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Capitol Reopened After Big Scare

AP | By LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 02.24.2012 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- The Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol is open again following a brief closure while police inspected a white powder found there. Sgt. Kimberl...

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Journalist Recalls Interviewing Last Surviving American WWI Veteran

aolnews.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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I met Frank Woodruff Buckles on a chilly March afternoon in 2007 at his farmhouse in Charles Town, W.Va. He was a mere 106 years old back then. The l...

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AIDS Activists Shut Down Capitol Rotunda Over Obama Reversal

AMERICA blog | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Obama AIDS, White House, Barack Obama, President Barack Obama, Aids, Obama, AIDS Activism, Roll Call, Capitol Rotunda, Politics News

A group of 26 AIDS activists chained themselves to each other in the Capitol Rotunda on Thursday morning, startling visitors, shutting down the landma...

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