Exorcist Baron Deacon Fails to Purge Capitol
In Washington, Baron Deacon, dressed in a black satin robe and wielding a silver cross, conducted a Capitol exorcism to drive out alleged demons of corruption in government. Afterward he admitted failure to dispossess the building of evil spirits, saying the ritual aimed to spotlight graft across parties with aide David Grossack of Citizens Justice Programs.
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Congress
Deacon
Capitol
David Grossack
Citizens Justice Programs
Macy's parade suit seeks 20 million over balloon accident
New York City plaintiff Maria Clohessy files a 20 million lawsuit against Macy's and the city after a Cat in the Hat balloon toppled a lamp post in 45 mph winds during the Thanksgiving parade last Nov. 27 injuring her four fingers a cut scalp and a brain injury. Debris also struck spectator Kathleen Caronna who suffered a fractured skull and coma and she seeks 395 million.
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Maria Clohessy
Clohessy
Kathleen Caronna
Macy’s
Cleveland McDonald's workers seek union representation
Two workers who led a national strike at McDonald’s joined Teamsters Local 416 to petition for a representation vote at a suburban Macedonia restaurant. They presented 21 union cards to the NLRB Cleveland office, aiming to organize about 40 non management staff. Approximately 20 employees, mostly students, protested pay and supervisor abuse in April.
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McDonald's
Hamburger
National Labor Relations Board
Teamsters Local 416
Cleveland
Macedonia
Einstein Letters Hint at Romance With Soviet Spy Konenkova
Sotheby's plans to sell nine letters between Albert Einstein and Margarita Konenkova, suspected Soviet spy, dated 1945 to 1946. The notes reveal affectionate language and references to shared items, and imply a possible romance after World War II while Konenkova aided Soviet intelligence efforts.
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New York
Albert Einstein
Einstein
Margarita Konenkova
Princeton, N.jr
Konenkova
Moscow
Almar
United States
Pavel Mikhailov
Robert Schulmann
Boston University
Sudoplatov
Oppenheimer
Princeton
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Schulmann
Institute For Advanced Study
Elsa
Sotheby’s Auction House
Sotheby’s
The
New York Times
A. Einstein
Exhibit highlights giant US building feats at Bechtel centennial
National Building Museum presents a Bechtel centennial exhibit detailing monumental projects from Hoover Dam to the Channel Tunnel, Marinship WWII shipyard, Trans Mountain pipeline, and Bay Area Rapid Transit. Curator Laura Greenberg notes Bechtel’s 19,000 projects in 140 countries.
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Washington
Tim Allen
McRo
National Building Museum
English Channel
Hoover Dam
Bechtel Corp
Bechtel
Laura Greenberg
Building Museum
United States
Greenberg
Channel Tunnel
England
Europe
Marin County
Calif
Marin
Edmonton
Alberta
Vancouver
British Columbia
Dresden
San Francisco
Bay Area
Cape Canaveral
Boston
Marinship
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U.S. Capitol
New York City
Macy's Parade
Rocker
Scott Weiland
Stone Temple Pilots
Weiland
Manhattan
Valerie St. Rose
Pasadena
Journal-World
Ocala
Phillips Gulf Corporation
Jayhawk
Parkway
Clinton Pkwy
Walgreens
Duffy's
KJ Dusty
Wissoo
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