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'Ax Men': Shelby Finds Historically Significant 'Monster Log'

Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: History, Reality TV, Video, Historically Significant, Log Rafts, Logging, TV Canada, Tv Replay, Ax Men, Historic, TV News

Logging is one of the most storied professions in Americana, and Shelby is a definite enthusiast on "Ax Men" (Sun., 9 p.m. ET on History). The trade h...

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'A New Skin Of Images': Pipilotti Rist In Milan

VernissageTV | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Milan, Video, Pipilotti Rist, Contemporary Art, Italy, UK Arts, Historic, Cinema, Movie Theaters, Arts News

Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist has some experience with unusual locations. She has been presenting her works in churches and on LED billboards, and her v...

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Black New York: Historic Photos From the Museum of the City of New York

Lacy Schutz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Harlem, Photographs, Museum of the City of New York, New York City, African Americans, Black History Month, Historic, New York Tenderloin, Ny Impact, New York City Black Museums, Black History Photos, African American History, New York Museum of History, Black History Month Photos, New York News

There are countless stories in our collection. We're proud to celebrate Black History Month with this selection of photographs about the movement of the African American community within Manhattan.

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Historic Colorado Opera House Threatened With Demolition

Mike Rosso | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Opera House, Preservation, Unique Theater, Demolition, Historic, Salida, Denver News

A landmark building in historic downtown Salida is in imminent danger of demolition unless drastic steps are taken to save it.

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Ellen R. Shaffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Health Care Reform, Obama, Immigrants, Kucinich, Public Option, Historic, Politics News

Seeing the House pass the health care reform bill felt like a moment of triumph. The legislation offers significant improvements for health coverage for many, while ducking the most far-reaching controls on costs. But there are bitter disappointments.

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New Decade and Decades Old Imbalances

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Free Trade, Poverty, Trade Deficit, Wealth, Federal Budget Deficit, Wealth Gap, Historic, Business News

The new decade affords an opportunity to screen our baggage and decide what we do and don't want to bring with us as we travel into the future.

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Aspen's historic Hotel Jerome is set for auction

The Aspen Times | Aspen Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Historic, Lodging, Jerome, Foreclosure, Auction, Historic Hotel, Colorado, Hotel, Aspen, Home News

ASPEN - An unpaid loan balance of $36.3 million has put the historic Hotel Jerome on the auction block....

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First 100 Days Retrospective: Ford, Carter, Reagan

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Retrospective, Pardon, President Obama, Hostages, Ronald Reagan, Economy, James Carter, Carter's First 100 Days, Obama, Cold War, Assassination Attempt, President, Reagan, Iran, History, Ford's First 100 Days, Gerald Ford, Assassination, Nixon Pardon, President Carter, President Reagan, President Ford, Historic, Economic Crisis, Ford, Carter, Obama's First 100 Days, Energy Crisis, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Fdr, Reagan's First 100 Days, First 100 Days, First Hundred Days, Chris Weigant, Jimmy Carter, Nixon, Monopoly, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Obama 100 Days, 100 Days, Politics News

What is striking is how often the media gets it wrong when measuring up new presidents. Journalists should approach judging a president's first 100 days with some humility.

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Guest Column: Why Obama's Election Should Be Considered Historic

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago, Obama, Racial, CotyJarret, Race, LewDan, Barack Obama, President, Election, Personal History, Politics, History, Eisenstein, Historic First, Racial Legacy, Chris Weigant, African American, Racism, Black, Llewellyn Daniel, Historic, Politics News

For only the third time in this column's two-and-a-half year history (see note below), I am turning over my soapbox to a guest columnist. As with bot...

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A Historic Movement Like No Other

Paul Hogarth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barack Obama Dnc Speech 2008, ?I Have a Dream? Speech, Barack Obama, Historic, Home News

Last night, I got to live history. Being at Denver's INVESCO Field when Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination in front of 84,000 was a mome...

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America's Robotic Applause

Dennis Perrin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: First Woman President, Clinton, Historic Election, Barack Obama, First Black President, Historic, Media News

It's one thing to be told that you're living in historic times. It's another to be told that not only must you happily appreciate this, you should applaud the fact, regardless of personal doubts.

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