.2009 | Business

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UPDATE: With the help of citizen investigators who have been tracking local reports, we've managed to find 10 of the lucky 41 GM dealerships that were...

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Presidential Politics at the Heart of the Yellow Brick Road

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 12.04.2008 | Chicago

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Karen Dalton-Beninato

There's still a sense of optimism running through the downstate city of Bloomington, Illinois, where Abraham Lincoln spent much of his career as a young attorney.

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Obama, Lincoln and The Encouraging Double Ds

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.19.2008 | Home

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Karen Dalton-Beninato

Advisers with the same initials a century-and-a-half apart persuaded their gifted but obscure Illinois senator friends to run for the highest office in the land. The Obama and Lincoln Parallels multiply!

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