Congress to Pay Tribute to the Late Mr. Wizard
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House resolution "encourages students to honor the heritage of Don Herbert by exploring our world through science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields."
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US Representative Charlie Norwood of Georgia died of lung cancer, lawmaker Ileana Ros-Lehtinen announced on the floor of the House of Representatives.
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By Elaine Jarvik Deseret Morning News  Former Polish president and trade-union activist Lech Walesa, who helped bring down communism in Eastern Europe, will speak at a $250- a-plate fund-raiser in Salt Lake City on George Washington's 275th birthday.
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Indonesiaâs former strongman was buried with an overlay of the Javanese mysticism that, for some people, had given him the aura of a king.
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A public memorial service is to be held for "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, who died last week.
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Former president Gerald R. Ford, who died in December, will be honored on a  postage stamp to be issued Aug. 31, the Postal Service announced yesterday.
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One of the house parties sponsored by the Republican candidate uses the Sept. 11 date for fund-raising.
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The widow of a congressman who died from asbestos-related cancer urged Congress on Thursday to pass legislation that would ban the substance.
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Nevada officials are pressing the Department of Veteran Affairs to allow the family of a soldier killed in Afghanistan to place a Wiccan symbol on his headstone.
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Former President Jimmy Carter said Sunday he hopes to be buried in front of his home in Plains, the southwest Georgia town where he and his wife were born.
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The late Rep. Charlie Norwood's campaign treated his supporters to a $63,000 thank-you weekend at a golf resort two months after he died, the same weekend the candidate endorsed by Norwood's family held a fundraiser at the same resort, reports and interviews show.
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Bill Burkett once said his job was to make Gov. George W. Bush a hero. As a lieutenant colonel working on the readiness of the Texas National Guard, Mr.
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Brock Adams, who served as transportation secretary under President Carter and represented Washington state in the Senate for one term, died Friday. He was 77.
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US President George W Bush led the tributes to Superman star Christopher Reeve, whose death was announced on Sunday. Reeve, 52, died in hospital after suffering a heart attack and was immediately remembered
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The lawmaker poised to cause the Bush administration's biggest headaches when Democrats take control of Congress may just be a grocer's son from Watts who's hardly a household name off Capitol Hill.
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In tribute to Ronald Reagan, a lawmaker from Missouri who once got campaign help from the "Great Communicator" is pushing federal legislation he hopes bolsters funding and public awareness about the brain-degenerating disease that claimed the former president's life.
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By DENNIS PASSA BEERWAH, Australia - &quot;Crocodile Hunter&quot; Steve Irwin was remembered Wednesday for his &quot;great zest for life&quot; at a public memorial service for the beloved conservationist and entertainer.