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- End-of-year school obligations drive parents batty - Forbes
My son's baseball teacher scheduled an end-of-year, mother-son game the other day, and it was a blast. The 5-year-old boys "won" (wink wink), but not before us moms got to hit a few grounders and run the bases in Central Park in the middle of a work ...
- Bubbly Johnson sets off to charm Beijing - Guardian Unlimited
LONDON, July 24 (Reuters) - American Shawn Johnson stole the show at last year's world championships with her winning smile, bubbly personality and dynamic routines to grab the all-round title and she is favourite to do the same at the Olympics. The ...
- 'Shairana' evening in Lucknow - Times of India
'Shairana' evening in LucknowTimes of India, India - 3 hours agoRetd. bureaucrat Pravin Sharma voiced aloud his thoughts in a poem which lamented the lack of time that he wasn’t able to find to pen his poetry! ...
- 'Americanized' dream (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
From lyric bards of old to Beats backed by jazz bands, music and poetry have gone hand-and-hand for ages. So what then to make of Duende, the collaboration between Worcester poet Tony Brown and Rhode Island bassist Steven Cafaro? Simply put, Duende takes the conventions of the hipster music/poetry combo and injects them with a healthy dose of punk rock and black humor. The combo's most recent ...
- AP Top News at 1:26 p.m. EDT (The Washington Times)
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Barack Obama has effectively clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, based on an Associated Press tally of convention delegates. The tally put Obama over the top Tuesday, ahead of the results from the day's final primaries in Montana and South Dakota. The Illinois senator becomes the first black candidate ever to lead his party into a fall campaign for the White House. ...
- DA to try girl, 14, as adult in killing - San Diego Union-Tribune
A 14-year-old Scripps Ranch girl suspected of killing her mother will be tried as an adult, the District Attorney's Office said yesterday. Heather D'Aoust is expected to be arraigned in San Diego Superior Court today, said Paul Levikow, spokesman for ...
- Kay Ryan named U.S. poet laureate (Moldova.org)
U.S. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington named Kay Ryan as the library's 16th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2008-09.Ryan, a 63-year-old California native, is to begin her duties in the fall, opening the library's annual literary series Oct. 16 with a reading of her work. She also will be a featured guest at the Library of Congress National Book Festival in the Poetry pavilion ...
- Movie Review: Speed Racer - Pegasus News
Movie Review: Speed RacerPegasus News, TX - 1 hour agoAnd like most CGI-dominated films, the special effects and visual poetry of the movie will fade over time, and end up looking amateurish within a few years. ...
- Bessie Head competition - Mmegi Online
Mmegi OnlineBessie Head competitionMmegi Online, Botswana - 52 minutes agoPoetry - Ita Mannathoko for Kgalagadi, the Great Thirst; John Hutcheson, for Sisal; and Peter Green, for Bessie Head. The monetary prizes for the ...
- Company Aims to Revive Heavenly Music - The Epoch Times
Company Aims to Revive Heavenly MusicThe Epoch Times, NY - 3 hours agoMusic, like fine poetry or meditation, could bring a deeper understanding of life and the universe. Zi Xia, one of Confucius' students and a well-known ...
- Caroline Kennedy brings discretion to veep search - AZCentral.com
BOSTON - Caroline Kennedy lives a very private life with a very public profile. It's the perfect skill set for her newest assignment. As part of Barack Obama's vice presidential search team, Kennedy must function with the utmost secrecy in what is ...
- Casper briefs (Casper Star-Tribune)
Casper hosts cattle industry show The 2008 Wyoming Cattle Industry Convention & Trade Show will be held Wednesday through Saturday at the Parkway Plaza Hotel and Convention Centre in Casper.
- Father, daughter co-authors win book award - Canadian Jewish News
Father, daughter co-authors win book awardCanadian Jewish News, Canada - 1 hour ago... Jewish family life against the backdrop of a drab, often hypocritical and sometimes overtly anti-Semitic Communist society.†The prize for poetry went ...
- Lights' catchy tunes to sweeten Salt Lounge - London Free Press
Lights' catchy tunes to sweeten Salt LoungeLondon Free Press, Canada - 10 hours agoLights' girlish vocals and teenage poetry might be a tough sell but the melodies are catchy enough and the digital backdrop of drum machines and synths make ...
- Insurers give worn flags a final salute - Everett Herald
McClain Insurance Services in Everett and PEMCO Insurance recently gave away new flags to folks who brought in worn models that needed to be ceremoniously retired. Nathalie Stamey at McClain said the response was overwhelming and that they gave away ...
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