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- Click & Scroll: Hammon's 'Nation' uniquely passionate (San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5)
Thank the heavens for Internet site SilverStarsNation.com. If nothing else, it confirms there are pro sports fans in this town who are passionate about something besides the Spurs.
- Entertainment Calendar for July 10- July 19 - NRToday.com
Entertainment Calendar for July 10- July 19NRToday.com, OR - 7 hours agoPOETRY SLAM — 6 pm, Granger Book Co., 111 Second Ave., Myrtle Creek. Read your own poetry or bring your favorite poem to read. Free public event. 793-5599. ...
- Museum devoted to Robert Louis Stevenson - San Francisco Gate
As far as writers go, Scotland-born Robert Louis Stevenson has had more staying power than most. The author and poet, who once lived in the northern part of the Napa Valley, penned classics such as "Treasure Island" (1883) and "Strange Case of Dr ...
- Robeir al-Faris - Al Watany
The lifestyles of monks and Sufis have frequently raised many an eyebrow. Why a person should renounce worldly pleasures and favour a solitary life of self-imposed poverty has, over the ages, widely intrigued people. In their annual conference ...
- Musharraf's turbulent 9 years in power (AP via Yahoo! News)
Pervez Musharraf took power in a bloodless coup and later led a reluctant nation into the U.S.-led war on terror — an alliance that won him plaudits in the West but fueled anger at home.
- 19 years later, crash survivor is college graduate - Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier
SIOUX CITY, Iowa - The statue down by the river shows a little boy, but Spencer Bailey is all grown up. He was 3 years old on July 19, 1989 when United Airlines Flight 232 crash landed at Sioux Gateway Airport. His mother, Frances, was one of 112 ...
- Rain-soaked patrol for Nazis (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Richard Bausch is one of our country's best short-story writers, and his fine new novel, Peace, has the taut, spare power of the shorter form.
- Capital Sounds: Musical happenings in and around the Capital City (The Barre Montpelier Times Argus)
Greetings, live music fans. Hopefully everyone had a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend, and got out to see some of the great live music that was around. Summer is now quickly approaching, and with it there'll be plenty of outdoor music events in both Montpelier and Barre, as well as the surrounding area. But now to the task at hand -- here's what's up for the weekend. ... - Ed Dufrense
- Class of Distinction: 18 selected for Youth Leadership Blount - Daily Times
Eighteen students in Blount County have been selected for membership in the 2009 Youth Leadership Blount class. Youth Leadership Blount serves high school sophomores who show leadership abilities but who may not have the opportunity to reach that ...
- 'Man on Wire' Between the Twin Towers (The New York Sun)
'Man on Wire" is an upside-down documentary, so riveting in its setup and exposition that the climax arrives almost as an afterthought. The man of the title — the famed French tightrope walker Philippe Petit — is ultimately less interesting than the drama surrounding his wire, a tightrope strung between the newly completed World Trade Center towers in August 1974. And rather than tease the ...
- Emperor Hadrian, YouTube hero - Times Online
Emperor Hadrian, YouTube heroTimes Online, UK - 6 minutes agoNor is it to be doubted that, in the authentic manner of a French intellectual, he wrote poetry, had a passion for art, and cheated on his wife. ...
- Following in Dylan’s footsteps - WalesOnline
Following in Dylan’s footstepsWalesOnline, United Kingdom - 1 hour ago... appealed to decades of poets and writers, including Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, Eugene O’Neill, EE Cummings and Dylan. The black-and-white ink ...
- Emerging artists on shortlist for most valuable poetry prize - guardian.co.uk
Emerging artists on shortlist for most valuable poetry prizeguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoThe others are Christopher Buehlman for Wanton; Catherine Ormell for Campaign Desk, December 1812; Don Paterson for Love Poem for Natalie 'Tusja' Beridze, ...
- Remembering ‘The Rose Man’ Mr. Lee Nixon - St. Louis American
Remembering ‘The Rose Man’ Mr. Lee NixonSt. Louis American, MO - 2 hours ago“Everything he did was about love - even his poetry,” she said. “No matter what people did to him, he would find himself loving them. ...
- ‘El Camino’ Film Finds Its Way Home to Costa Rica - Costa Rica Travel News
Costa Rica Travel News‘El Camino’ Film Finds Its Way Home to Costa RicaCosta Rica Travel News, Costa Rica - 11 hours agoThe film mixes fiction with documentary-style storytelling, seamlessly weaving together poetry and reality, creating a world that pulls you into Saslaya’s ...
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