Obama chooses St. John’s Church for Easter worship
President Barack Obama and family attend Communion at St. John’s Church across from the White House. The visit marks a safe choice while a permanent congregation for the first family remains undecided and scrutiny of past church associations continues.
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Boxmasters Cancel Canadian Tour After Bad Interview
The Boxmasters opened for Willie Nelson in Toronto and were booed amid catcalls of Here comes the gravy. A Nelson site note says the group canceled remaining Canadian dates due to flu in one band member and several crew. The move follows Billy Bob Thornton's volatile CBC Q interview and host Jian Ghomeshi's allusion to Thornton's film career.
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Ex-war reporter Michael Stern dies at 98 in Florida
Michael Stern, World War II combat reporter and author, died April 7 in Palm Beach, Florida, at age 98 from cancer. He reported from Rome near U S troops, wrote on mobsters, and authored An American in Rome and Into the Jaws of Death. Stern helped rescue the USS Intrepid with Zachary Fisher in 1978, transforming it into a museum.
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Beck to Take Comedy Tour Across Six Cities
Fox News host Glenn Beck launches a six show comedy tour in early June. The run begins June 1 in Denver and stops in Phoenix San Diego Kansas City Houston and Richmond Virginia over six days. Beck labels the act a poor man’s Seinfeld and plans to riff on current events while reimagining Thomas Paine’s Common Sense.
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Dear Amy and Readers Offer Varied Life Advice
The column presents multiple reader questions about addiction in a relationship, teen style choices like Mohawk hair, and attending showers for babies of unwed mothers. Amy offers practical guidance stressing recovery, parental balance, and celebrating each birth while honoring personal beliefs.
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Dear Abby column covers family conflict and public self expression
Readers discuss parental abuse and staying apart from their quarrels while handling personal health with diabetes in public. The columnist urges therapy, explains generational dynamics, and notes that both parents gain from the dysfunctional pattern.
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