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- Bill would allow mixed martial arts contests in SC - The State
South Carolina could join its neighbors in allowing mixed martial arts contests under legislation up for discussion next week by a Senate panel. Proponents say the increasingly popular combative sport, which combines elements of karate, judo, jujitsu ...
- Miley Cyrus (Gay Wired)
There once was a trivial pursuit question that asked what kind of people come from Lesbos? The answer is lesbians, of course. This week, however, the small Greek providence is trying to put an end to that with what is perhaps one of the silliest lawsuits ever conceived.
- Spoken Word uses ‘one mic’ to make ‘one movement’ - InsideVandy
Spoken Word uses ‘one mic’ to make ‘one movement’InsideVandy, TN - 11 minutes agoVanderbilt Spoken Word, an arts group founded in August 2007, combines elements of hip-hop with poetry in a style that offers commentary on social issues, ...
- Meghan O'Rourke: The real Miley Cyrus tragedy - Dallas Morning News
Meghan O'Rourke: The real Miley Cyrus tragedyDallas Morning News, TX - 46 minutes agoMeghan O'Rourke is literary editor at Slate, where a longer version of this essay appeared, and author of "Halflife," a collection of poetry. ...
- Scott champion heads to national spelling bee (Knoxville News Sentinel)
WASHINGTON - Lillie Young figured out pretty early that she had a talent for spelling difficult words when she entered a classroom spelling bee in the first grade and won.
- Santa Cruz - Monterey County Herald
Santa CruzMonterey County Herald, CA - 3 hours agoGuest speaker Susan Samuels Drake, poet, editor, activist and author, will read from her essays and poetry. Free pizza for the first two dozen people. ...
- Concert is a wave of emotions - Peoria Journal Star
Concert is a wave of emotionsPeoria Journal Star, IL - 2 hours ago... attempting to lure him away into the spectre's kingdom of death. By contrast, Mahler drew inspiration for his song cycle from his own poetry. ...
- The Play Is Over, but the Party Lingers On - New York Times
New York TimesThe Play Is Over, but the Party Lingers OnNew York Times, United States - 2 hours agoNearby at New World Stages, patrons can often find free acoustic music and poetry readings in a downstairs lounge. For Peter Tear, the executive producer of ...
- Etruscan Press Names New Managing Editor - Wilkes University
Etruscan Press Names New Managing EditorWilkes University, PA - 8 hours agoThe press released two publications that were National Book Award finalists: Shoah Train, a poetry collection by William Heyen, and Chromatic, ...
- Young South Florida poets complete for national spoken word title - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
Through their poetry, the 10 teens standing in the auditorium of the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center have learned to transfer their rage from the page to the stage. They rant about the war in Iraq and the response to Hurricane ...
- Diaries show Saddam feared getting AIDS in prison (GMA News)
CAIRO, Egypt - Saddam Hussein feared catching AIDS or other diseases during his US-supervised captivity, a leading Arab newspaper said Monday in publishing excerpts of his prison writings.
- Young Poets Share in Bryant Park (WCBS 880 New York)
Books in Bryant Park April is for Poetry Paul Murnane was there. This is our weak attempt at a Haiku, but there were much better ones today as part of New York City's honor to the Month of Poetry. READ MORE>>
- Life and death in the Bible - Asia Times
Theology was dethroned as queen of the sciences two centuries ago. This splendid book supports the case for restoration. How are we to make sense of a world in which the raw issues of life and death - secular society's failure to endure life, and ...
- First Read: Clinton makes Rocky a 'pansy' (MSNBC)
North Carolina Democratic Gov. Mike Easley made his endorsement official this morning, saying that Hillary Clinton “gets it†and is a fighter who he said “makes Rocky Balboa look like a pansy.â€
- Coming Events - Orange County Review
Coming EventsOrange County Review, VA - 17 minutes agoThis will be a special poetry release party and farewell to Earl Dixon before he departs Orange for the Tuscan hills of Italy for the summer. ...
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