http://1600paavenue.com/topic/reuters-group-plc2010-12-14T22:31:11Z2010-05-20T08:15:11ZReuters US Online Report Oddly Enoughtag:1600paavenue.com,2010-05-20:/george-washingtons-library-book-returned-221-yrs-late-939466a/

<div><p>NEW YORK (<a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a>) - A library book borrowed by the first <a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" >U.S.</a> president, <a title="George Washington" href="/topic/George+Washington" >George Washington</a>, has been returned to a <a title="New York City" href="/topic/New+York+City" >New York City</a>'s oldest library, 221 years late.</p><p>Washington checked out the book from the New York Society Library at a tim...

2010-04-20T21:00:13ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:1600paavenue.com,2010-04-20:/book-talk-historian-holt-finds-admiration-president-pierce-910313a/

<div><p>SYDNEY (<a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a> Life!) - When historian <a title="Michael Holt" href="/topic/Michael+Holt" >Michael F. Holt</a> was asked to write a book on <a title="Franklin Pierce" href="/topic/Franklin+Pierce" >Franklin Pierce</a>, the 14th president of the <a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" >United States</a>, he admits he had little interest in the Democrat who ran the country from 1853 to 1857.</p><p>But Holt, a l...

2010-06-25T20:02:16ZReuters US Online Report Politics Newstag:1600paavenue.com,2010-06-25:/clinton-wishes-left-white-house-coffin-726944a/

<div><p><a title="Istanbul" href="/topic/Istanbul" >ISTANBUL</a> (<a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a>) - Former <a title="Bill Clinton" href="/topic/Bill+Clinton" >U.S. President Bill Clinton</a> said on Monday he would have preferred to leave the <a title="The White House" href="/topic/The+White+House" >White House</a> in a coffin because he loved being commander in chief, but signaled his political life was over.</p><p>"It's good that we have a (term) limi...

2010-12-14T22:31:11ZAP Newstag:1600paavenue.com,2010-12-14:/photo/wikileaks-berkeley-2397447p/

<a title="Beverly Dove" href="/topic/Beverly+Dove" >Beverly Dove</a> holds a sign as she speaks during a city council meeting in <a title="Berkeley (California)" href="/topic/Berkeley+(California)" >Berkeley, Calif.</a>, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. The council in this famously liberal city is considering a resolution Tuesday night bestowing hero status on <a title="Bradley Manning" href="/topic/Bradley+Manning" >Pfc. Bradley Manning</a>, the soldier at the center of the <a title="WikiLeaks.org" href...