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- Report Finds Racial Disparities in the Severity of Punishment (Washington Post)
The nation's juvenile justice system metes out harsher punishment to black and Latino youths, locks up thousands of children for relatively minor offenses and ultimately makes them more dangerous, according to a national study released yesterday.
- National Endowment for the Arts Announces More Than $2,000,000 in Grants for the Big Read (Kansas City InfoZine)
208 grantees include libraries, arts groups, science organizations, colleges, and municipalities; NEA pilots The Big Read Mexico
- A love of poetry finally rewarded (Concord Monitor)
Mimi White of Rye writes love poems, or maybe poems on the subject of love, if there's a difference - and there probably is. "Love," she told me, "is what I will always write about - human love, bird love, dog love."
- Pacific Market Center Hosts Gift & Home Accessories Show - Gourmet Retailer
Pacific Market Center Hosts Gift & Home Accessories ShowGourmet Retailer, FL - 5 hours agoFree parking and shuttle service to and from downtown hotels and the Washington State Convention & Trade Center -- where the Seattle Gift Show is being held ...
- Cannes-o-rama, Day eleven: L’esprit d’escalier - Time Out Chicago
Time Out ChicagoCannes-o-rama, Day eleven: L’esprit d’escalierTime Out Chicago, IL - 17 hours agoHe could use a Spike Jonze (less so a Michel Gondry) to rein in his indulgences, but this is a funny, self-lacerating film; think of it as Kaufman’s 8 1/2. ...
- 'How Fiction Works' (The Christian Science Monitor)
America's top literary critic shares the secrets of the books he loves.
- Breeding like rabbits - Calgary Herald
One Yellow Rabbit celebrates its 25th anniversary Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Jubilee Auditorium. Tickets available at Ticketmaster. "We love our audiences," says One Yellow Rabbit co-founder Blake Brooker. And the feeling, say OYR audience members ...
- Clinton runs risk of ruining Dems' presidential chances - DePaulina
Clinton runs risk of ruining Dems' presidential chancesDePaulina, IL - 1 hour agoJeremiah Wright, while Clinton has escaped lies (sniper fire or poetry and flowers on the tarmac of Bosnia, Mrs. Clinton?) all too easily. ...
- Serial books and boxed book sets for young people (North Lake Tahoe Bonanza)
It’s summer bringing all the glory that comes with it: a more relaxed atmosphere with warm weather, the beach, boating, swimming, hiking, golf, and long, lingering days. The kids are out of school and just as eager as you to “get out there and do something” both with you and without you.
- Pierce Brosnan's Springsteen ambition - Boston Globe
Pierce Brosnan wants to star in a musical about Bruce Springsteen. The 55-year-old actor - who debuts his vocal talents in the ABBA-inspired musical 'Mamma Mia!' - has got the taste for singing on screen, and is keen to take on the challenge of ...
- Apollon Temple reduced to a 'wedding hall' - Voices Newspaper
Apollon Temple reduced to a 'wedding hall'Voices Newspaper, Turkey - 5 hours agoHe said such activities, which would be held at the wedding hall in the Council Park previously, were damaging the historical texture of the temple. ...
- Library hosts TeenSpace program, video gaming tournament - Journal Times
RACINE — On Saturday, the Racine Public Library will host a TeenSpace program and gaming tournament as part of ongoing programming to build relationships with teen patrons while generating library interest. The monthly event features free Internet ...
- Arts Minded: City’s murals save the day - River Falls Journal (subscription)
Arts Minded: City’s murals save the dayRiver Falls Journal (subscription), WI - 22 minutes agoPoetry on the River 2008 from Monday through Friday, July 14 to 18, still has openings. Young poets and those who wish to learn about poetry, ages 11-14, ...
- A Living Legend Visits MUI - FinalCall.com
FinalCall.comA Living Legend Visits MUIFinalCall.com, IL - 2 hours agoFor example, the students asked, “What inspired you to write poetry?” “What inspired you to paint?” She enthusiastically responded by saying, “YOU! ...
- Dictatorship taking last breath: Shahbaz - Nation
LAHORE - Newly-elected Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday said that though he did not believe in political victimisation, but a fair accountability of those who had indulged in massive corruption in the past eight years would be ...
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