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Supreme Court's Women Celebrate 30 Years Of Female Justices

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 04.12.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The only four women to serve as Supreme Court justices gathered Wednesday night to celebrate Sandra Day O'Connor's pathbreaking arrival...

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Andy Rooney's '60 Minutes' Desk Finds New Home

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 03.30.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Andy Rooney's typewriter, bookshelves and handmade walnut desk where he delivered commentaries for "60 Minutes" on CBS are being donated...

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LOOK: Was That 12-Foot Giraffe On Pennsylvania Avenue?

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 03.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- If you saw a 12-foot-tall giraffe standing outside the Newseum on Thursday, you weren't hallucinating. A giraffe named Dude held cou...

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Minnesota Couple Finds Super Old Campaign Treasure

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Video, 2012 Elections, Hannibal Hamiln, 1933 Double Eagle, Sarah Palin, Coins, Newseum, Abraham Lincoln, Littleton Coin Company, Hillary Clinton, President Dwight Eisenhower, Presidential Campaign, Tina Fey, Business News

As the 2012 presidential race heats up, a reminder of campaigns past has popped up in an unexpected place. Rob and Christine Winter, owners of Ant...

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PHOTOS: Tina Fey's Sarah Palin Get-Up, Tim Russert's White Board

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.09.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Races for the White House are hardly ever quiet, with voices chiming in from the media, supporters, opponents and, naturally, the politi...

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Newseum Goes Hollywood For 'J. Edgar' Premiere (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.09.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Newseum played host Tuesday night for the D.C. premiere of "J. Edgar," a biographical drama on the life of legendary and controversi...

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WATCH LIVE 9:30 AM ET: Creating the Voting Rights Act of 2012

Jacob Soboroff | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Newseum, Meghan McCain, Elections 2012, Voting Rights Act of 2012, Why Tuesday, Voting Rights Act, Voting, Video, Impact News

Why Tuesday? is relaunching for the 2012 cycle with an event broadcast live from the Newseum. We will be officially unveiling our new website, a new video, our 2012 Candidate Challenge, and we're hosting a live panel discussion about your right to vote.

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Google Launches YouTube Channel Dedicated To Fallen Journalists

Posted 07.17.2011

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Google announced Monday that, in collaboration with the Newseum, it will launch the Journalists Memorial Channel on YouTube. Google said on its blog t...

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The White House Correspondents' Dinner: A Postscript

Kate Kelly | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Washington DC, Patriotism, Newseum, Death of Osama Bin Laden, White House Correspondents' Dinner, Newseum 9/11 Exhibit, Correspondents Dinner, William Biggart, Reporters, Obama, Politics News

He also said something that will stay with me forever: "I am not political -- I don't align with Republicans or Democrats; I am a patriot. I am here to serve my country."

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Handwritten Newspapers From Japan Earthquake Going To Museum

AP | Posted 06.14.2011

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WASHINGTON — When Japan's earthquake and tsunami knocked out power and printing presses, newspaper journalists in at least one city resorted to ...

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Freedom To Tweet: The First Amendment Gets A Makeover

Huffington Post | Lindsay Gellman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Just in time for the Fourth of July, a new national advertising campaign reminds Americans that the First Amendment protects not only their freedom to...

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OJ Simpson's Acquittal Suit Goes To Newseum As 'Piece Of News History'

AP | LINDA DEUTSCH | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — The tan Armani suit, white shirt and gold tie that O.J. Simpson wore on the day he was acquitted of murder have been acquired by t...

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Elvis vs. The Media: Newseum Exhibit Highlights Newspapers' Clash With Elvis

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A spark that helped ignite Elvis Presley's fame more than 50 years ago was lit by U.S. newspaper editors and critics who hated him....

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Obama's Question Time With Senate Dems (VIDEO AND FULL TEXT)

Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama took questions from Democratic lawmakers at the Newseum in Washington on Wednesday where senators gathered for an issues confer...

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Nick Cannon's HALO Shines Bright

Timothy Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

As we piled into a reserved room at the tony Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Mr. Cannon, looking the part of his position of chairman at Teen Nick, came off as a humble and down- to- earth guy.

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Tim Russert's Office Newseum Exhibit Set To Open

Posted 05.25.2011

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The exhibit that has recreated Tim Russert's office is set to open at the Newseum in Washington, DC Friday. "Inside Tim Russert's Office" will take m...

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Tim Russert's Office To Be Recreated For Newseum Exhibit

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Longtime "Meet the Press" moderator Tim Russert's office, complete with Buffalo Bills pennants and a journalist's clutter, will go ...

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Young Voices in The Future of News -- Connection, Conversation, Community

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bob Woodward, Craig Newmark, Jay Rosen, Tina Brown, Sam Donaldson, Ann Curry, Newseum, Mark Zuckerberg, News Media, Facebook, Online News, Everyblock, Jav on Tech, Technology News

It's time for young journalists and, just as important, young technologists to show how news is expanding and being re-defined in a world under Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

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Why We Care About Comedy

Lowell Peterson | Posted 05.25.2011

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We thought folks inside the Beltway might benefit from a little writerly enlightenment, so we have organized an event at Newseum including a panel discussion of politics, comedy and the news (and various combinations thereof).

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Inauguration New Orleans Style: "Handa Wanda Obama"

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Huffpost Inaugural Ball, Handa Wanda Obama, President Barack Obama, Handa Wanda, Barack Obama Inauguration, Newseum, Mardi Gras, Obama's Inauguration, Huffington Post Inaugural Ball, Jazzfest, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Quint Davis, Wanda Sykes, Entertainment News

This groove is one for the ages and if anyone in the world is fired up and ready to go, it would be the Wild Magnolias in Track Number 5.

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"The Job of the Rest of Us..."

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Clean Energy, The Grid, Solar Power, Bill Clinton, Green, Newseum, Al Gore, Global Warming, Green News

The U.S. is rapidly moving past the ideological stage of the debate about a green energy future -- the question now is how fast we can get it done in the real, as opposed to the abstract, policy world.

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Pennsylvania Avenue: Take 2

Mary Lou Song | Posted 05.25.2011

I almost had to remind myself to breathe inside the Newseum. There was Patty Hearst's gun and jacket. Donald Brasco's watch and Amex Card. A press pass to Timothy McVeigh's execution.

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George Clooney Talks Journalism, Iraq With Dad Nick

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — George Clooney traded jokes with his father, veteran journalist Nick Clooney, before a screening Monday night of the actor's 2005 f...

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OMG! It Looks Just Like the Rendering : Huffington Post Pre-Inaugural Ball

David Stark | Posted 05.25.2011

The sheer quantity of people teeming in the streets of D.C. was overwhelming, but the energy was jubilant and the excitement from young to old was truly palpable. Same at our party.

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HuffPost's Pre-Inaugural Ball Makes Headlines (VIDEO)

Various | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scroll down for video Last night, The Huffington Post's pre-inaugural ball was the hot ticket for the evening (as seen in photos from the red carpet ...

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