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- London bishop to investigate gay church ceremony (AP via Yahoo! News)
The bishop of London said Sunday he would order an investigation into whether two gay priests exchanged rings and vows in a church ceremony, violating Anglican guidelines.
- Editorial Roundup (AP via Yahoo! News)
Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:
- Jazzfest review: Ottawa Composers Collective - Ottawa Citizen
Jazzfest review: Ottawa Composers CollectiveOttawa Citizen, Canada - Jun 28, 2008... poetry, bits of singing - some in the style of Bjork, some with echoes of Irish folk music - passages of soloing, duo and trio playing, moments of dark ...
- Outskirts Press Announces One Night Stand, the Latest Highly ... - PR.com (press release)
Outskirts Press Announces One Night Stand, the Latest Highly ...PR.com (press release), NY - Jul 8, 2008The 5.5 x 8.5 paperback in the Adult category is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble for a suggested retail ...
- New Novel Asks Whom Do You Love? Whom Do You Bomb? - Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Third World is full of grist for the pulp mill. Adam Kellas is a reporter who wants to sell out, write a rollicking thriller that will earn him scads of cash and put his embossed name on a cover in gold lettering 2 inches high. And though he ...
- Mehrgan Cultural Foundation: Agents of Change through Community-Based ... - Payvand Iran News
Founded in 1994, Mehrgan Cultural Foundation was conceived by Hassan and Faezeh Firouzi in San Diego, California as a non-political, non-religious, and non-profit organization dedicated to promoting Iranian heritage. This aim is most notably achieved ...
- Robert Greacen: Ulster poet of considerable gifts (Independent)
In the years just before and after the Second World War, the north of Ireland was thought of, if at all, as a province culturally in the doldrums and religiously on the boil. "There was an almost complete blank in poetic utterance and in drama," Robert Greacen wrote. For an aspiring poet at the time in Belfast, he went on (in an article for the magazine Rann), few local literary exemplars ...
- Cambridge students examined on Amy Winehouse song (Reuters)
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - They might not be Shakespeare or Wordsworth but lyrics by soul singer Amy Winehouse have been included in a Cambridge University literature exam for the first time.
- Let's give the past a future - Globe and Mail
Let's give the past a futureGlobe and Mail, Canada - 2 hours agoSo does history have a Sugar Daddy with Cundill, in similar fashion to the way industrialist Scott Griffin has championed poetry? ...
- Night to Dawn Books Debuts with Pangaea: Eden's Planet by Thomas E ... - PR.com
A Love Story - 250 Million Years in the Making. Abington, PA, June 03, 2008 --( PR.com )-- Science Fiction returns to pulp adventure in Pangaea: Eden’s Planet. Seven astronauts en route to Mars encounter a time warp in space that disables their ...
- What Is A Fair Copyright Term? - Outside Beltway
James Wimberly writes in favor of drastically limiting copyright terms . [T]he 21-year limit of Queen Anne’s Act (footnote) provided adequate incentives for authors; the 95 years or life-plus-75 years of contemporary IP law is a giveaway to a ...
- LAST CHANCE: Playbill.com's Reminder of NYC Shows Closing (Playbill via Yahoo! News)
The devil's sexy assistant, a long-running Off-Broadway revue, and a tale of a family milestone all disappear July 27. What follows is Playbill.com's weekly "Last Chance" reminder to catch Broadway and Off-Broadway productions before they close.
- He found his passion by accident, but Racine library’s teen patrons benefit (The Journal Times)
RACINE — After graduating from Carthage College last spring, Nick Demske went west. He left his home, his girlfriend, his family, and went to the National Outdoor Leadership School for a semester. He climbed rocks in Colorado, canyoneered and kayaked in Utah and mountaineered in Wyoming.
- Poet laureate of American hymns dies at 89 (West Salem Coulee News)
ST. LOUIS — It wasn’t until the Rev. Jaroslav Vajda was nearly 50 that he began to pursue the craft that would leave his name etched in history. Or at least the hymnal.
- Robin Williams, Alexie Gilmore lead 'Dad' - Hollywood Reporter
Robin Williams, Alexie Gilmore lead 'Dad'Hollywood Reporter, United States - 46 minutes agoWilliams plays Lance, a high school poetry teacher who copes with his son's death from a freak masturbation accident by faking a suicide note to spare the ...
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