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History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, Places | Smithsonian

History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, Places | Smithsonian

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In the Bronx, finding hidden ties to Washington

In the Bronx, finding hidden ties to Washington

Washington Post — In 1981, the year Steve and I left New York, they made a movie about the place we grew up: Fort Apache, the Bronx. It was a violent cop drama. The South Bronx wasn't pretty, it wasn't safe, and it wasn't where we wanted to be. Fast forward to now. My husband and I emerge from the subway at Third Avenue and 138th Street to meet Lloyd Ultan, the septuagenarian borough historian and go-to guy for all things Bronx. We are excited to be back.
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Colonial New York City Was a Rowdy, Filthy, Smelly Seaport

Colonial New York City Was a Rowdy, Filthy, Smelly Seaport

National Geographic — "WHEREAS we have experienced the insolence of some of our inhabitants, when drunk, their quarrelling, hitting and fighting each other even on the Lords day of rest, of which we ourselves have witnessed the painful example last Sunday in contravention of law, to the contempt and disgrace of our person and office, to the annoyance of our neighbors, and to the disregard, nay contempt of Gods holy laws and ordinances ..." So begins the first edict issued by the newly appointed director-general of New Netherland, Peter Stuyvesant. The decree went on to prohibit the sale of alcohol on Sunday before "preaching" was over.
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American Farmers Are Growing Old, With Spiraling Costs Keeping Out Young

American Farmers Are Growing Old, With Spiraling Costs Keeping Out Young

National Geographic — TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan-Art McManus slowly threads his 2001 white GMC pickup through a rolling grove of cherry trees, their limbs heavy with crimson fruit. Eyeing his 25-year-old grandson working with a crew of farmhands, he stops to watch them attach a mechanical shaker that grips a tree and violently rocks its cherries into a canvas catch frame and conveyor. "Each one of those trees is like a child-when a limb breaks, it bothers me," says McManus, who planted this orchard of maraschino cocktail cherries more than a decade ago. "It took all this time to get it to this point, and I'd like to keep it going."
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From Combat to Compost, Veteran's New Gig Is Green and Rewarding

From Combat to Compost, Veteran's New Gig Is Green and Rewarding

takepart.com — Justen Garrity plunges his hand into a wooden bin of decomposed food scraps, wood chips, and worm feces still crawling with the thousands of red wigglers that made them. "We sell the heck out of the worm poop," says the Army veteran as he cradles a dark, wriggling mound of vermicompost, a nutrient-rich organic fertilizer and soil rejuvenator highly prized by gardeners. The worm barn is a long way from Iraq, where the former Army captain led a unit that cleared roadside bombs and repaired bomb craters. Yet his journey "from combat to compost" came of necessity, when no one would hire him after he left active duty in 2009.
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Soldier dies of breast cancer, but her widow won't get benefits

Soldier dies of breast cancer, but her widow won't get benefits

Washington Post — Charlie Morgan didn't get her last wish. On Sunday morning, the New Hampshire National Guard soldier succumbed to Stage IV breast cancer after a long battle against the disease and a federal law that now leaves her widow with none of the benefits a grateful nation bestows on its straight warriors. As I wrote here on Thanksgiving, Morgan, who came out as a lesbian on MSNBC in September 2011, the day the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy became history, hoped she would outlive the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The Clinton-era law forbids Karen, her legally married wife, from receiving the survivor benefits other military widows get.
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Soldier's last wish: Let DOMA die before I do

Soldier's last wish: Let DOMA die before I do

Washington Post — Charlie Morgan should have been dead by now. "I was to have expired last month, in October," said the 47-year-old career soldier who has battled Stage IV breast cancer for four years and was given less than six months to live when she voluntarily stopped chemotherapy in April. "But I'm still here." She hopes to live to see the United States Supreme Court do right by her and her family. You see, as a chief warrant officer in the New Hampshire National Guard, Morgan is eligible for all the benefits a grateful nation can provide its military service members.
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'One of the last': WWI vet recalls Great War - USATODAY.com

'One of the last': WWI vet recalls Great War - USATODAY.com

USA Today — LAST SURVIVING VETS OF AMERICAN WARS Nearly 90 years after America entered World War I on April 6, 1917, just four known U.S. veterans remain. Charlotte Winters, 109, of Boonsboro, Md., the last female veteran of the war, died Tuesday. That leaves Frank Buckles, 106, of Charles Town, W.Va.; Lloyd Brown, 105, of Charlotte Hall, Md.; Russell Coffey, 108, of North Baltimore, Ohio; and Harry Landis, 107, of Sun City Center, Fla.; Other last survivors of wars: Last Spanish-American War veteran: Nathan Cook died at 106 on Sept. 10, 1992, nearly 94 years after the war ended.
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Dems Confident They Can Stem Obama Jewish Exodus To Win Ohio, Florida

Dems Confident They Can Stem Obama Jewish Exodus To Win Ohio, Florida

Huffington Post — WASHINGTON -- The push to win a particular 2 percent of the population entered its last hours Monday, with both presidential candidates' seeking an edge with Jewish voters who may play a deciding role in the key battleground states of Ohio and Florida. Supporters of Mitt Romney have sought for months to peel off Jewish voters troubled by President Barack Obama's record on Israel and Iran. Obama backers have been just as adamant that 2012 will resemble every previous election, with the Jewish vote going reliably to Democrats by a margin of more than two to one.
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