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Robert Byrd Lies in Repose in His Beloved Senate

WASHINGTON (July 1) - The Senate opened its doors for a final time Thursday for Robert C. Byrd, the West Virginian of humble origins who became a Senate fixture for nearly a quarter of the nation's history. A military honor guard carried Byrd's casket up the Capitol steps, past the senator's portrait in a reception room...

Opinion: Byrd Was Third in Line for the Presidency?

(July 1) -- The death of Sen. Robert Byrd at 92 highlights a strange and unsettling fact about the American political system. At the time of his death, the senator -- who had to be gently removed from his perch as Appropriations Committee chairman in 2008 because of his inability to do that job -- stood third in line for...

Opinion: Byrd Evolved, Unlike Many of His Critics

(June 28) -- West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd wasn't even gone yet when posters on right-wing websites were dancing on his grave. At Andrew Breitbart's site, the nastiness was sickening. Among them (reprinted verbatim): Hasta la vista KKK Birdman. Funny how old D-rats are falling like flies this year. (Yes that WAS...

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05/24/12 Aunt Convicted Of Murder, Torture In âUnspeakable'... Source: CBS - WWJ TV - Detroit MI A Highland Park aunt and uncle who starved their 4-year-old nephew to death will be spending decades in prison.
05/21/12 Transportation security measures continue Monday Source: ABC - WLS 7 - Chicago IL Whether you drove downtown Monday morning or used public transportation, odds are the NATO summit affected your commute.
05/16/12 Letters, May 17, 2012: Manchin and Byrd; horseshoes... Source: The Charleston Gazette - Charleston WV CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- As a Democrat all my life and a believer in West Virginia and someone with a wishful heart for the unfortunate among our citizens, I regret former Gov. Manchin would betray our state and our people by developing such an attitude toward President Obama.
05/15/12 What LBJ knew about the Senate Source: The Washington Post - Washington DC President Lyndon B. Johnson is often used as evidence that a sufficiently persuasive president can force Congress to do what he wants.
05/12/12 Bridgeport needs 9 innings to eliminate Robert C.... Source: The Exponent Telegram - Clarksburg WV One can't say Bridgeport and Robert C. Byrd don't have a flare for the dramatic when it comes to baseball.