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State of the Union Speeches -- By the Numbers

Unless you're a political junkie, you'd be excused from not caring too much about the president's annual State of the Union address. After all, the speeches tend to drag on interminably, with endless lists of policy prescriptions, bromides and ovations. The priorities outlined often get completely overlooked over the...

Yankees Fans Should Blame Republicans

When the Yankees are officially eliminated from the playoffs in a few weeks, there's going to be a lot of blame going around. Fans will blame Alex Rodriguez for never coming through in the clutch, Brian Cashman for never making the deal for Johan Santana, and Hank Steinbrenner for forcing Joe Girardi to move Joba...

Woodrow Wilson News From the Web

05/31/12 Wilson Principal Gets 'Stuck' in Name of Reading Source: FOX - FOX 17/62 WKBN - Youngstown OH Students at Woodrow Wilson Middle School in Youngstown were really "sticking it" to the principal on Thursday by duct taping him to the wall. For every $5 spent at a book fair earlier this month, students and staff got 2 feet of tape to use.
05/31/12 Repaving work beginning on Beltway near Wilson Bridge Source: InsideNoVA.com - Woodbridge VA Motorists are being advised to avoid a portion of the Capital Beltway near the Woodrow Wilson Bridge as a major repaving project gets under way.
05/31/12 NC's Presidential Past Creates Backdrop for Democratic... Source: VisitNC.com From George Washington to Barack Obama, U.S. presidents have slept, studied and taken their first steps in North Carolina.
05/30/12 TB testing under way at Woodrow Wilson Source: Tribune Star - Terre Haute IN Woodrow Wilson Middle School seventh-grader Ty Lautenschlager probably wasn't eager to have a needle injected into his arm Tuesday for a tuberculosis skin test.
05/23/12 Bayer Sponsors Youth Programs in Washington, D.C.,... Source: PR Newswire U.S. Astronaut Leads High School Students in Interactive Sustainability Workshop WASHINGTON , May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the sixth consecutive year, Bayer has teamed up with the United Nations Environment Programme's Regional Office for North America (UNEP RONA) to celebrate World Environment Day (WED) by sponsoring a series of youth-oriented environmental education programs in Washington , the 2012 WED host city in North America. More than 60 students from Woodrow Wilson High School will participate in "Green Living, Green Working," a half-day, hands-on interactive workshop that will identify and address key regional "green" issues related to health, energy, recreation, education, economy and biodiversity.

Background on Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913. Running against Progressive ("Bull Moose") Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt and Republican candidate William Howard Taft, Wilson was elected President as a Democrat in 1912.

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