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- Family of woman who died after being Tasered sues police - Miami Herald
The family of a schizophrenic woman who died after being shocked by a Taser 10 times during a mental-health crisis is suing the city of Green Springs and two of its police officers in federal court. An autopsy categorizes 56-year-old Emily Delafield ...
- Nothing rhymes with National Poetry Month - News Groper (satire)
News Groper (satire)Nothing rhymes with National Poetry MonthNews Groper (satire), NY - Apr 18, 2008Worse yet, it brings aborted fetuses back to life. Little zombie fetuses crawling around attempting to rhyme, only they can't rhyme, because they can't even ...
- Hello, summer! Festival season is here (SouthtownStar)
Ready or not, summer is upon us with its many music, food and cultural fests and fairs. The Southland abounds with weekend activities, so clear the calendar, rally the family and be sure to go to these events hungry. And definitely do not forget the sunscreen and bug spray.
- Weeping schoolgirls wish happy birthday Saddam - Reuters
AWJA, Iraq (Reuters) - Hundreds of Iraqi schoolchildren were brought to the modest mausoleum of Saddam Hussein on Monday to celebrate the birthday of the executed dictator in the village where he was born. Saddam, who was hanged in late 2006 for ...
- Hindu scholar arrives for 9-day spiritual program - Cincinnati.com
Morari Bapu sits cross-legged on a makeshift white bed in the middle of a black stage, dressed in starched white robes. It's a simple elegant scene with the imposing image of the Hindu deity Hanuman overshadowing the stage behind him. Bapu is one of ...
- Check out what's new at 123! - NYC Independent Media Center
Check out what's new at 123!NYC Independent Media Center, NY - 2 hours agoTowards the beginning of the month, we hosted a night of poetry and spoken word featuring Penny Rimbaud (formerly of Crass). The Hobo Film Fest also stopped ...
- Visions of Haiti - Canada.com
The truth can finally be told: Ottawa's high-profile performance poet and social activist, Oni The Haitian Sensation, is not all that Haitian. Actually, Oni was born in Montreal, and has never been to Haiti. She was named after Swedish film star ...
- Regarding the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize - The Union of Grass Valley
Regarding the Ruth Lilly Poetry PrizeThe Union of Grass Valley, CA - 1 hour agoMy latest book of poetry is "Danger on Peaks, Counterpoint 2004," dealing with volcanoes, love, death and 9/11 in a Buddhist light. ...
- Students key to re-enacting past (The York Weekly)
The education and curatorial departments have been particularly busy over the past several weeks as the museum prepares to open for its 108th season. Seasonal staff and volunteers — novice and veteran alike — are being oriented to the museum...
- Greer returns with 'Story of a Marriage' (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Story of a Marriage By Andrew Sean Greer Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 195 pages; $22 "Our belief that a person takes part in an unknown life which his or her love would allow us to enter is, of all that love demands in order to come into being, what it...
- Sunday Focus | In the running for Beijing - MiamiHerald.com
Sunday Focus | In the running for BeijingMiamiHerald.com, FL - 15 minutes agoShe is engaged to Super Bowl winner Aaron Ross, a New York Giants cornerback who shares her love of poetry readings and bowling. ...
- How to do the right thing - La Crosse Tribune
Years ago, the late, lovely Diane Mumm of Onalaska, Wis., shared words of wisdom with me. She said that when instructing her children she always told them to “just do the right thing.” Today, as I was browsing the shelves of my favorite local ...
- Stafford students win with quarterback, Indian maiden (The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
Two students in the same fifth-grade class earn state honors in a contest about American heroes
- Patience Leads to Perfect Peace Espouses Sharon Marcus in her ... - PRLog.Org (press release)
Patience Leads to Perfect Peace Espouses Sharon Marcus in her ...PRLog.Org (press release), Romania - 46 minutes agoIn her five previous books, whether fiction, nonfiction or poetry, Marcus’ passionate devotion to the precepts of Sufism simmers beneath the lyrical writing ...
- Poetry constest winners announced - Muscatine Journal
Poetry constest winners announcedMuscatine Journal, IA - 2 hours agoThe top three winners in each category received a T-shirt stating, “Don’t read my lips, read my poem,” along with gift certificates. ...
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