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- Mentally ill woman's death in jail a tale of missed opportunities - Philadelphia Inquirer
Sandy Morgan didn't have a receipt when she walked out of the Boothwyn Wal-Mart with more than $500 worth of dolls, toys and girls' clothes. In her mind, she didn't need one. She owned Wal-Mart, she told a manager who tried to stop her. Sandy knew ...
- Shipping forecast takes global bow - BBC UK News
He usually broadcasts to just a few thousand early risers, but the voice of the shipping forecast is ready to make his global debut before one billion people at the Beijing Olympics closing ceremony. Radio 4 announcer Zeb Soanes, who read the ...
- Poet considered for national award (Prince George Citizen Online)
Gillian Wigmore's poetry has won yet another honour. Her current book Soft Geography was shortlisted earlier this year for the coveted Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize for top B.C. poet. Now Wigmore has been shortlisted for the ReLit Poetry Award for top Canadian poet published by an independent publishing company. Northern B.C.-focused book house Caitlin Press is her publisher for Soft Geography. ...
- Celebrating National Poetry Day 2008 - Peterborough Today
Celebrating National Poetry Day 2008Peterborough Today, UK - 15 hours agoThe current laureate is English teacher Mark Grist, who won the competition last year with a poem about his dream tie. Today he said the National Poetry Day ...
- WASHINGTON DIARY: Mastering the mother tongue —Dr Manzur Ejaz - Daily Times
WASHINGTON DIARY: Mastering the mother tongue —Dr Manzur EjazDaily Times, Pakistan - 6 hours agoOne day, in poetic trance, when he was reciting his Persian poetry, a wasp made her way into his dhoti (loincloth). Maulvi Sahib, thrashing his dhoti, ...
- Literary world mourns Wallace's suicide - Biloxi Sun Herald
NEW YORK -- The literary world is in grief for David Foster Wallace, an author of seemingly unstoppable curiosity, imagination and ambition who apparently killed himself. Readers are seeking out his work, including his 1,000-page novel "Infinite Jest ...
- Club News (The Fayetteville Observer)
Mustang Club: The group meets at the Advance Auto Parts/Sonic parking lot in Hope Mills every Friday and Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. In addition, they hold monthly meetings at the same location on the first Saturday of every month. The club’s Web site is at www.sandhillsmustangs.com.
- Renowned Palestinian cartoonist remembered in Gaza - www.worldbulletin.net
www.worldbulletin.netRenowned Palestinian cartoonist remembered in Gazawww.worldbulletin.net, Turkey - 3 hours agoIn 1985 Al-Ali moved to London, where he stayed until his death. The tribute to Al-Ali's life and work included reading of new and classic poetry about ...
- Contests and Giveaways - WBKO
Powerful Hurricane Gustav in Gulf after socking Cuba; New Orleans orders evacuation Rescuers Head to Quake Site in Southwest China Rescue teams head to quake site in southwestern China where 22 killed, hundreds injured Hundreds of Thousands of ...
- The Browser - Winning ways – and Ys - Scotland on Sunday
The Browser - Winning ways – and YsScotland on Sunday, UK - 54 minutes agoI can't imagine a future volume that captures the poetry, humanity and soulfulness of people texting, checking our their MySpace page or fiddling with their ...
- A Leader Turned Ghost - New York Times
A Leader Turned GhostNew York Times, United States - 8 hours agoAt the same time, he wrote and published his own poetry, hiring halls at the university for public readings of work that critics in Sarajevo tended to ...
- Apollo Sunshine: God's Electric Ragtime Band (All About Jazz)
“We like listening to music that makes us feel cool," says Apollo Sunshine's multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Jesse Gallagher . “Bringing in punk rock but also jamming together makes me feel like a cool dude [ laughs ]. I don't want to listen to some guy whining about his relationship.
- Globe West best bets - Boston Globe
Globe West best betsBoston Globe, United States - 9 hours agoHopkinton: Wake Up and Smell the Poetry, an open mike for poetry, songs, and spoken word, presents David Surette, Victoria Bosch Murray and Sarah Borrello ...
- Village poet receives six awards (Hot Springs Village Voice)
Marilyn Camden Norton of Hot Springs Village was recently notified that she had received six awards in the 71st Ohio Poetry Day 2008 Contest. The notification came from contest chairman, Bill Reyer, Department of English, at Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio.
- Would the Beatles have sounded the same if they'd never taken drugs? - Sunday Herald
Would the Beatles have sounded the same if they'd never taken drugs?Sunday Herald, UK - 11 hours agoAll the lyrics are like plastic, mind-expanding dogs in the sky' kind of stuff, which is basically Beat poetry set to music." He did concede that one drug, ...
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