Daniel Webster

Organizing for Action targets GOP lawmakers in first ad buy

2013-02-22 09:11:00

WASHINGTON -- Four California Republican House members are among 13 GOP legislators being targeted by a pro-Obama advocacy group in a new online ad campaign urging them to back a more robust background check system for gun sales. Reps. Jeff Denham,...

Richard Nelson Current dies at 100; Lincoln scholar fought distortions of 16th president

2012-11-04 16:42:00

Richard Nelson Current, a prolific and award-winning Abraham Lincoln scholar who for decades was a leader in his field and helped shape a more realistic view of the iconic president, has died of complications of Parkinson's disease. He was 100....

Hugh and Kimberley Hefner sell personal residence

2009-08-08 00:00:00

Hugh Hefner and his wife, Kimberley, have sold their personal residence, just a hop away from the Playboy Mansion next door in Holmby Hills, for $18 million. The buyer is Daren Metropoulos, a25-year-old entrepreneur who will be moving from Beverly Hills....

Barry Miller lists his Hollywood Hills home at $2,125,000.

2009-07-24 16:09:00

Actor Barry Miller's wood, stone and glass retreat in the Hollywood Hills is for sale at $2,125,000. -------------------- Update: This version includes additional details on the extent of the work done to the property. -------------------- The 1963...

Full text of Vice President Joe Biden's remarks on today's crucial bipartisan budget talks on Capitol Hill

2011-03-03 16:36:21

WWTFFD?

2010-07-19 21:35:38

The risk of playing religion straight

2006-01-08 00:00:00

IF REAL LIFE wasn't tough enough for the Episcopal Church — an IRS investigation of a parish, secession threats, gender and sexuality controversies — a new television program depicts a priest in freefall. According to "The Book of Daniel,"...

A surprise turn in Iowa's Republican race

2007-11-30 00:00:00

DES MOINES — With 34 days remaining, the Republican presidential race in Iowa has broken wide open, as Mike Huckabee surges into contention with the longtime front-runner, Mitt Romney. Polls show the two former governors running nearly even in...

Firing tenured teachers can be a costly and tortuous task

2009-05-03 00:00:00

The eighth-grade boy held out his wrists for teacher Carlos Polanco to see. He had just explained to Polanco and his history classmates at Virgil Middle School in Koreatown why he had been absent: He had been in the hospital after an attempt at suicide....

Making credit good again

2009-03-17 00:00:00

In this recession, we seek the boogeyman. If we can identify a villain, the recourse is simple: Slay it (or neutralize it or bail it out). Identify the problem; find the solution. The search has centered on the credit industry, the vast network of...

Security has nothing to do with why plane tickets are nontransferable

2007-06-17 00:00:00

Question: It seems as though every ticket I buy — except plane tickets — can be transferred to someone else. I understand the airline's need to know who is on a plane, but they must have the ability to change the passenger name on a...

Beantown's fine brew of politics and the past

2004-07-18 00:00:00

The late Tip O'Neill, speaker of the House and Massachusetts political legend, used to say, "All politics is local." Here in Boston, politics also is everywhere. We see it in the blarney of tour guides on the sightseeing trolleys, in the Colonial...

The fifth annual Disabled American Veterans pheasant hunt took place on Oct. 27 at Duane Riedel's farm. Hunters and helpers who took part in the event included, front row from left: Amy Engelhart, Tom Perrizo, Richard Scepaniak, Merle Kjer, Chuck Webster and Terry Salfrank.

2013-03-17 16:32:00

The fifth annual Disabled American Veterans pheasant hunt took place on Oct. 27 at Duane Riedel's farm. DAV members who took part in the event included, front row from left: Dale Mills, Tom Perrizo, Richard Scepaniak, Merle Kjer, Chuck Webster and Alan Ochsner.

2013-03-17 00:00:00

Daniel Webster holds his wife Sandy Tuesday, November 6, 2012 as hedeclares victory at his Congressional race election party located at Rosen Shingle Creek Resort.

2012-11-06 00:00:00