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- University of Minnesota study uncovers the educational benefits of social networking sites (EurekAlert!)
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered the educational benefits of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook.
- 'Poetry in Motion (Pictures)' The Edge of Love' Film Review - Newsblaze.com
In her book "Double Drink Story", Dylan Thomas's wife Caitlin said of her relationship with the poet "Ours was not a love story, it was a drink story." The reputation of the late, great tempestuous Welsh Bard goes before him, making the poet himself ...
- Random Urban Static: Spoken Word Poetry Power - Blackvoices
Random Urban Static: Spoken Word Poetry PowerBlackvoices - 7 hours agoThe most talented spoken word artists, or "rhymecologists," proffer clever, vocabulary acrobatics as observations about the way we live in the world. ...
- AP Top News at 10:36 p.m. EDT (The Washington Times)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ Before a crowd of cheering thousands, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois laid claim to the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday night, taking a historic step toward his once-improbable goal of becoming the nation's first black president. Hillary Rodham Clinton maneuvered for the vice presidential spot on his fall ticket without conceding her own defeat. "America, this is ...
- 4 Iowans among 34 sentenced for protests - Des Moines Register
Four Iowans were among 34 activists sentenced Friday for protesting the United States government’s treatment of Guantanamo Bay detainees. The 34 individuals were sentenced in a Washington, D.C., courtroom on May 30 for their involvement in a ...
- Gaelic arts festival begins Thursday - Western Star
Western StarGaelic arts festival begins ThursdayWestern Star, Canada - 3 hours agoShe said there are events for everybody and more information can be found online at www.swgc.mun.ca/artgallery/greatbook.
- Theater Reviews: Showgirls , As You Like It (LA Weekly)
GO AS YOU LIKE IT Directors Ellen Geer and Melora Marshall set this evergreen Shakespearean comedy in the years after the American Civil War, but, fortunately, they apply the concept with a light, tactful hand.
- Axe victim escaped 'rage' of Sydney - Brisbane Times
The policewoman whose young children were killed in an axe murder in Cowra yesterday was glad to have escaped the "rage" of Sydney, and dreamt of writing plays and poems and playing the saxophone. Friends, relatives and police officers from the Cowra ...
- The Last of the Meitei Sahebs - KanglaOnline
The Last of the Meitei SahebsKanglaOnline, India - 46 minutes agoThey were sheer poetry, he told me asking me if I could furnish him with some more copies of the newspaper for his collection. ...
- Cashing in on art - Express Hotelier
Cashing in on artExpress Hotelier, India - 8 hours agoIt showcases the journey of ice cream across various nations, a picture gallery, some interesting facts about the frozen treat, ice cream poetry and the ...
- Contest gives 'em gas (Toronto Sun)
Suffering folks empty their tanks about the depths they will sink to for a free fix
- Unexpected events unearth meaning in the life and art of Phyllis Jacobs (The Frederick News-Post)
Nearly 50 years ago, Phyllis Jacobs found herself unearthing pottery and arrowheads at an archaeological excavation site in southern Indiana -- an act that would later subtly influence her concept of what her art is.
- The private life of a courtier unmasked (Guardian Unlimited)
Another clutch of slim vols from the Faber Poet-to-Poet series; I picked on this one (others include selections of Pope and Hart Crane) because, well, I felt like it.
- Obama holds big lead in poll - Buffalo News
Sen. Barack Obama, shown addressing an event Tuesday in Las Vegas, rejects allegations of distorting the Bible. WASHINGTON — Buoyed by Democrats’ enthusiasm and public concern over the economy, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has captured a sizable ...
- A love of poetry finally rewarded (Concord Monitor)
Mimi White of Rye writes love poems, or maybe poems on the subject of love, if there's a difference - and there probably is. "Love," she told me, "is what I will always write about - human love, bird love, dog love."
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