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- Obama holds big lead in poll - Buffalo News
Sen. Barack Obama, shown addressing an event Tuesday in Las Vegas, rejects allegations of distorting the Bible. WASHINGTON — Buoyed by Democrats’ enthusiasm and public concern over the economy, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has captured a sizable ...
- 2b or not 2b: David Crystal on why texting is good for language (Guardian Unlimited)
Despite doom-laden prophecies, texting has not been the disaster for language many feared, argues linguistics professor David Crystal. On the contrary, it improves children's writing and spelling
- Washington Post Wins 6 Pulitzers - Guardian
Washington Post Wins 6 PulitzersGuardian, UK - Apr 8, 2008Former US poet laureate Robert Hass, already a National Book Award winner for ``Time and Materials,'' won the poetry Pulitzer, as did Philip Schultz's ...
- THE DEVIN'S ADVOCATE: SO YOU MAY HAVE HEARD I DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD - Cinematic Happenings Under Development
THE DEVIN'S ADVOCATE: SO YOU MAY HAVE HEARD I DON'T BELIEVE IN GODCinematic Happenings Under Development, NY - 13 minutes agoPeople much smarter than me will one day be able to describe it in equations, the poetry of science. My brain doesn't work that way - none of that shit ...
- Hot Tickets 05/01/08 - Davison Index
Hot Tickets 05/01/08Davison Index, MI - 4 hours agoThe series addresses social issues through spoken word, music, poetry and prose. Tickets for the May performance are $10. The show starts at 7:30 pm at Red ...
- Cleburne poet releases first book, holds plans for future (Cleburne Times-Review)
Twenty-eight-year-old Kandice Jacobs-Armstrong has tried her hand and succeeded at many creative endeavors — singing, writing, entrepreneurship, poetry ...
- Ford Motor Company - Newsday
As Toby Barlow points out, epic poetry all but died out some time ago, and there hasn't been any hint that it's coming back. So for someone who works in advertising (he handles the Ford Motor Co. account), Barlow's choice of free verse for Sharp ...
- Chinese student in US is caught in confrontation - International Herald Tribune
Chinese student in US is caught in confrontationInternational Herald Tribune, France - 2 minutes agoWang said she writes poetry in classical Chinese, plays a traditional string instrument called the guzheng, and participates in democracy discussion boards ...
- Local musician releases second album of poetry - The Daily Toreador (subscription)
Local musician releases second album of poetryThe Daily Toreador (subscription), TX - 2 hours agoWhile writing and compiling the poetry and prose for the album, he drew from personal experience. "Like anything I do, there's probably a piece of me in ...
- Get Over It - Boston Globe
I have eaten heartbreak, and I have caused heartbreak. I've been unexpectedly dumped by my high school sweetheart, and I've undone a decade-and-a-half relationship. I have sat on the floor of a once happy cohabited home and divided a CD collection ...
- Students offer perspectives on racism (The Republican)
MONSON - Rebecca L. Hall read a poem from the perspective of a slave. Burke M. Cullinane's poem questioned why people fight and make racist comments. Jessica L. Hamilton showed a poster she made, filled with inspirational quotes.
- Jessica Simpson, Tony Romo going strong in magazine world - New York Daily News
There are two big stories in the mags this week. First, despite weeks of reports to the contrary, Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo are doing fine. (Cue sigh of relief from John Mayer .) Second, Brad Pitt bought half a million dollars worth of furniture ...
- Pakistan: Towards a Brighter Future - OhmyNews International
Pakistan: Towards a Brighter FutureOhmyNews International, South Korea - 1 hour agoOur conversation which ranged from poetry to politics, and wealth (or the lack of it) to education was more fruitful than many conversations I have engaged ...
- Step right up! Pick a winner! (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
LOS ANGELES - For Philadelphians who attend Book Expo America (BEA), the yearly meeting of the nation's publishing business that ended here Sunday, you judge a bookfest by the amount of preplanned agenda you cover.
- 'The Shack' houses success and grace - Courier-Post
A little novel written by an Oregon salesman and self-published by two former pastors with a $300 marketing budget is lighting up USA Today's best-selling books list with a wrenching parable about God's grace. First-time author William P. Young's ...
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