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Happy Days Are Here Again

WATCH: Lip-Syncing Old Lady Is Making Us Smile

Posted 04.10.2013 | Good News
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Last month, we brought you the coolest dancing grandma in the history of the Internet. This week, we'd like to introduce you to Carol Lyn Black, th...

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Hugh Carey: New York Mensch

Martin Nolan | Posted 10.11.2011 | New York
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Martin Nolan

He had the wit of Jimmy Walker, the vision of Al Smith, the courage of FDR and the energy of Nelson Rockefeller. When New York's history is written, Hugh Leo Carey will have his place as the hero of a dark decade.

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"Black Tuesday" and "Happy Days Are Here Again" at 80

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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Robert S. McElvaine

In what must rank as one of the most ironic coincidences in history, "Happy Days Are Here Again" was recorded on the day that was to be called "Black Tuesday" and become synonymous with the with the onset of the Great Depression.

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Obama and "The Chicago Way"

Martin Nolan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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Martin Nolan

How does Barack Obama fit into political Chicago? I found out at another convention, Boston's in 2004.

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Crying for Obama

Ellen C. Caldwell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
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Ellen C. Caldwell

We are crying because grandmas who were born into segregation and fought for the right to vote not just as women, but also as black Americans voted for our next president.

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