The 2011 weekend fun guide

06/04/11 Grab your calendar and get going! Here's how to make the most of summer in New England.

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Rep. Fattah Celebrates GEAR UP Successes Coast to Coast

06/03/11 WASHINGTON, June 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As GEAR UP students nationwide march across the stage to receive their hard-won high school diplomas, Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), architect of the widely successful college readiness program, is traveling to meet and congratulate some of these new graduates.

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Bill Daley: Obama's business whisperer

05/16/11 Bill Daley doesn't tweet. He's not a big fan of e-mail. When Daley wants to connect, he picks up the phone and, depending on the situation, proceeds to cajole, console, commiserate, counsel -- or some combination thereof. It is a skill he's honed in more than two decades as a counselor to restless lawmakers, presidential candidates, and CEOs -- and one he's now employing as President Obama's new ...

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Robert B. Medeika

05/15/11 Robert B. Medeika, 37, formerly of Westport, died May 10, at his home in Washington, Maine. Born Sept. 23, 1973, in Bridgeport, he was the son of Patricia Ford Medeika and the late Roger Medeika . He spent his early youth in Westport before moving with his family to Maine, where he graduated from Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro.

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Local Sports

05/15/11 CHARLES TOWN - Washington goalkeeper Ryan Gustavel anchored one of the state's best defensive units this past season, helping the Patriots reach their first high school state soccer tournament in the school's short three-year history.

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Girls state track meet qualifiers

05/15/11 Qualifiers to the West Virginia high school track and field chapionships Friday and Saturday at Laidley Field. Qualifying marks are those attained at regional meets:Class AAA girls100: Jasmyn Hosby, Martinsburg 12.44; Mykera Days, Martinsburg 12.45; Ta...

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Boys state track meet qualifiers

05/15/11 Qualifiers to the West Virginia high school track and field chapionships Friday and Saturday at Laidley Field. Qualifying marks are those attained at regional meets:Class AAA boys100: Jacob Reynolds, Cabell Midland 11.05; Dante Price, Jefferson 11.07; ...

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What now for HSBC in WNY?

05/15/11 Now that HSBC Holdings Plc has indicated that its sprawling upstate New York retail branch network no longer is important to its business, the question is what happens next?

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Washington School Among Top-Three Picks For Obama Speech

05/02/11 A small Northwest high school that serves mainly the children of immigrants is on the very short list for landing President Obama as its commencement speaker.

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American Idol Tour Announced

05/02/11 19 Entertainment have announced this summer's American Idols Live tour ( Read )

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Linda Sue Schrag

04/29/11 CHASE - Linda Sue Schrag, 66, died April 27, 2011, at Via Christi St Francis Campus, Wichita. She wa ...

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Washington School Hoping For Presidential Commencement Address

04/28/11 One of six finalists in the competition to win a commencement address from President Obama is the high school in the tiny north-central Washington town of Bridgeport.

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Robert Jack Doty

04/28/11 Robert Jack Doty, age 81, passed away from a long, innovative and courageous battle with Alzheimer's on Saturday, April 16, 2011, in Wenatchee, WA. On the warm, sunny afternoon of August 19, 1929, Robert Jack Doty was born to Mr. Harry W. Doty and Mrs. Ethel Viola (Ank) Doty at Saint Anthony's Hospital in Wenatchee, WA.

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'American Idols Live!' Tour Dates Revealed

04/28/11 Erik Pedersen Haley Reinhart, Casey Abrams and Pia Toscano are among the Idols who will take part in the two-month tour. read more

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American Idols Live! tour starts in Salt Lake City

04/28/11 The 11 top "American Idol" finalists will take to the road starting July 6 in Utah for this summer's American Idols Live! tour. The tour has ...

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"American Idols Live!" Tour Announces Official Dates

04/28/11 The tour commences in West Valley City, UT at the Maverik Center on Wednesday, July 6 and wraps up Saturday, September 10 in Rochester, NY at the Blue Cross Arena.

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Final Round Of Race To The Top Starts

04/22/11 The public rating period for the six finalist U.S. schools the race for federal money to help overhaul troubled schools began Thursday, the White House said.

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President Obama should give Bridgeport High graduates a presidential send-off

04/22/11 Vote for Bridgeport High School in President Obama's Commencement Challenge. The rural Douglas County school is among six finalists to have the president deliver the address at the graduation ceremony.

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6 High Schools Vie for President to Attend Commencement

04/22/11 Filed under: News , President Obama On Thursday, President Barack Obama opened his High School Commencement Challenge up to the masses: the public can help select which high school the President should visit for commencement. Share Tweet In the running are Wayne Early/Middle College High School of Goldsboro, North Carolina; Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 , School for Creative and Performing Arts of ...

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McMahon appalls to the end; message brings Foley close

11/03/10 Linda McMahon played her defeat for U.S. senator like a triumphal pageant in the wrestling ring -- with blaring music, tedious introductions of family members and staff, hints that she might be a candidate again, and only the briefest and most backhanded acknowledgement that the opponent she had disparaged so viciously had won.

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