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OPINION

 Obamas Have Dinner, 
 Racists Erupt 

Response shows ugly nature of American mood: Silva

Oct 5, 09 6:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - This weekend Chicago Tribune reporter Mark Silva wrote up a pool report about Barack and Michelle Obama's quiet anniversary dinner—and quickly found it flooded, on a Sunday, with hundreds of angry comments. Many focused on the first couple's use of a motorcade, which every president has used, but several... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • White House • racism • anniversary • right wingers • first families

 Obamas Celebrate 
 17th Anniversary 

First couple has low-key dinner out in DC for first anniversary in White House

Oct 4, 09 8:54 AM CDT
(AP) - There was no trip to New York and no fancy outing as the Obamas celebrated their first wedding anniversary since they moved to the White House. Instead they kept it simple, with a dinner out last night at an elegant, American-fare restaurant near Georgetown. President Obama stayed in all... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • anniversary

OPINION

 Communist China Turns 60, 
 Really Just Celebrates Past 30 

Communists used people as 'cannon fodder' before making it OK to get rich

Sep 30, 09 8:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A blowout party is hours away in Beijing, where the People’s Republic of China will celebrate its 60th anniversary with an unprecedented display in Tiananmen Square. But it’s worth noting that only the second 30 of those years are worth applauding, Isabel Hilton writes—not the first 30... More »

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China • Tiananmen Square • anniversary • celebration • Communists • parade • economic development • People's Republic of China • Great Leap Forward • Cultural Revolution

(AP) - Eight years after the 9/11 attacks, President Obama said the nation "will never falter" in its pursuit of al-Qaeda and its allies. Obama placed a wreath under rainy skies at the Pentagon today in memory of those who died there on Sept. 11, 2001. The president said the nation... More »

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Pentagon • September 11 • anniversary • al-Qaeda • 9/11 attacks • President Obama • terrorist attacks

(Newser) - On August 25, 1609—400 years ago today—Galileo Galilei introduced Venice to the telescope, and the discoveries it enabled were every bit as revolutionary as Darwinism, writes Peter Walker of the Guardian. With his telescope, a brown stick weaker than today's store-bought models, Galileo detected moon-like phases of Venus,... More »

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astronomy • science • telescope • Philadelphia • Galileo • anniversary

(Newser) - San Francisco’s Lombard Street, “the crookedest street in the world,” will tomorrow be shut to traffic and set up as a giant Candy Land game board for sick kids, the Appeal reports. The event, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the kids’ board game, is being hailed... More »

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San Francisco • children • Hasbro • hospital • anniversary • board games • Candy Land • Lombard Street • crooked

(Newser) - With Monday marking the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, Esquire digs up celebs’ takes on what they’d have said if it had been them instead of Neil “One Giant Leap” Armstrong:
  • Muhammad Ali: Bring me back a challenger, ‘cause I’ve defeated everyone
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entertainment • Muhammad Ali • anniversary • moon landings • Timothy Leary • John Kenneth Galbraith • Ayn Rand • Bob Hope • Neil Armstrong • Truman Capote • Apollo 11 • Buckminster Fuller

(Newser) - London’s Big Ben will celebrate three 150th birthdays this year, starting with today’s anniversary of the first movement of the huge clock, the Evening Standard reports. July 11 marks the first ringing of “Big Ben,” the Great Bell that eventually gave its name to the tower,... More »

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architecture • London • British Parliament • England • Big Ben • anniversary • landmark • clock tower

Oprah Cans Columbine Episode

10th anniversary show set for today 'focused too much on the killers'

Apr 20, 09 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey canceled an episode of her show commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Columbine shootings, set to air today, the New York Post reports. “After reviewing it, I thought it focused too much on the killers,” Winfrey said of the scrapped show in a Facebook posting. “... More »

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television • Oprah Winfrey • talk show • Colorado • anniversary • Columbine school massacre • talk-show host • school shootings

 Guinness Readies New Stout  

Beer is first new Guinness since the 1960s

Apr 7, 09 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Guinness will sell a new beer in honor of its 250th anniversary, the AP reports. The Guinness 250 Anniversary Stout, due in US stores April 24, will be the first new stout Guinness has exported to America since the famous Guinness Draught debuted in 1960. The anniversary brew is carbonated,... More »

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alcohol • beer • anniversary • brewery • Guinness

 Dalai Lama Marks 50 Years: 
 China Made Tibet 'Hell on Earth' 

Spiritual leader throws down gloves in anniversary speech

Mar 10, 09 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an unusually stark speech, the Dalai Lama slammed China today, saying it had made Tibet “a hell on Earth,” the New York Times reports. Chinese officials see Tibetans as “criminals deserving to be put to death,” he said in an address marking the 50th anniversary... More »

