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MLB notes: Phillies will go with Blanton in Game 4 – The Sun News
PHILADELPHIA — Joe Blanton was picked to start Game 4 of the World Series for the defending champion Philadelphia Phillies. Manager Charlie Manuel said Friday he will go with Blanton against the New York Yankees rather than ace Cliff Lee on short
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When Thompson Started Out, the Brooklyn Machine Offered a Way Up – New York Times
Howard Golden knew that power, having ruled as party chieftain and borough president. Now 83 and retired, he sits in a Court Street office and talks about himself and his former protégé, William C. Thompson Jr. “The reform types stared at me like
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THE RIVER COWBOYS: Since 1900, an Old West way to move cattle across – Portage Daily Register
Stepping onto the wooden ferry afloat in the Fox River, it’s easy to envision what the river cowboys went through a century ago. The only thing missing from the scene is Clint Eastwood puffing on a short cigar, sitting high atop a horse. The open
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