U. S. Senator Carey Estes Kefauver (1903-1963) was an influential Tennessee Democrat who often broke ranks with his more conservative Southern colleagues to support economic and political reform. He b...
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Today is Wednesday, Feb. 28, the 59th day of 2007. There are 306 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Feb. 28, 1849, the ship California arrived at San Francisco, carrying the firs...
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The huge Democratic turnout in the Iowa Caucuses, over twice that of the GOP, and the stampede by independents to vote in the Democratic precincts, suggests that Iowa, a swing state carried by Pres...
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New Hampshire set its earliest-ever presidential primary on Wednesday, deciding on Jan. 8 and claiming its traditional spot as the nation's first in a nomination season pushed almost to New Year's ...
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Las Vegas is building a museum about some of its founding fathers and most influential figures — guys with names like Bugsy, Lefty and Lansky.The mob museum will stand as frank acknowledgment...
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Las Vegas is building a museum about some of its founding fathers and most influential figures — guys with names like Bugsy, Lefty and Lansky.The mob museum will stand as frank acknowledgment...
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Luis Buñuel’s Belle de Jour (1967), from a screenplay by Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière, based on the novel by Joseph Kessel (in French with English subtitles), is being shown...
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Luis Buñuel’s Belle de Jour (1967), from a screenplay by Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière, based on the novel by Joseph Kessel (in French with Engli...
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In The Notorious Bettie Page, Gretchen Mol gives a juicy performance as the palpitating pin-up girl from Tennessee whose provocative poses turned pop culture upside down and led to a Senate investi...
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In The Notorious Bettie Page, Gretchen Mol gives a juicy performance as the palpitating pin-up girl from Tennessee whose provocative poses turned pop culture upside down and led to a Senate investi...
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Carey Estes Kefauver
Today in history - Feb. 28
