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- Silver Knight honors for 60 devoted Broward students - Miami Herald
The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald are celebrating current and past Silver Knight winners this month to mark the 50th anniversary of the program that recognizes extraordinary high school seniors. In April, 60 Broward high school students earned ...
- 'Feral' teenagers jailed for murdering Goth (Daily Telegraph)
A judge compared two teenagers to wild animals as he jailed them for kicking a young woman to death because she was dressed as a goth.
- J. Ivy - The Ivy League - Sixshot.com
J. Ivy - The Ivy LeagueSixshot.com, Switzerland - 36 minutes agoThe book is basically my life story up until like 2001, and it’s just a story about my poetry and my story. And the title came from me talking to this girl ...
- Crazy for Cohen - Cape Breton
GLACE BAY — The Savoy Theatre has hosted some big names over the years and this week it will welcome one of the greatest singer-songwriters of our time. The legendary Leonard Cohen will grace the Savoy stage twice with performances Tuesday and ...
- At U-Va., a Dean Making a Difference - Washington Post
U-Va. administrator Sylvia Terry, left, with Demetra Gibson of the Bahamas, said students find it "so much easier to leave if no one has shown an interest in you." (By Stephanie Gross For The Washington Post) Not only that, they've got Sylvia Terry ...
- Vigil remembers children killed in drownings - Houma Courier
Stephanie Thibodeaux (from left), Patrick Gros, 11, and Missy Painter, shed tears during a candlelight vigil at the Courthouse Square Saturday evening for children who have drowned. Hayden Davenport, Thibodeaux’s son, drowned in a backyard swimming ...
- He Wrote 200,000 Books (but Computers Did Some of the Work) (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
A professor has developed computer algorithms that collect publicly available information on a given subject, turn them into into books, printed on demand or delivered digitally.
- Assistant Director performs many tasks (The York Weekly)
"In studying the applications for the Assistant Director position at the York Public Library in the earliest days of our new building, I found a resume that was particularly impressive. Sudie Blanchard's education at one of the finest library schools in...
- Amy Winehouse Studied (Undercover)
Students at Cambridge University are studying a song by Amy Winehouse. 'Love Is A Losing Game' from her 'Back To Black' album is being discussed as poetry for English literature students of the University.
- NRA Show highlights industry concerns - Pizza Marketplace
More than 71,000 attendees converged on Chicago’s McCormick Place last week for the National Restaurant Association’s 89th annual Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show. McDonald's chief executive officer Jim Skinner delivered the show's keynote address ...
- FILM SERIES EXPLORES STRUGGLES OF WOMEN - Orlando Sentinel
FILM SERIES EXPLORES STRUGGLES OF WOMENOrlando Sentinel, FL - 8 minutes agoThe Story of Qiu Ju (1993) was taken from Chen Yuan Bin's novella, The Wan Family's Lawsuit, and adapted for the screen by novelist Liu Heng. ...
- Helping the food bank - Valdosta Daily Times
The Echols County Jr. Beta Club and chaperones offered several helping hands to the Valdosta food bank recently. Members, advisers, and chaperones sorted food, health and beauty items, bagged and labeled cereal, and cleaned the fundraiser Derby Ducks ...
- Class of 2008 Says Good-Bye to Berkeley High - Berkeley Daily Planet
Class of 2008 Says Good-Bye to Berkeley HighBerkeley Daily Planet, CA - 2 hours agoAll eyes were turned on the stage when Robert McKnight, chair of the African American Studies Department at Berkeley High, appeared to make a speech. ...
- » Derby fever hits Cape Town - iAfrica.com
» Derby fever hits Cape TowniAfrica.com, South Africa - 17 hours agoMail in its droves following Monday’s interview with Bakkies, mostly asking after Gurthro’s upcoming poetry anthology. It’s only out in November; ...
- Wimbledon 2008: Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal face weather disruption - Daily Telegraph
The 21-year-old Scot has said that, despite his failure to beat Nadal in the past, he is confident that he has a good chance in his first Grand Slam quarter-final with the support of his increasing legion of fans on Centre Court. But the balmy ...
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