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- Stunning Bolt doubles up on records - Guardian Unlimited
BEIJING, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Usain Bolt produced another barely believable performance of dominant sprinting to break Michael Johnson's untouchable world record on Wednesday and add 200 metres gold to the 100 he won in record time four days ago. While ...
- Area man's videos help deaf people connect to pop culture (Detroit Free Press)
Sean Forbes of Royal Oak, partially deaf since infancy, had a can't-miss party trick: interpreting hit songs for his friends, using sign language to convey lyrics in time to the beat.
- SFR'S ANNUAL WRITING CONTEST 2008 (Santa Fe Reporter)
It's time once again to try to get your short story, essay or poem published AND win a holiday bonus at the same time.
- Pencil This In - Gothamist
GothamistPencil This InGothamist, NY - 58 minutes agoThe comedy show features: slammin' dance routines, army recruiting, Christian poetry, wild pranks, dirty skanks, and the cool teacher who frosts his hair ...
- Wordslingers 2008 brings a modern message from the 13th Century (The Union)
What could a poet from 13th-century Persia have to say to 21st-century Americans in Nevada County?
- Spike in sales for next poet laureate - Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) -- Kay Ryan is no longer an unknown poet. Demand for her work jumped sharply Thursday upon the Library of Congress' announcement that she had been named the new U.S. poet laureate, a one-year term beginning in the fall. Her collections ...
- Should Muslim Metalheads Team Up With Islamists? - Gawker
GawkerShould Muslim Metalheads Team Up With Islamists?Gawker, NY - 4 hours agoIran's O-Hum uses Western guitar riffs alongside Persian melodies and the poetry of the 14th-century Sufi poet Hafez. In Lebanon The Kordz have more or less ...
- Brief Encounter With … Juliette Binoche & Akram Khan - WhatsOnStage.com
WhatsOnStage.comBrief Encounter With … Juliette Binoche & Akram KhanWhatsOnStage.com, UK - 1 hour agoThere is also a retrospective season of films, and a collection of poetry just published. Is this a stock-taking of your career so far? ...
- Edgecomb (Boothbay Register)
Let us salute the passing of Frank E. Perkins, Sr. on Sept. 3. Our most sincere condolences to his family. Mr. Perkins was a good friend of my mother and used to go with her on nature walks to our mica mine and shore.
- This Year’s Business Model: Restaurants Without Food - New York Times Blogs
This Year’s Business Model: Restaurants Without FoodNew York Times Blogs, NY - 1 hour ago(SJD) Even if you don’t have a son fighting in Iraq, even if you don’t read poetry, even if you think you are immune to the power of a mother’s lament ...
- Atlanta storyteller will talk bugs - Albany Herald
Free performances begin at 10 a.m. at Dougherty County Public Library’s Tallulah Massey Branch and 2 p.m. at the Southside Branch. “Meet an oddball who loves bugs and stories — especially stories about bugs,” states a recent news release ...
- National Poetry Day - Work - CV5 Communities
National Poetry Day - WorkCV5 Communities, UK - 12 hours agoYesterday was National Poetry Day and we asked for your verses on this year's theme of "work". The day encourages young and old to enjoy poetry and to have ...
- Labor Day weekend events (The Columbus Dispatch)
Labor Day weekend events Delaware County Labor Day Flea Market on the Square, Monday 7 a.m.-5 p.m. at Sunbury Square, Rt. 37 and Columbus Street. Admission is $1 for adults and teens; free for children 10 or under.
- Samoans strive to survive rising tide - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Samoans strive to survive rising tideThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - 6 hours ago"Imagine the different poetry, the different dances," he says. "Culturally, it's very dynamic. But it's very fragile at the same time because of the lack of ...
- Geneva in Orlando - American Spectator
Geneva in OrlandoAmerican Spectator - 1 hour agoThere are many interesting angles to the teaching, including an emphasis on learning poetry and Scripture by heart at an early age. ...
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