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- Magic transcends borders as Lincoln couple bring smiles to refugees in ... - Addison Independent
LINCOLN — Even in the middle of a refugee camp in Iran near the border with Iraq, Tom Verner of Lincoln almost felt at home. “We just felt so warmly welcomed by the Iranian people,†Verner said. Verner and his wife, Janet Fredericks, last month ...
- Ex-Supreme Court Justice O’Connor at Elko’s Cowboy Poetry - Las Vegas Sun
Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has agreed to be the keynote speaker at the 25th annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko next January. O'Connor, the first female justice on the nation's highest court, was raised on a ...
- MURAQQA: Imperial Mughal Albums - HULIQ (press release)
MURAQQA: Imperial Mughal AlbumsHULIQ (press release), NC - 1 hour agoThe sections are titled: "Iranian and Central Asian Manuscripts in the Mughal library"; "Poetry and Other Non-Historical Manuscripts"; "Memories, ...
- southern arizona authors : Fun reads will entertain young and old - Arizona Daily Star
southern arizona authors : Fun reads will entertain young and oldArizona Daily Star, AZ - 1 hour agoFiles, as you might guess, a veteran prose and poetry specialist, explains it all to you — and very nicely. The result is a handsome coffee-table book, ...
- Edinburgh Comedy Festival kicks off - The Press Association
Edinburgh Comedy Festival kicks offThe Press Association - 3 hours agoIt features acts across the spectrum of sketch, poetry, musical and comic theatre. Comedians Mark Watson and Tim Minchin are among those performing as the ...
- Rhyme and punishment: Vandals who trashed Robert Frost's home learn ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. - Call it poetic justice: More than two dozen young people who broke into Robert Frost's former home for a beer party and trashed the place are being required to take classes in his poetry as part of their punishment. Using "The Road ...
- School bids farewell to longtime teacher, nurse - Newburyport Daily News
NEWBURY — The entire Newbury Elementary School recently celebrated the careers of two staff members who will retire at the end of this school year. Between them, music teacher Jim Brauneck and school nurse Ann Reardon have more than 50 years of ...
- Editor's Notebook - Washington Technology
Editor's NotebookWashington Technology, DC - 7 hours agoBy David Hubler The online item of Washington Technology this week that In-Q-Tel, CIA’s investment arm, made an undisclosed investment in Lingotek, ...
- Students get graphic with literature - Chico Enterprise-Record
At Marsh Junior High School, Liesl Jones (background) looks over winning graphic novels with students (left to right) Skyla Reiner, Taj McGrew, Sara Kraatz, Qoua Xiong, Po Ho Lo, Chong Vang and Cher Vang on Wednesday.(Ty Barbour/Staff Photo)
- War on the Boy Scouts - Atlanta Journal Constitution
The war on the Boy Scouts continues. It’ll either accept gays or be driven from existence. The long struggle, now going on 20 years, strikes up again, this time in Philadelphia where the city is imposing a $200,000 per year fine on the Boy Scouts ...
- Tales that tell of days like these.. - Edinburgh News
TO MARK the launch of a competition for short stories based on real-life events, here are three examples... a plastic bag containing a thick fleece and jacket. I flew in Saturday night and was glad of the plastic bag and its contents when I ...
- Honorary doctorate for noted poet - Stuff.co.nz
Honorary doctorate for noted poetStuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 30 minutes agoShe has published 10 volumes of poetry, including several award-winning books. Her first volume won the Jessie MacKay Award and the New Zealand Book Award ...
- Madison National Poetry Slam team ready for the spotlight (Isthmus)
Gathering in a muggy UW Red Gym last Tuesday night, the five spoken word performers representing Madison in the National Poetry Slam were intent on their final preparations for the big show this week. At this point, it's almost all repetition. The Madison team has been meeting for months, starting shortly after city finals competition back in May. Since that time, they've been collectively ...
- Rickie Lee Jones: following her fitful muse - Miami Herald
PHILADELPHIA - "Sometimes I listen to my music," Rickie Lee Jones is saying, as she sits in a cafe here. "And I think, 'How is it that you have a job? You really suck.' And then sometimes I listen to it and I say to myself: 'How come everybody in the ...
- A poem for my dad - Daily Journal
How do you love your dads? You left it to The Daily Journal to count the ways. Our Pop Poet contest generated more than 500 poems praising the paternal parent.
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