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- Challenge School student wins writing award - YourHub.com
Challenge School student wins writing awardYourHub.com, CO - 1 hour ago"Sometimes I like to write goofy stuff, sometimes poetry," said the bubbly fifth-grader who attends Cherry Creek's Challenge School. ...
- Portsmouth High School names top 10 students (Portsmouth Herald)
PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth High School has announced its highest ranked students for the Class of 2008. They are:
- Showtime's 'This American Life' fares better in second season (The Wichita Eagle)
On radio, "This American Life" is a treasure -- a brilliantly conceived form of quirky, true-life storytelling that has spawned a host of imitators and stands with the finest work the medium has delivered. But on TV last year, not so brilliant. While the first season on Showtime was promising, mistakes were made -- even host and executive producer Ira Glass says so. "I feel proud of what we ...
- A flood of remembrances: Johnstown, Pa., floats new attractions to lure tourists (Miami Herald)
Row after row of unmarked graves in Johnstown's Grandview Cemetery -- more than 700 -- are stark testimony to one of the most darkly ironic moments in American history.
- Profits from poems - Crosscut
Profits from poemsCrosscut, WA - 35 minutes agoBy Lisa Albers Seattleites John Marshall and Christine Deavel are co-owners of Open Books: A Poetry Emporium, one of just two poetry-only bookstores in the ...
- Holy Rollers: ministry keeps ladies looking, feeling good - Temple Daily Telegram
Volunteer Jan Doke gives the grinning Olamae Kelly a new hairdo on June 6. On Friday mornings, the Holy Rollers from Belton Church of God in Christ work a makeshift beauty salon at Crestview nursing home. (Mitch Green/Telegram) The Beatles took a sad ...
- 4th Annual Clarksville Writers’ Conference schedule announced - Clarksville Online
4th Annual Clarksville Writers’ Conference schedule announcedClarksville Online, TN - 16 minutes agoConference holders are honored to have as this year’s keynote speaker John Seigenthaler, Sr. (at left), renowned journalist, editor, publisher, ...
- 'Major League Eating: The Game' (Wii) - 19 New Screens - WorthPlaying.com
'Major League Eating: The Game' (Wii) - 19 New ScreensWorthPlaying.com, CA - 6 hours agoWatching Major League Eating is like watching poetry in motion" says Bill Swartz, Head Woof at Mastiff. "Professional gurgitators have the grace of ...
- Scholar's challenge seeks to change wisdom on Serenity Prayer - Chicago Tribune
NEW YORK - Generations of recovering alcoholics, soldiers, weary parents, exploited workers and just about anybody feeling beaten down by life have found solace in a short prayer that begins: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot ...
- Special events: Bike to the Bay ready to start benefit rides (The Toledo Blade)
The 2008 MS Reeves Northrup Memorial Bike to the Bay takes place this weekend.
- DELAWARE: State names new poet laureate - Delmarva Daily Times
DOVER — A poem can be a lonely, silent thing. But when it’s ready, said JoAnn Balingit, Delaware’s 16th and latest poet laureate, “It has to be witnessed, because you want to communicate it.” And if there’s one thing a poet laureate wants ...
- Educators debate gulf dividing schools, students - Indianapolis Star
Ruby Payne and Jawanza Kunjufu had never shared the stage before Friday, but their careers have intertwined for years in a debate over how American teachers differ from their students. Both believe teachers fail to make connections with students ...
- July 4 is more than a holiday - La Crosse Tribune
Another July 4 is upon us. In addition to fireworks, flags and hot dogs on this day, each one of us should take it upon himself or herself to read the Constitution and the first 10 amendments to it — the Bill of Rights. These are precious gifts ...
- The great debater - Paris News
North Lamar High School senior Matthew Corley took the gold medal in Class 4A UIL Lincoln-Douglas debate competition in Austin in early May. “That is pretty amazing,” debate coach Kristi Hodgkiss said of her student’s accomplishment. “There ...
- A Strange Tale (Prairie Public Broadcasting)
Norwegian writer Karin Fossum becomes a character in her dark novel “Broken.”
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