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- Celebrating the life of Ben Linder (Oregon Daily Emerald)
Inspired by the Sandinista National Liberation Front, a socialist political party that ruled Nicaragua in the 1980s and helped some of the nation's poorest people, Ben Linder of Portland moved to Nicaragua after graduating from the University of Washington in 1983. A mechanical engineer, he worked on hydroelectric projects to provide energy to schools, clinics and farms.
- Family of woman who died after being Tasered suing 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 ...
- A chat with two poets in love - SouthCoastToday.com
A chat with two poets in loveSouthCoastToday.com, MA - 36 minutes agoShe received her master's in American literature from the Sorbonne, where she wrote her thesis on Henry James. John is a poet and attorney in Los Angeles. ...
- Arty facts - Otago Daily Times
Arty factsOtago Daily Times, New Zealand - 2 hours agoMontana Poetry Day is being marked tomorrow with events in Dunedin and Alexandra. Otago Daily Times poetry columnist Emma Neale, Diane Brown, Michael Harlow ...
- McCain Responds to Obama Decision: Failed Test of Principle - Swampland
The AgeMcCain Responds to Obama Decision: Failed Test of PrincipleSwampland - Jun 19, 2008"The true test of a candidate for President is whether he will stand on principle and keep his word to the American people. Barack Obama has failed that ...Video: AP Campaign Minute AssociatedPressall 3,510 news articles
- Drive to make Duffy next Poet Laureate - First Post
First PostDrive to make Duffy next Poet LaureateFirst Post, UK - 2 hours agoAs part of a well-orchestrated campaign, Chloe Garner, director of the Ledbury Poetry Festival, has written an open letter to the Queen, Gordon Brown, ...
- Green Neighbors: Alder News That’s Fit to Print (Berkeley Daily Planet)
If you’re like Joe and me, you’re spending as much of this sunny weather as you can outdoors, especially in our handy local parks. The breeding birds are here, and they’re putting on a show as they sing and chase and carry on, establishing territories, picking mates, building nests.
- New Book Celebrates Poet Maya Angelou - TriCities.com
“Maya Angelou: A Glorious Celebration” by Marcia Ann Gillespie, Rosa Johnson Butler and Richard A. Long, foreword by Oprah Winfrey, 2008, Doubleday, $30/$34 Canada, 192 pages; and 2008, Brilliance Audio, read by Dion Graham, $26.95, 3 CDs/appx. 3 ...
- Supporters club always had a laugh with Tommy at Burns Supper with ... - Scotsman
Supporters club always had a laugh with Tommy at Burns Supper with ...Scotsman, United Kingdom - 5 hours agoAt what other football event could you be regularly treated to poetry – serious, comic and satirical – excerpts from plays, cutting-edge music, ...
- Shaping generations - Malaysia Star
Shaping generationsMalaysia Star, Malaysia - 18 hours agoPn Nalini introduced us to the world of poetry and haiku writing. She also frequently brought us newspaper clippings and challenged us to comment on the ...
- Rover Dramawerks asking public for poems reflecting thoughts on war - Pegasus News
In spring of 1915, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD took 20 minutes of his time and wrote a poem reflecting his observations of World War I. Now, 92 years later, Rover Dramawerks requests you to do the same: Take a few minutes and write a poem that ...
- Self-published novel snags Leacock medal - TheChronicleHerald.ca
Self-published novel snags Leacock medalTheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 4 hours ago"His poetry is a testament to the sacredness of the natural world and our relation to it, and a prophecy of what we stand to lose if we forget that relation ...
- News in brief: SF center hosts queer prom - Bay Area Reporter
News in brief: SF center hosts queer promBay Area Reporter, CA - 5 hours agoThe evening will include fun, camaraderie, poetry, story-telling, music, and song led by Andrew Ramer and Andrea Guerra. Wine and juice will be provided. ...
- Mind & Spirit - Christian theatre is alive - Jamaica Gleaner
Jamaica GleanerMind & Spirit - Christian theatre is aliveJamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - 44 minutes agoDr Kwame Dawes, University of South Carolina professor in English and distinguished poet in residence and director of the South Carolina Poetry Initiative. ...
- Metro teen makes national poetry recitation final (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Georgia's young poetry reciting champion has advanced to the final rounds in the national Poetry Out Loud recitation contest. Elijah P. Orengo, 16, a sophomore at Westlake High School in Fulton County, emerged Monday as one of the top four poetry reciters in his region and will compete with 11 other students Tuesday night in the national finals. Orengo, looking casual in brown corduroy trousers, ...
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