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11:35 am
Mon June 17, 2013

A History Of The World — In One-Liners

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Sarah Palin, former governor of Alaska, at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Md.
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Originally published on Tue June 18, 2013 11:10 am

Speaking to the Faith & Freedom Coalition's "Road to Majority" Conference on Saturday, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin — in a speech broadcast on C-SPAN — let loose a barrage of bons mots aimed at President Obama and political Washington.

Now that Fox News has re-signed Palin as a commentator, we will likely be hearing a lot more one-liners from the Wit of Wasilla.

In this Twitter Age, in which brevity = wit, we are witnessing the expanding power of one-liners. And the drawbacks.

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11:34 am
Mon June 17, 2013

Snowden: NSA Collects 'Everything' Including Content Of Emails

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Edward Snowden, seen during a video interview with The Guardian.
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Originally published on Mon June 17, 2013 12:52 pm

Self-described NSA leaker Edward Snowden has made some stunning allegations during a live chat with The Guardian today.

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4:20 pm
Sun June 16, 2013

A Floating History Of The '18-Wheelers Of Their Day'

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The canal schooner Lois McClure is a replica of the boats that carried cargo along northeast waterways in the 1800s.
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The Lois McClure (left) passes a fire boat as it arrives at New York's North Cove Marina in 2005. Canal schooners used wind power on open lakes, and lowered their masts and raised their centerboards to be towed through canals.
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Originally published on Sat June 15, 2013 3:40 pm

The Lois McClure, a replica of an 1862 canal schooner, is also a floating museum. This summer she's sailing historic waterways in Vermont, New York, Ontario and Quebec, docking in towns for a history lesson.

The Lois starts from her berth at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes, Vt. First mate Tom Larsen, a strapping guy with a long ponytail and glasses, pulls hand-over-hand on a thick white rope, getting the Lois into the open water. A tugboat comes up alongside the schooner, ties a line and tows her out onto Lake Champlain.

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4:20 pm
Sun June 16, 2013

The Beatles' Defining Moment (Hint: It's Not 'Sgt. Pepper')

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The Beatles pose in Liverpool's Derby Square in February 1963 — the year, according to author Colin Fleming, that yielded the band's most definitive work.
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Originally published on Sun June 16, 2013 5:15 pm

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4:19 pm
Sun June 16, 2013

The Battered Old Car That Drove My Father's American Dream

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Old Goldie lacked heat and air conditioning, smelled bad and rarely started on the first try. But my father loved her anyway.
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Originally published on Sun June 16, 2013 4:42 pm

Sometime in 1975, in the first few months after my family moved from Athens, Greece, to Rapid City, S.D., my father bought a junky, gigantic gold Oldsmobile that cost $200.

My sister and I called the car Old Goldie, a name meant to evoke a tough old broad with a glamorous past. My father loved her. It was behind her oversized wheel that he learned — at 40 — to drive.

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