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- NEWSÂ Mafia 'poet' attacked for being gay - Feature (EARTHtimes.org)
Rome - The Sicilian Mafia's honour code doesn't bar members from being poets, but a jailed suspect's penchant for writing verse led his fellow mobsters to assume he was gay, so as punishment, they gang-raped him. ...
- Howard Jacobson: We get the war criminals we deserve (Independent)
Arresting headlines all last week. "Police arrest Batman" caught the eye. "Police arrest Balls" would have been better, but Ballsing up the education of thousands is not yet considered a crime in this country. Unlike ballsing up your own disappearance which in any decent society would not be considered an offence.
- Prospect Gardeners assist Turning Point mortgage campaign - Marion Star
Prospect Gardeners assist Turning Point mortgage campaignMarion Star, OH - Jul 19, 2008Kay Jean played and members sang "Happy Birthday" to Dorothy L. Isler to celebrate her 90th birthday on Aug. 7. An open house will be held on Sunday, Aug. ...
- Arts Minded: Get ready for Art on the Kinni - River Falls Journal (subscription)
Arts Minded: Get ready for Art on the KinniRiver Falls Journal (subscription), WI - 3 hours agoKeynote speaker will be David Lee, first Poet Laureate of Utah and author of 15 books of poetry including “So Quietly the Earth,” “The Porcine Canticles” ...
- Why making children laugh is a serious business - Daily Telegraph
On Monday the shortlist for the first Roald Dahl Funny Prize will be announced. It's the creation of the Children's Laureate, Michael Rosen, who had a giggly time choosing books with the other judges: Roald's granddaughter Sophie Dahl, the children's ...
- Good news for international criminal justice - Globe and Mail
Good news for international criminal justiceGlobe and Mail, Canada - Jul 23, 2008As a fugitive he was cocky in the extreme: He even published a book of poetry while allegedly on the run, and there were reports of regular sightings. ...
- Wow, what a weekend, CBS catches it all - Forest City Summit
From the lighting of the ceremonial fire at the Hobo Jungle to the last trophy being handed out at the car show Sunday, Hobo Days 2008 was a grand success. Event organizers and members of the hobo community were thrilled to learn that CBS News ...
- Poetry column: Sneaky tactics behind mastering mirrors - Evening Sun
In part, most poets are chroniclers. They record truthfully, though maybe not realistically, the times in which they live. They couch their stories in metaphor and allusion. They compare and refer, rather than state directly. Poets hold before us ...
- NAPA's future in doldrums - Nation
KARACHI - National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) will soon be in doldrums. The artists’ community is creating hue and cry to save the academy from being closed. The academy is busy in streamlining better plays this season and more importantly ...
- Work to start on blind activity centre - Norwich Evening News
Work to start on blind activity centreNorwich Evening News, UK - 4 hours agoOnce the centre is up and running the NNAB plans to organize more craft, painting, creative writing and poetry classes for people affected by sight problems ...
- Scarlett Johansson, Ryan Reynolds marry in Canada - Grand Rapids Press
AP Photo Actress Scarlett Johansson arrives at Elle magazine's 14th Annual Women in Hollywood tribute in Los Angeles. Johansson and actor Ryan Reynolds married this weekend, according to publicist Meredith O'Sullivan. LOS ANGELES -- Scarlett ...
- Letters to the Editor (Alamosa Valley Courier)
I am voting for Barack Obama because I believe that we can be a better country than we have been for the last eight years. I am voting for the Democratic team because the economic and foreign policies of the Bush years have failed us. We cannot undo the past, but we must not repeat it.
- Vortex hosts poetry slam in Short/Denny - Echo
Vortex hosts poetry slam in Short/DennyEcho, AR - 3 hours agoBy Robert Haynes In Short/Denny Hall’s backyard nook, The Vortex, UCA’s student literary magazine, held its first poetry reading of the school year Sept. ...
- Any Suggestions for an October Surprise? - New York Times Blogs
Vladimir Putin seems to believe in the possibility: he says the Georgia clash happened because the U.S. “ needed a small victorious war ” to benefit the candidate preferred by the current administration. Yesterday at the G.O.P. convention, I ...
- Posted By WAYNE CHAMBERLAIN, THE SUDBURY STAR - Sudbury Star
Posted By WAYNE CHAMBERLAIN, THE SUDBURY STARSudbury Star, Canada - 10 hours agoShe hopes to line up a class on drawing Japanese manga art, as well as hold an open mic night where teens can read poetry, sing songs or tell jokes. ...
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