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- 'My Cloak and Dagger' author Roger Hall dies (The Monterey County Herald)
Roger Hall, 89, who wrote "You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger," a wry memoir about World War II spycraft that became a cult classic in intelligence circles and appealed to a wide audience for its irreverence, died Sunday at his home in Wilmington, Del. He had congestive heart failure.
- The fine art of Iranian political satire (The Daily Star Lebannon)
In Iran, satirizing the establishment can mean being slapped with a publication ban or even jail for an editor. Making fun of the president and senior leaders is not a task to be undertaken lightly. Tightrope-walking, as the publisher of the satirical bi-weekly Golagha (Mr. Nice) tends to refer to it, means having a keen sense of balance.
- Zimbabwe bloggers shine a light on their troubled country (Los Angeles Times)
With most independent newspapers shut down by Mugabe's regime, activists -- and even a diplomat -- have turned to the Internet. The blogger calls himself a "fat white man" and jokes about the right way to approach a cordon of Zimbabwean riot police: Don't wear an opposition T-shirt, or ask for the results of the recent one-man presidential runoff. Instead, greet them with a breezy "Good ...
- Teller wins German Book Prize (EARTHtimes.org)
Frankfurt - Author Uwe Teller won on Monday the German Book Prize, an annual, 25,000-euro (34,000-dollar) award for German-speaking novels, the judges announced in Frankfurt. He gained the award for The Tower, a monumental work describing the collaps...
- NBC's 'Kings' casts Ian McShane in story based on David and Goliath - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Beverly Hills, Calif. -- The NBC drama "Kings," which will premiere at midseason, is a modern retelling of the Biblical story of David and Goliath. But "it is not a religious show," said one of the show's three executive producers, Francis Lawrence ...
- NIN, Kanye, Gnarls Barkley showcased in Lolla's final day - Arlington Heights Post
After the audience melee at Saturday's Rage Against the Machine concert, Sunday's final day of Lollapalooza felt like the calm after the storm. Yes, it's true that another aggressive rock band, Nine Inch Nails, was one of the final acts during the ...
- Tapes offer look beneath the surface of Bin Laden, al-Qaida - Times-Argus
A large cache of audio tapes left behind at Osama bin Laden's headquarters in Kandahar, Afghanistan, was released Wednesday, offering a portrait of his gradual transformation from Saudi militant to global threat and opening a window on the daily ...
- Time for Media and Feminists to Penetrate Prostitution: On The Issues ... - PR Newswire
NEW YORK, July 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Prostitution penetrated the news in a major way in recent months -- from ex-governor Eliot Spitzer of New York and his paid binges with women to the suicide of DC madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey and the ...
- An ode to summer - ic Solihull.co.uk
An ode to summeric Solihull.co.uk, UK - 6 hours agoTo enter, email your poem to gemma.smith@europe.mccann.com with poetry competition marked in the subject header, or post it to Touchwood Poetry Competition, ...
- Uncloaked Potter Blinds Horses in `Equus' Revival: John Simon - Bloomberg
Sept. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Some plays read well but play poorly; ``Equus,'' specious as literature, is nevertheless dazzling theater. Now Peter Shaffer 's 1973 drama rides again on Broadway, in a production starring Daniel Radcliffe , filmdom's Harry ...
- Patti Smith - Eye Weekly
Patti SmithEye Weekly, Canada - 4 hours agoI wanted the film to be all-encompassing: raising children, writing poetry, travelling, working, being socially active, being a good citizen. ...
- AD White Professors-at-Large - Cornell Chronicle
Cornell ChronicleAD White Professors-at-LargeCornell Chronicle, NY - 2 hours agoHer other publications include "War in the Nursery," "Theories of the Child and Mother," and many poetry collections, articles and commentaries. ...
- Futurism to stir up Paris - Ansa news in English
Ansa news in EnglishFuturism to stir up ParisAnsa news in English, Italy - Sep 24, 2008Encompassing painting, sculpture, poetry, theatre, music and architecture, Futurism's rampant colours and violent energy envisioned a new, ...
- Hardware Report: Apple May Ditch Intel Chipsets in New MacBooks - DailyTech
Mention Apple in the tech community and one is sure to invoke a firestorm of criticism and debate. Indeed few topics excite tech readers quite like the moves of Apple which tends to draw inordinately passionate praise and criticism. However, one of ...
- Best Bets: Going Out - Courier-Post
Singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson brings his tour -- which had previous stops in Indianapolis, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco -- to the Theatre of Living Arts on South Street in Philadelphia Saturday. On Nathanson's latest EP, "Left & Right ...
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