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- AP Top News at 6:12 p.m. EDT (The Washington Times)
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois sealed the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, a historic step toward his once-improbable goal of becoming the nation's first black president. A defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton maneuvered for the vice presidential spot on his fall ticket. Obama's victory set up a five-month campaign with Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, a race ...
- The hidden face of political Islamism - Times Online
Who says that Islamists can't learn a trick or two from the West when they have to? Take a glance at the glossy brochure of Islam Expo - billed as Europe's “biggest Islamic cultural festival” - which ended at Olympia yesterday. You could be ...
- Puhallo's poems are for you, pardner (Whistler Question)
If you’ve successfully entertained groups of school kids and university professors, crowds at a coffee house, a farm gathering and a group of bikers at a wedding, it’s pretty safe to say your act has broad appeal.
- Sean Connery's memoirs no "kiss and tell" - Reuters
Sean Connery's memoirs no "kiss and tell"Reuters - 1 hour agoA passionate Scot, he devotes much of the well-illustrated work to Scotland itself, its history, art, literature, architecture and poetry. ...Sean Connery is the spy who loved books MI6all 338 news articles
- How Islamists Use Our Tolerance Against Us - PoliGazette
How Islamists Use Our Tolerance Against UsPoliGazette, Netherlands - 1 hour agoThe organisers gave floor space in the exhibition section to the genocidal regime in Sudan (festooned with pictures of happy-looking black Africans) and to ...
- Verse of the Turtle Taking On the Role of Poet Laureate, Kay Ryan ... - Washington Post
More than a decade and a half ago, despairing that her poems would ever find an audience, Kay Ryan found herself writing one about a turtle. It was about as personal as a Kay Ryan poem ever gets. Ryan's appointment as the nation's new poet laureate ...
- Nas attacks tracks, but misses knockout (Akron Beacon Journal)
Don't be fooled by Queens Get the Money, the bracing opener of Nas' now-untitled ninth solo album: It sounds like nothing else on the CD.
- An 'ugly lovely town' - Financial Times
An 'ugly lovely town'Financial Times, UK - 3 hours agoStarring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller and Matthew Rhys, the film explores how Thomas's childhood in Swansea influenced his gritty, wild-boy poetry. ...
- NRI author in British poetry prize shortlist (rediff.com)
Popular Non Resident India poetess Sujata Bhatt and five others were short-listed on Friday for Britain's most valuable poetry prize. The 52-year-old Ahmedabad born writer has been chosen for the 10,000-pound Forward Prize for her collection Pure Lizard.
- Fest spotlights black theater - Miami Herald
Just as the XXIII International Hispanic Theatre Festival winds up its three-week run, another theater festival -- shorter, but more geographically expansive -- is about to begin. The biennial Urban Theatre & Entertainment Festival and Awards begins ...
- Every school every Thursday -- D.M. West (The Des Moines Register)
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- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Mahmoud Darwish, whose prose gave voice to the Palestinian experience of exile, occupation and infighting, died on Saturday in Houston. He was 67.
- Roach wins national competition - Indianapolis Star
Roach wins national competitionIndianapolis Star, United States - 1 hour agoFor his award-winning entry, Devin submitted a poem about how St. Thomas Aquinas has inspired and influenced him. He is in the 10th grade at Roncalli High ...
- Ruth Graham Speaks At Scenic City Women's Praise Breakfast - Chattanoogan
Life is made up of choices, both good and bad, said Ruth Graham, author, founder and president of Ruth Graham & Friends and the daughter of Ruth and Billy Graham. She was the featured speaker at the fourth annual Scenic City Women's Network praise ...
- Ryan Adams Pens Prose for Punky Publisher - New York Observer
Ryan Adams is nothing if not prolific—as a songwriter, drug-taker, rant-maker, blog-hater. So it should come as no surprise that the fella’s publishing a book, or that he’s doing it through Brooklyn’s Akashic Books —the same punky boutique ...
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