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- Saddam feared disease in prison, according to 'diary' - Arizona Daily Sun
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Saddam Hussein feared catching AIDS or other diseases during his U.S.-supervised captivity, a leading Arab newspaper said Monday in publishing excerpts of his prison writings. The London-based Al-Hayat said the comments came in ...
- Otterbein officials not amused by new paint job on roof - Delaware News
Otterbein officials not amused by new paint job on roofDelaware News, OH - 3 hours agoThe painting included pictures, such as a large image of Buddha, and some poetry, Pierron said. "They tried to write 'Death to tyrants,' but they misspelled ...
- Poetry Finds New Life on 'Million's Poet' - RedOrbit
Poetry Finds New Life on 'Million's Poet'RedOrbit, TX - Mar 1, 2008The art of Nabati poetry in the Middle East has found new life thanks to the hit TV series Million's Poet, which is watched by 70 million viewers. ...
- Inspiration by the sea - Easier (press release)
Easier (press release)Inspiration by the seaEasier (press release), UK - 1 hour agoAlan has won many awards and prizes for his poetry – collections include The Drift (2000) and A Shorter Life (2005). He is an editor of The Times Literary ...
- Unequal Male-Female Ratios Can Make Dating Within Major Difficult - BYU Newsnet
Unequal Male-Female Ratios Can Make Dating Within Major DifficultBYU Newsnet, UT - 53 minutes ago... write poetry, gossip more, and talk about what clothes have a slimming effect," Jean said. "Never wear horizontal stripes, and black is good. ...
- 'I'm on the plane... the PLANE' (BBC News)
When passengers can yap into their mobiles in the air, plane travel will be even worse, says Clive James.
- District pulls controversial book (The Post and Courier)
When Jill Hunt's 13-year-old daughter told her there were some "bad words" in a book she had been assigned to read at Hanahan Middle School, the mother scanned the first few pages and didn't have a problem with it. When her daughter put the book in front of her face earlier this week and told her to look at the passage that her teacher asked her to read out loud in her eighth-grade English and ...
- Maya Angelou celebrating 80th birthday in Atlanta (Macon Telegraph)
Maya Angelou may be 80, but she doesn't party like it.
- DOWNTOWN OWL (Kirkus Reviews)
A debut novel that works better as cultural criticism than it does as fiction.
- Woodbridge woman writes poetry celebrating Bible (Lodi News-Sentinel)
Sandy Holtz grew up with no background in poetry. Her parents never wrote poems. None of her friends did, either. She never had an English teacher who influenced her, and she hadn't read poetry to any extent.
- Student coordinates contest - The Heights (subscription)
Student coordinates contestThe Heights (subscription), MA - 2 hours agoThis experience was Ladd's inspiration for the Massachusetts Science Poetry Contest, now in its 20th year. "The idea was to have kids illustrate and write," ...
- Studio is home to Houseguest - Akron Beacon Journal
Studio is home to HouseguestAkron Beacon Journal, OH - 2 hours agoRita Dove to judge Akron's national poetry book competition this year. Former US Poet Laureate and Pulitzer winner will judge the Akron Poetry Prize. ...
- News calendar: Week of Feb. 29 - Salem Gazette
News calendar: Week of Feb. 29Salem Gazette, USA - 25 minutes agoOther ideas are a poetry program in the high school and constructing a virtual home for all of Ferrini’s writings on the web. Tax-exempt donations can be ...
- Marlborough man practices the art of life - MetroWest Daily News
As a citizen and artist, John de Bairos is exhibiting his deepest feelings in very different ways in Marlborough and Sudbury. Several days a week, the 75-year-old lifetime Marlborough resident can be seen at the intersection of routes 20 and 85 ...
- Poem: Never Forget (Portsmouth Herald)
Look for Random Acts of Poetry every Sunday in the Go&Do section. Submit your original poem to J.L. Stevens, 111 New Hampshire Ave., Portsmouth, NH 03801. The shorter the better — remember, "Brevity is the soul of wit."
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