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- Phelps now has company as the Games' poster guy (San Francisco Chronicle)
Who is the MVP of the 2008 Olympics? Until 10:30 Wednesday evening, that was an easy call. Then came a Bolt out of the gray, or whatever chemically enhanced color describes the stuff hanging mist-like and heavy over the Bird's Nest. I'm not saying Michael...
- In praise of the praise of poetry. - Slate
I believe I've discovered a previously unrecognized genre of contemporary writing that deserves commendation for its distinctiveness and frequent excellence. It's practiced mainly by contemporary poets, but it's not poetry. In fact—at least for me ...
- Movies’ characters reflect real personalities claims Amber Tamblyn (TCPalm.com)
Amber Tamblyn says that art imitates life in “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.†“They literally lifted our personal characters into the film, so what you’re seeing are real friendships, real bickering, real moments, real laughter, real inside jokes — that’s all us,†Tamblyn says of herself and her co-stars.
- Preview calendar for Aug. 14-20 - North County Times
Preview calendar for Aug. 14-20North County Times, CA - 7 hours agoCappella Gloriana: "Dutch Treat/American Sampler" ---- Program features works by Dutch composer Josquin Dez Prez and American music from the 18th century to ...
- Sleeper 6th-rounder (Vallejo Times-Herald)
SANTA CLARA - The 49ers have had more that their share of high-maintenance wide receivers. Terrell Owens, Antonio Bryant and Brandon Lloyd spring to mind. So it came as a surprise that they were willing to take a chance on Josh Morgan.
- From Mr Delivery to yesterday's hero - Cape Argus
The strident clamour of calls for the ANC to axe the "lame-duck" President Thabo Mbeki is far from the epithets the country's leader once enjoyed as the crown prince who became the philosopher king and was hailed as Mr Delivery. As Mbeki's comrades ...
- On TV, Democrats borrow from the Olympics - Kansas City Star
On TV, Democrats borrow from the OlympicsKansas City Star, MO - 6 hours agoBut he did make the bridge not only between generations, but between the poetry of politics and the power of television. "I know she's watching tonight," he ...
- Campus fashion: Where do you fit in? (Colorado Daily)
Whether you like it or not, your clothes are a billboard for who you are. As you find your way from class to study group to party, what are your clothes saying?
- An artful surprise for an Womanspace founder's 80th birthday - Rockford Register-Star
Dorothy Bock thought she was on her way to see a special exhibit Friday night with her friend, Elaine Hirschenberger. The women, School Sisters of St. Francis, were headed to a special gallery at the J.R. Kortman Gallery on Main Street, followed by a ...
- Top marks for Nutcracker - West Online
In this radical post-modern version of the much-loved classic, WA Ballet artistic director Ivan Cavallari pares Christmas festivities to a minimum. Instead of a tree, a washing machine takes centre stage, sugar plum fairies are replaced by ...
- Actor News (MI6)
She quietly donned a pair of sunglasses and, while Connery slept on, slipped out and fled. Miss Cilento's allegations, which she repeated in her 2006 autobiography My Nine Lives, have left an indelible stain on the reputation of Connery, who was knighted by the Queen in 2000 - reports the Daily Mail
- River as classroom - Asheville Citizen-Times
River as classroomAsheville Citizen-Times, NC - 13 hours agoLessons can also teach students about water quality and quantity, environmental awareness and stewardship and using the river as inspiration for poetry or ...
- Hollywood discovers author Scranton native’s book on Tolstoy transformed into film starring Christopher Plummer, Helen ... (The Scranton Times-Tribune)
ay Parini has written a few shelves’ worth of books over the past four decades, from highly detailed historical novels to lyrical, nature-influenced poetry collections to hefty biographies on some of the most cherished authors in all of American letters.
- Corbett: Next Bonusgate Arrests May Come Soon - The Bulletin
Harrisburg - The next round of criminal charges in the legislative bonus investigation will be filed either this month or after the Nov. 4 election, state Attorney General Tom Corbett said yesterday. Mr. Corbett told The Associated Press that, to ...
- Shapeways lets Internet users manufacture goods (AFP via Yahoo! News)
In a step toward the type of future pictured in the hit film "Iron Man," a firm in the Netherlands is letting people fabricate items designed in three-dimensions on the Internet.
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