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- Texas executes man who killed adoptive parents (USA Today)
Texas has executed Carlton Turner for killing his adoptive parents in their suburban Dallas home 10 years ago. The U.S. Supreme Court denied two appeals late this afternoon. In September the court gave him a reprieve after the justices decided...
- Library adjusts hours (The York Weekly)
We all have good days and bad days. For me, a bad day recently was when I discovered that in the May referendum the voters turned down the library's request for a new staff position, which would have been the first in the seven years we've been in our...
- To have an event listed, send a fax... - Akron Beacon Journal
To have an event listed, send a fax...Akron Beacon Journal, OH - Jul 18, 2008Includes costume contest, games, live snake program, food and other activities. Contact Peninsula Art Academy at 330-657-2248 or visit ...
- COLUMN: Leyde: Murphey follows way of the West (The Salinas Californian)
Michael Martin Murphey isn't shy about sharing what his priorities are: The cowboy way, restoring the American prairie, longhorn cattle and preserving our Western heritage.
- Excellence on show at Mello-go-roun' - Jamaica Observer
Excellence on show at Mello-go-roun'Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - 5 hours ago... as they could very well be setting them up for ridicule; the religious-flavoured Construction, a dub poetry piece splendidly performed by the Ensemble ...
- Durrell and I - Egypt Today
W hen the name Lawrence Durrell is mentioned, one immediately thinks of his Alexandria Quartet, the series of novels that brought the writer his greatest fame. Durrell was also a poet; in fact, his poetry emerged long before his novels, the first of ...
- Critic's choice - Can’t Read, Can’t Write (Channel 4) - Daily Telegraph
Last week’s opening programme proved hugely affecting as campaigning teacher Phil Beadle took on a class of illiterate adults and in the space of a few short sessions reversed the effects of decades of educational neglect and rock-bottom self ...
- Thinking about faith - National Catholic Reporter
National Catholic ReporterThinking about faithNational Catholic Reporter, Missouri - 3 hours ago... published several well-regarded books. The Contagion of Jesus, a compilation of some of his previously unpublished essays, sermons, talks and poetry, ...
- Palestinians mourn Mahmud Darwish - Middle East Online
RAMALLAH - Palestinians on Sunday mourned the death of poet Mahmud Darwish who gave voice to their decades-old struggle and is widely considered one of the Arab world's greatest writers. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas declared three days of ...
- Art/Culture - Urbanite Baltimore
Art/CultureUrbanite Baltimore, MD - 15 minutes ago... of poetry through her website, www.poetryinbaltimore.com, and regular readings at Minás Gallery in Hampden, inviting writers to post their work online ...
- Binh Dinh all set for mega festival (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge - With just a week to go before the Binh Dinh festival kicks off on August 1, the hometown of the legendary Emperor Quang Trung is agog.
- Former LCC student publishes "THOUGHTS from the MIND" - Lansing State Journal
Victor Johnson, Sr. has released a collection of his poems in his first book entitled, "THOUGHTS from the MIND." Victor grew up in Benton Harbor, Michigan where he graduated from Benton Harbor Sr. High in 1973. He went on to graduated with a B.A. in ...
- Conflict is his muse (Concord Journal)
G. Tod Slone calls conflict his muse.
- Osama and Afghan cinema: an interview with Siddiq Barmak - Open Democracy
Afghanistan’s first post-Taliban feature film, a bleak yet lyrical story of a young girl forced to ‘pass’ as a boy in order to support her widowed mother, is provoking worldwide interest in the country’s cinematic heritage and future. As ...
- Box Elder County Fair - A Family Tradition (Box Elder News Journal)
Crops & Garden – Open, 4-H, FFA 7:00 – 8:30 a.m. Floriculture 8:00 – 9:30 a.m. Baled Hay Contest 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
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