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- Why are ABBA songs so infectious? Science has answers (Chicago Sun-Times)
It only takes a single exposure, and in an instant, your whole day can change. The infection is rapid and feels potentially unending. One minute you’re minding your own business and the next you find that you can’t stop thinking, humming, or singing ‘‘Dancing Queen.’’
- Ex-wife's book shows Che's transformation (The Oklahoman)
"My Life With Che” by Hilda Gadea (Palgrave Macmillian, 223 pages, $21.95). Ernesto "Che” Guevara's transformation from adventurer to revolutionary is chronicled by his first wife in the intimate portrait, "My Life With Che,” picking up where his own book, "The Motorcycle Diaries” left off. This revised and updated version of Hilda Gadea's 1972 book tells of the pair meeting in December 1953 ...
- Panic in Detroit? Where is the new rock city? - Battle Creek Enquirer
Panic in Detroit? Where is the new rock city?Battle Creek Enquirer, MI - 10 hours agoWe are rich with Steinbeckian plot and poetry, here in the Midwest. We've had more bands come from Michigan (Marilyn Manson, The White Stripes, Eminem, etc. ...
- Interview: Victoria Hislop - Cherwell Online
Cherwell OnlineInterview: Victoria HislopCherwell Online, UK - 5 hours agoThe Return is essentially a novel about ‘a woman who falls in love with the Spanish culture' through the medium of dance, ‘discovering many hidden secrets' ...
- Learning rites and wrongs - On Line Opinion
It is not uncommon to see young couples walking hand in hand while each chats away separately to other distant folk via the ubiquitous, insistent mobile phone. Hardly seems romantic. On public transport passengers make calls to announce they will be ...
- Families of Missing Persons Try to Cope - Eyewitness News Memphis
Families of Missing Persons Try to CopeEyewitness News Memphis, USA - 28 minutes agoInvestigators say it's an African-American woman whose body was badly decomposed. The body was found near Frayser High School. Right now in Memphis, ...
- Hispanic Heratige Month gives groups opportunity to share their ... - Shorthorn
Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates and educates others about the Hispanic culture, said Diana Padilla, Delta Alpha Sigma member. Business management sophomore Roberto Maddox said the month is for understanding different cultures and how they relate ...
- MADISON: James Whitcomb Riley in Anderson (The Herald Bulletin)
There were reports of womanizing, alcoholism, fraud, scandal and even the selling of patent medicine. Yes, James Whitcomb Riley, the gentle, fondly remembered bard of children’s classics such as “Little Orphant Annie” and “The Raggedy Man,” made quite an impression on Anderson, Indiana.
- 31 dog days: Blame it on the Roman emperor - New Haven Register (subscription)
31 dog days: Blame it on the Roman emperorNew Haven Register (subscription), CT - 5 hours agoAccording to one Web site I found, today is National Thriftshop Day, Monday is Bad Poetry Day, Tuesday is Potato Day, Wednesday is National Radio Day, ...
- Andrew Motion: Noises Off - The Independent
One million pages were read on the online poetry archive – poetryarchive.org – last month, an amazing figure. The appetite for poetry is there, but there's a real problem with delivery. On 4 July I took over the chairmanship of the Museums ...
- Preview Calendar: Comedy, Theater, Auditions - North County Times
Preview Calendar: Comedy, Theater, AuditionsNorth County Times, CA - 27 minutes ago"Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris" ---- North Coast Repertory Theatre opens its 27th season with a celebration of the musical poetry of ...
- Doors Opening, Doors Slamming - Times of Central Asia (subscription)
Doors Opening, Doors SlammingTimes of Central Asia (subscription), Kyrgyzstan - 16 hours agoThe book consists of the former president’s dubious autobiography and his account of Turkmen history, punctuated by his poetry and thoughts on morality. ...
- Ex-reporter offers help for the grieving (Collinsville Herald)
As a newspaper reporter, Mark Hodapp wrote his share of sad stories. But unlike some who deal with death and heartbreak on a regular basis, Hodapp never could forget many of the stories - or the people behind the stories.
- Elliott, Stanley to share stage on first day of Artisans Road Trip (Spencer Daily Reporter)
Iowa singer/songwriter, Chad Elliott, formerly of Spencer, and Mother Banjo singer/songwriter Ellen Stanley will be performing live at Shaky Tree Coffee in Spencer from 7-10 p.m. Oct. 4. This duo...
- Poet recites verses - Daily Free Press (subscription)
Poet recites versesDaily Free Press (subscription), MA - 22 hours agoAs Seamus Heaney read his poetry at Harvard University last night, his listeners seemed to have a renewed faith in the power of the written word. ...
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