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China • Tibet • Dalai Lama • anniversary • speech

 Tibet Under Martial Law 
 as Revolt Anniversary Nears 

Protests are simmering under curfew and heavy police presence

Mar 5, 09 9:07 AM CST
(Newser) - China is quietly clamping down on Tibet ahead of twin anniversaries this month—the 50th of the Dalai Lama's failed revolt and the first of the violent riots that shook the region last year. Sandbag outposts, army convoys, and high police presence in Lhasa, Tibet's capital, indicate Beijing is readying... More »

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China • protests • Tibet • Dalai Lama • anniversary • Tibetan independence • Tibetan monks • Tibetan protesters • revolt

 Chavez Marks Decade in Power 

President gives Venezuela today off amid attempts to continue reign

Feb 2, 09 9:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Hugo Chavez declared a national holiday in Venezuela today to celebrate his 10th anniversary as the country’s president, Reuters reports. The festivities come during efforts by Chavez supporters to extend presidential term limits, and amid fears from some quarters that his increased power is evolving into dictatorship. But Chavez... More »

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Latin America • Venezuela • president • anniversary • Hugo Chávez • term limits

Angry Holly Family OKs
CD Set, 50 Years Later

Holly's family puts aside feud with record label to release CD

Feb 1, 09 5:24 PM CST
(Newser) - A new CD set of Buddy Holly songs, including ones he recorded at 14, was released last week to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the singer's death, Reuters reports. Holly's family put decades of legal wrangling with Universal Music on hold to approve the collection. "They've cheated us,"... More »

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plane crash • anniversary • Buddy Holly • Ritchie Valens • The Big Bopper • The Day The Music Died • Norman Petty

(Newser) - Apple’s Macintosh, the seminal device that helped usher in the age of personal computing as we know it today, turns 25 this week, the San Jose Mercury News reports. The original Macintosh combined a svelte form—by 1980s standards—with an accessible graphical interface, eschewing complex text commands for... More »

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Apple • Macintosh • anniversary • computer

Cubans Mark
50 Years of Fidel

Celebrations sobered after tough year for Cuba

Dec 31, 08 5:44 PM CST
(Newser) - New Year's Day marks a sober occasion for Cuban-Americans: Fidel Castro's takeover 50 years ago and the exile and family separations that ensued. Many Cubans once hoped the dictator would bring them prosperity. Today, with their beloved island in decay and many lives lost in attempts to flee, few of... More »

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communism • Cuba • dictatorship • hurricane • anniversary • Cuban Revolution • Cuban exiles • weakening economy • Cuban Americans • New Year

Glossies

Japan Fetes Genji, World's
First Novel, at 1,000

Three very different English translations available to get you caught up

Dec 20, 08 6:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Japan is celebrating the 1,000th birthday of The Tale of Genji, a story penned by a woman in an imperial court that is widely regarded as the first modern novel, the Economist reports. The chronicle of an aristocratic aesthete’s sexual adventures is many things to many readers, including... More »

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Japan • sex • literature • love • anniversary • novel • book • Japanese literature • The Tale of Genji

 Drew Peterson: 
 Come Forward, Stacy 

On anniversary of her disappearance, husband maintains she's with another man

Oct 28, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Drew Peterson marked the first anniversary of his wife’s disappearance with an interview on the Today Show, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Drew, the subject of intense scrutiny in the unsolved case, reiterated that he thought Stacy ran off with another man, leaving behind their two young children. He... More »

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investigation • Matt Lauer • anniversary • Stacy Peterson • Drew Peterson • missing person • Today show

 Google Offers 
 $10M for Ideas 
 to Change World 

Project 10^100 seeks big ideas

Sep 25, 08 6:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google, named for an astronomically large number, is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a call for ideas that could improve the lives of astronomically large numbers of people. Project 10100—pronounced '10 to the 100th'—seeks submissions from the public for world-changing ideas that the company will donate $10 million... More »

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philanthropy • Google • YouTube • Larry Page • Sergey Brin • contest • anniversary • Project 10100

 7 Years Later, 
 US Remembers 9/11 

Obama,
McCain to visit
Ground Zero

Sep 11, 08 11:13 AM CDT
(AP) - Americans marked the seventh anniversary of 9/11 with a heartfelt ceremony at Ground Zero and other solemn remembrances nationwide. Relatives of victims gathered in Lower Manhattan for readings from dignitaries and a recitation of the names of the dead. Later today, presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain were due... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Ground Zero • Michael Bloomberg • anniversary • George W. Bush • 9/11 attacks

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