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- Author Carrie Allen McCray Nickens dies (WAVY 10)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina woman who became well-known for her book on her biracial heritage has died at age 95. Funeral officials said a memorial service for author Carrie Allen McCray Nickens will be held Tuesday in Columbia. Nickens died Friday.
- Jonah Goldberg: Throwing gas on the oil fire - Union
Contrary to nearly all received wisdom in Washington, not to mention the rhetoric of the presumptive nominees of both major parties, the scariest moments in American politics are often its most bipartisan. Some would say this was demonstrated in the ...
- PENNY: Obama moment for Mich. family (Rocky Mountain News)
Maybe the Secret Service can take a few tips from Snoop Dogg's people.
- Author Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope' - International Herald Tribune
Author Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope'International Herald Tribune, France - 16 minutes agoHer mini-empire also includes 15 children's books, multiple adaptations for TV or DVDs, a volume of poetry and even a perfume from Elizabeth Arden. ...
- Deer Lake woman exchanges poem for donations to Stephan Hopkins ... - Western Star
Western StarDeer Lake woman exchanges poem for donations to Stephan Hopkins ...Western Star, Canada - 44 minutes agoRussell still keeps an image of her son with her daily, on a chain worn around her neck. After the recovery of Hopkins’ body, Russell heard that his father, ...
- Spread your wings as you join the birds at the LBT - Huddersfield Examiner
Spread your wings as you join the birds at the LBTHuddersfield Examiner, UK - 1 hour agoThe poem, from a book of poetry by Farid ud-Din Attar, uses a journey by a group of 30 birds led by a hoopoe as an allegory of a Sufi sheikh or master ...
- She threw some punches – now she can kick back - Tacoma News Tribune
Not all of Pat Lantz’s six elections to the Legislature were close. It only seemed that way. It only seemed that each time she faced voters in the 26th District, the margin was in the hundreds. And because so much was at stake, Lantz’s campaigns ...
- Patterson: A heart full of memories - Topeka Capitol-Journal Blogs
As if to confirm the illusion that time flies, I recently realized it's been a dozen years since I retired from my 30-year stint as a child psychologist. To commemorate the occasion, random vignettes have been parading across my memory. Though each ...
- Founders Supports OTRE student contests - Cheraw Chronicle
Founders Supports OTRE student contestsCheraw Chronicle, SC - 38 minutes agoThe Founders Foundation donation will be used to support OTRE's Chesterfield County Student contests like the annual "What it means to be Safe" poetry ...
- Al-Qaeda indicts Musharraf - The Post
The PostAl-Qaeda indicts MusharrafThe Post, Pakistan - 48 minutes agoAl-Qaeda leader also shared his personal experiences in the tape and said that he had read in his childhood the complete poetry work of Allama Mohammad ...
- City receives $1 million in art for its birthday - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Pittsburgh Post GazetteCity receives $1 million in art for its birthdayPittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - 49 minutes agoIt was written by poet Wendy Walters of the African-American poetry collective Cave Canem. Another project, modeled on President Franklin Roosevelt's 1930s ...
- Poetry like a prayer (The Norman Transcript)
Jim Chastain — father, husband, friend, writer, poet, movie critic, attorney, cancer patient — has found a whole new universe of friends and fans as he’s dealt with his illness and reached out to those close and not so close with his creative talents, whether or not he meant to.
- Original Meaning of the Olympic Games - Huffington Post
Huffington PostOriginal Meaning of the Olympic GamesHuffington Post, NY - Aug 12, 2008The Olympic Games, as reported, were held every four years from 776 BC to 393 AD, when they were abolished by the Christian Byzantine Emperor Theodosius I. ...
- First novel shortlisted for top book award - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
First novel shortlisted for top book awardScoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand - 1 hour agoAn early morning phone call from a friend alerted University creative writing tutor Mary McCallum that her first novel had been shortlisted for the Montana ...
- A Garden of Verses - Washington Post
A Garden of VersesWashington Post, United States - 2 hours agoEdna St. Vincent Millay's poetry was nurtured by her deep knowledge of the natural world Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other ...
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