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Jimmy Carter Had a Quiet Second Act as a Folk Painter

Christie's to auction late president's personal artworks to fund Georgia causes

(Newser) - Jimmy Carter didn't just oversee peace accords and peanut farms—he also spent decades quietly wrestling with oil paint and church steeples. Nearly 100 of the former president's paintings are now coming out of the Carter family orbit, with four headed to Christie's this month in a...

Her Parents' Deaths Bring Amy Carter Back Into Spotlight

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter's youngest child was a roller-skating 9-year-old when he became president

(Newser) - Amy Carter was 9 when she joined her parents in walking in Jimmy Carter's inaugural parade in 1977. She then lived in the national spotlight, becoming the first young child in the White House since Caroline and John Kennedy Jr—photographed roller-skating outside, dining with John Travota, and posing...

24 Years of Limbaugh Apologies

Rush apologizes rarely, and usually without enthusiasm

(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh's apology yesterday for calling a law student a "slut" surprised many—after all, he doesn't give out many mea culpas. And even when he does, he doesn't really put a lot of heart into most of them. So BuzzFeed takes a look at Limbaugh'...

Chelsea, Bush Twins: We Have Great First Kids
 Chelsea, Bush Twins: 
 We Have Great First Kids 
Gail Collins

Chelsea, Bush Twins: We Have Great First Kids

Hate their parents if you must, but not their offspring

(Newser) - Gail Collins doesn't want to hear any griping about Chelsea Clinton's wedding. "Let her have her day," she writes at the New York Times . She's "been a national public figure against her will since she was 12, and in all that time she has never embarrassed her...

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