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- Usain Bolt electrifies Beijing, winning the 200 in a world-record time - Seattle Times
Jamaica's Usain Bolt reacts after his remarkable win in the 200. Wallace Spearmon, left, who was third, and Churandy Martina, right, who was second, were DQ'd. BEIJING — This time he ran every meter of the race. He didn't sightsee. He didn't ...
- Making it back - Juneau Empire (subscription)
Making it backJuneau Empire (subscription), AK - 1 hour agoConnie won first place in The Writers Place February 2007-January 2008 Poetry Review, for her poem "Tapestry," and was The Writers Place finalist in June ...
- News briefs - Old Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin
News briefsOld Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin, MA - 2 hours agoPLYMOUTH – The third annual Poetry Showcase will be held Saturday, Sept. 13, from 1 to 3 pm at the Old Training Green on Route 6A in Plymouth. ...
- TUESDAY'S CALENDAR (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
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- 'Tell No One' is smart conspiracy thriller - MLive.com
AP Photo He's telling: Alexandre Beck (Francois Cluzet) talks with his sister's lover (Kristin Scott Thomas) in "Tell No One." "Tell No One" is a superb modern example of Hitchcock's classic "wrong man" theme. Eight years ago, Alexandre Beck ...
- Longtime lesbian activist - Chicago Tribune
SAN FRANCISCO — Pioneering lesbian rights activist Del Martin, who married her partner in June on the first day that same-sex couples here gained that right, died Wednesday. She was 87. Kate Kendell, executive director of the National Center for ...
- Win big with 'Poetry Out Loud' contest - Courier-Post
Teachers and students alike may want to think about this: Last year's state champion wrote a poem that ranked fifth in national judging, good enough to win a college scholarship, plus a stipend to her school's library. The annual "New Jersey Poetry ...
- Radcliffe keen for drag queen role - Epping Forest Guardian
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe lost his virginity to an older woman and the age difference would "freak some people out", according to US reports. But the 19-year-old actor, who is about to appear on stage in Broadway, New York, said the age ...
- Voyage begins - Albany Times Union
Voyage beginsAlbany Times Union, NY - 2 hours agoHis new work "From the Depth of Distance" features poetry by Fernando Pessoa, a Portugese poet who died in 1935, and also by Walt Whitman (excerpts from ...
- Village Board discusses heating aid - TriVallyCentral
Dutchess County Legislator David Kelly gave the Village Board an update on what the county is doing to help residents cope with the increasing costs of heating their homes this winter on Sept. 22. Kelly talked about the benefit programs the state ...
- Magical world of summer reading - Portsmouth Herald News
Magical world of summer readingPortsmouth Herald News, NH - 33 minutes agoIsn't it just really cool that teens can attend programs on poetry and photography? Wow. When I was a kid, I lived too far in the country to attend any ...
- Bards of a feather rhyme together - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldBards of a feather rhyme togetherSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 10 hours agoHomer pigeons … spectators gather at Bald Hill, Stanwell Tops, to watch competitors being released for the inaugural Pigeon Poetry Cup. ...
- The First Estate: July 31, 2008 - Brooklyn Daily Eagle
The First Estate: July 31, 2008Brooklyn Daily Eagle, NY - 8 minutes agoA writer all of her life, Jones fell into hymn writing about five years ago and found it to be a stimulating challenge. “Hymns are a specific type of poetry ...
- Cultural revival crucial in nation building - Dailynews
Cultural revival crucial in nation buildingDailynews, Botswana - 7 hours agoShe said, it was very important that people try and speak freely at home about HIV/AIDS and its negative impact to family members as the saying goes, ...
- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67 (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Mahmoud Darwish, a Palestinian cultural icon whose poetry eloquently told of his people's experiences of exile, occupation and infighting, died Saturday in Houston.
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