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- Dec. 26 Letters to the Editor (Bangor Daily News)
Shortly after Obama’s election, a Maine shop owner exercised his right to free speech. That exercise had him tarred and feathered in the court of public opinion. Some went so far as to call for the shop owner’s arrest or, at least, for the revocation of his business license.
- Wack beats from...Northbrook? - Chicago Tribune
In "Stranger Than Fiction" Will Ferrell plays Harold Crick, an IRS auditor with an expansive list of frighteningly precise habits: He uses the same number of strokes to brush his teeth each morning, he counts his steps to the bus stop and pauses ...
- Retailers cranking out deals to boost sales - London Free Press
Retailers cranking out deals to boost salesLondon Free Press, Canada - Dec 22, 2008This year's dismal holiday shopping season is producing more peril than poetry for merchants hoping to eke out a profit, even for online retailers, ...
- Ghalib Award conferred on veteran master of Urdu verse - Indian Express
Ghalib Award conferred on veteran master of Urdu verseIndian Express, India - 56 minutes agoBorn in Ahmedabad in 1927, Alvi has mastered Urdu poetry over a span of five decades. For his distinguished service to Urdu poetry, the Ghalib Institute, ...Prof Margoob Banhali awarded GreaterKashmir.com (press release)all 2 news articles
- In the Changing East Village, Making a Game of Remembering the Old Times (New York Times)
East Village Trivia Night, at the Bowery Poetry Club, draws an esoteric crowd of self-taught historians and pro bono tour guides.
- Musical at Iowa college acts out scary Bible tales - Anniston Star
DES MOINES, Iowa — Don't expect to hear these Bible stories at church. Cannibalism, rape, a bear that mauls children — this is the Bible? They're among six stories from the Old Testament acted out in Terror Texts, a musical at Northwestern ...
- 2009: Major anniversaries April (Daily Telegraph)
Nato was established and India and Ireland became republics while George Frideric Handel Henry VII Frank Lloyd Wright and St Anselm were among those who died.
- The Knowledge File: Literature - guardian.co.uk
The Knowledge File: Literatureguardian.co.uk, UK - 13 hours agoThe novel then won the Booker of Bookers, held in 1993 to coincide with the prize's 25th birthday. The 40th anniversary Best of Booker award, announced in ...
- `Crash' Gels With Stoned Dennis Hopper, Shady Cops, Thugs: TV (Bloomberg)
Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- ``Crash,'' the new Starz TV show inspired by the 2005 Oscar-winning movie of the same name, is starting to come together. The 13-episode series starring Dennis Hopper debuted in mid- October with several seemingly disconnected story lines.
- Orr's Poem Gets Crowd's Response at International Festival - University of Virginia
Orr's Poem Gets Crowd's Response at International FestivalUniversity of Virginia, VA - 2 hours agoIn January, Orr will conduct a workshop and reading at the Palm Beach Poetry Festival. His 10th collection of poems, "How Beautiful the Beloved," will ...
- Author Jon Katz writes of dogs, death and healing - Delaware County Daily Times
WEST HEBRON, N.Y. — Jon Katz and companion Izzy, both wearing the photo IDs of hospice volunteers, are greeted brightly as they enter the dining room at Pleasant Valley Infirmary. While Katz chats and jokes with caretakers and residents seated ...
- Farewell to Shannon (EdmontonSun.com)
Friends and family of a 29-year-old Edmonton woman whose remains were found in Strathcona County in June - but were only identified last week - said their farewells yesterday.
- Giving thanks for Steinbeck - The Salinas Californian
Giving thanks for SteinbeckThe Salinas Californian, CA - 16 hours agoThe exhibition, part of a new Big Read initiative supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation, contrasts Robinson Jeffers' ...
- ALICIA KEYS: The Belle of the Black Ball interview with Kam Williams (Eurweb)
*Alicia Keys burst on the scene in April of 2001 with the release of the single Fallin' from Songs in A Minor, the critically-acclaimed debut album which launched her meteoric rise.
- Shopkeepers one up on MC - Tribune
In what may raise a question mark on the working of enforcement agencies, certain shopkeepers who have taken shops on rent for meagre sums in busy markets are subletting the front of their shops to kiosks for thousands of rupees, thereby leading to ...
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