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- Today's top things to do in Fort Collins - Coloradoan
Faces of America is a one-person show tonight that is both educational and entertaining. The show tells the story of seven very different people, from an African-American male to a Filipina-American doctor to a mixed-blood American lesbian. The show ...
- Obama vows to renew America's promise (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)
DENVER, Colorado (AFP) - Barack Obama savaged John McCain and "broken" Republican politics, vowing to restore America's promise in a tumultuous climax to the Democratic convention before an 84,000 strong crowd.
- Islamophobia in the Classroom - Media Monitors Network
Islamophobia in the ClassroomMedia Monitors Network, CA - 46 minutes agoWriting poetry in Arabic was what educated people did, not just Muslims ..." Prof. Haroon Kharem rightly calls the omission of teaching about Muslim Spain ...
- Mankiw on Gas Taxes - New York Times Blogs
From Greg Mankiw ’s blog, a link to an interesting speech he gave in which he discussed how differently economists and politicians view the ability of taxes to solve externalities (e.g., gasoline taxes to offset the congestion costs of driving). In ...
- Downtown Ramble offers fun for the whole family - Las Cruces Sun-News
Downtown Ramble offers fun for the whole familyLas Cruces Sun-News, NM - 3 hours agoAuthors should prepare a 5 to 6 minute presentation (generally three pages of poetry, prose or a performance piece). A sound system will be provided. ...
- In Nairobi’s slums, E.C. Glass teacher finds hope (The News & Advance)
E.C. Glass teacher Patty Worsham was in an urban slum in Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi to deliver supplies donated by Glass students, and to work with children at a school there.
- Singing garbage truck driver Barbara Pittman comes to Americus (Americus Times-Recorder)
Barbara Pittman with Advanced Disposal certainly doesn’t display the stereotypical qualities of a garbage truck driver.The former resident of Albany and Jacksonville, Fla. doesn’t fit the role at all.
- Gathering truly poetic - Mosman Daily
Gathering truly poeticMosman Daily, Australia - 3 hours agoThree local poets are to gather at Mosman Library on September 5 to celebrate National Poetry Week and push to raise the profile of their literary art form. ...
- Dresden Novelist Wins Prestigious German Book Prize (Deutsche Welle)
The former Dresden medical doctor turned novelist won the German speaking world's most prestigious literary award in a event that preludes the Frankfurt Book Fair.
- Finalists for the $100000 Siminovitch Theatre Prize announced - National Post
Finalists for the $100000 Siminovitch Theatre Prize announcedNational Post, Canada - Sep 24, 2008This jack-of-all-trades has published more than 20 books of poetry, prose, and essay. "The jury feels that each playwright on the short-list possesses a ...
- Neil Kinnock welcomes Joe Biden nomination - Telegraph.co.uk
Neil Kinnock welcomes Joe Biden nominationTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 2 hours agoThe Delaware senator spoke of the talent of "those same people who read poetry and wrote poetry and taught me how to sing verse. ...
- Planning to leave town because of the schools? This parent didn't, and ... - San Francisco Gate
Thursday, September 5, 2008 I never intended to be a pioneer in the trenches of San Francisco's beleaguered and maligned public school system. Back in 1993, when my first child started kindergarten, I'd been lucky. At the time, there were five public ...
- Death defeats Darwish - Saudi Gazette
Death defeats DarwishSaudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia - Aug 9, 2008Darwish first gained prominence in the 1960s with the publication of his first poetry collection, “Bird without Wings.” It included a poem (``Identity ...
- Palestinian poet's body flown to Ramallah - International Herald Tribune
RAMALLAH, West Bank : The body of Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry gave voice to Palestinian national aspirations, arrived on Wednesday in the West Bank city of Ramallah, where mourners assembled for his funeral. A helicopter brought Darwish's body from ...
- Third annual Local Author’s Night in Mayodan - GoDanRiver.com
The Western Friends of the Library brings together an eclectic group of authors for Monday evening’s third annual Local Author’s Night. Beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Mayodan Public Library, seven Rockingham County writers will share insights from ...
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