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Despite ceremony, NY fort's skeletons not buried
… a New York archaeologist who has written about the history behind Fort William Henry's skeleton collection. On Memorial Day weekend in 1993, a well-publicized reburial ceremony was held to honor the redcoats and American provincial soldiers …
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Despite ceremony, NY fort's skeletons not buried
… a New York archaeologist who has written about the history behind Fort William Henry's skeleton collection. On Memorial Day weekend in 1993, a well-publicized reburial ceremony was held to honor the redcoats and American provincial soldiers …
Audio & Video
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What is the 'Middle Class"?New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is advising Presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney to release his federal taxes returns to give people the chance to look and see what he pays in taxes and his income. Jen wanted to know why the candidates are focusing on these types of issues and why are they not focusing on the middle class and what can be done to help the middle class people. Do you care what the Presidential candidates make and pay in taxes?
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Sacking Secret SantaHowie asked did you ever take part in a Secret Santa gift exchange. Well at Molin Upper Elementary School in Newburyport Massachusetts the jolly old elf has been banned. Principal Lorene Marx ended the tradition out of deference to those students who don't celebrate Christmas. Howie was convinced that the PC crowd has run amok again.
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The Inalienable Right Of Black Friday?
Guest Host Avi Nelson thought the employees whining about having to work on Thanksgiving and Black Friday should shut up and be grateful they have jobs. Not all callers agreed with him!
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Where was God on 9-11-2001?
After watching a show about September 11th 2001 Jen asked the question where was God that fateful day and why was he not there to help all of those people.
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Is Pledge of Alligiance Unpatriotic?
Peaceniks in leafy, lefty Brookline are trying to ban the Pledge of Allegiance from town schools, insisting the iconic verse has anti-patriotic overtones and even shades of McCarthyism — a claim seen as an insulting absurdity by families of fallen soldiers and 9/11 victims as the 10th anniversary of that horrific day approaches. “That’s nuts. This is just really stupid,” said Jack Steele of Duxbury, whose son, 1st Lt. Timothy Steele, was killed in action in Kandahar, Afghanistan, last month. “I just find it so disrespectful when I look at the number of men who have given their lives so we could live the way we want.” Is Pledge unpatriotic?
Pages & Blogs
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Small Price
… driving 120 to 130 miles per hour. The video of the 20-year-old NBA Rookie of the Year was shot from a plane on Memorial Day weekend. After being stopped by police, Evans was arrested at gunpoint. Authorities say the video offers evidence …
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Kerry's Bigger Tax Dodge
… transferred earlier this year to Florida. It sailed to Rhode Island in May, and Kerry and his wife first sailed it during Memorial Day weekend. The 76-foot yacht is named Isabel, using the middle name of Kerry’s mother and the name Teresa …
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Impeach Obama
Not everyone is warm to President Obama as he boards a bus following the rain out of his Memorial Day speech on Monday.
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Obama Washout
… concerned about lightning. This may not be safe. The president, already facing scrutiny for his decision to skip Memorial Day ceremonies at Washington's Arlington National Cemetery , promised to wait out the storm for 15 minutes before deciding …
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Lost Art
… president goes back to Chicago for vacation over the Memorial Day weekend. On Monday, Obama will make remarks at the ..... presidents speaking at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day . Tone deaf, yes. State of the art political craft …
