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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Declaration of Independence stories: 3 news summaries
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Hannity's Grade on Reading Declaration, Constitution: F

Host forgets that founding fathers saw government as essential to liberty

Jul 3, 09 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - In honor of July 4th, Sean Hannity has been encouraging his audience to buy pocket copies of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. But he might want to read them a little more closely himself, notes Henry Claw for the New Majority. “We do believe that all men are... More »

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Constitution • Sean Hannity • Declaration of Independence • conservatives • small government

(Newser) - An original print of the Declaration of Independence has been discovered stashed away in the British National Archives in West London, the Daily Mail reports. One of 26 known surviving copies from the document’s initial print run, it's thought to be worth more than $8 million. The archive... More »

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Britain • Declaration of Independence • Fourth of July • documents

Magna Carta Back in US Archives

Carlyle Group founder returns it after buying for $21.3M

Mar 4, 08 5:35 PM CST
(Newser) - The Magna Carta returned to the National Archives yesterday after facing an uncertain fate on the auction block last year, the Washington Post reports. The 13th-century English document, a precursor to the US Bill of Rights 500 years later, is now on permanent loan from a US businessman who bought... More »

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Bill of Rights • democracy • Carlyle Group • David Rubenstein • Magna Carta • National Archives • history of democracy • Declaration of Independence

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