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- Maya Angelou Celebrates 80th Birthday - CBS 46
ATLANTA -- It didn't take long to figure out Maya Angelou was in the building. The author and poet was met with a chorus of cheers and camera flashes from onlookers as she moved across the red carpet into her 80th birthday celebration at Atlanta's ...
- 'Paradise' dreaming of a better future - New Straits Times
DARFUR'S biggest city and historic trade hub, Nyala, is a gateway to Sudan with business prospects to entice the intrepid and a cinema keeping light entertainment alive in the dark days of war. One aid worker described it as "the Manhattan of Darfur ...
- ESPN Sees Positive Results From Wall-To-Wall Euro 2008 Coverage - SportsBusiness Daily (subscription)
SportsBusiness Daily (subscription)ESPN Sees Positive Results From Wall-To-Wall Euro 2008 CoverageSportsBusiness Daily (subscription), NC - 1 hour ago... of soccer as has come to be expected by even the casual fan. It has a UK accent that is part poetry, part analysis and part Benny Hill” (THE DAILY).
- Former Press Secretary Late Correcting Story - Washington Post
In an interview three years ago, when he was waging daily warfare against the White House press corps, Scott McClellan told me: "The media's trying to get under our skin and get us off-message." Now it's McClellan who's gone way off-message -- and ...
- Hear & Now MP3s: Laura Veirs - San Francisco Gate
Over the past decade, Laura Veirs has fashioned a singular musical vision and sound — not one that has made her a big star, but one that is full of stars — and meteors and constellations and galaxies (as well as oceans, sea grass and flying fish ...
- A Poet's 'Hardheaded' Reflection on Life - NPR
A Poet's 'Hardheaded' Reflection on LifeNPR - 3 hours agoEady's previous collection, Brutal Imagination, was a finalist for the 2001 National Book Award in Poetry. He has collaborated with jazz composer Deidre ...
- Stoughton minister delivers ‘The Gospel according to Bruce ... - Patriot Ledger
To the list of good-read tomes devoted to the Bruce Springsteen catalog you can add ``The Gospel According to Bruce Springsteen: Rock and Redemption from Asbury Park to Magic'' by the Rev. Jeffrey B. Symynkywicz (Westminister John Knox, $16.95 ...
- Singer credits Guthrie's influence [7 hrs ago] - NewsOK.com (subscription)
Singer credits Guthrie's influence [7 hrs ago]NewsOK.com (subscription), OK - 9 minutes agoAP Video • What: Concerts, children's activities, open mike, poetry readings, panel discussions and fundraisers for the state chapter of the Huntington's ...
- Posters, storybooks spread AIDS awareness in rural India (Feature) - Webindia 123
A Nandalal Bose-inspired 'patua' style painting of a loving couple as a poster endorsing the use of condoms; a storybook in tribal Santhali language talking of the dangers that migrant male labourers face if they are promiscuous - messages on HIV ...
- Shoot 'Em Way Up: 'Rambo" - Express from The Washington Post
Express from The Washington PostShoot 'Em Way Up: 'Rambo"Express from The Washington Post, DC - 10 hours agoThe first and fourth installments are by far the best, with real consequences, tragedy and even a bit of poetry. As directed by Stallone (whose ...
- Establish a goal, follow the dream (The Indianapolis Star)
Program for at-risk students stresses academics, character, vision of future.
- Stolen $30M Shakespeare book found - MSNBC
This "priceless" edition of Shakespeare's works was finally recovered after a man took the book into a US library and asked to have it authenticated. The first folio edition, printed in 1623, was taken ten years ago from the Durham University ...
- Sorted out for rhymes and lines: the secret of great lyrics (Independent)
On a recent trip to Brazil, I commented to the bossa nova-era songwriter Carlos Lyra that so many of the great Brazilian songs contain the word coracao – heart – in them. "It's so romantic," I said to Lyra. "It seems that Brazilians can't help but sing of the pain and the joy in their hearts." "Actually," Lyra replied, "there's another reason. Coracao is the easiest word in the Portuguese ...
- Got creatures? Author says we need each other (The Staunton News Leader)
Not "Got milk?" but "Got beavers, coyotes, wildlife?" prompts an ad for an area company that offers solutions for "nuisance" animals that have invaded homes or property.
- Mystery mural to be unveiled at library extension opening - North West Evening Mail
Colin Smith, headteacher, said: “Previously, the library was located in a corridor of the school and although it was well used we realised we required more space for the children.
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