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- After 'historic' trip, Obama turns to issues at home (Honolulu Advertiser)
LONDON — Barack Obama conquered the Middle East and Europe last week, but yesterday he returned to face a more challenging battleground: middle America.
- Isle cook in finals of national burger contest - Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Isle cook in finals of national burger contestHonolulu Star-Bulletin, HI - 1 hour ago"We Go Eat" (Hawai'i Council for the Humanities, $14.95) is a collection of articles, short stories and poetry about the foods that define us, published in ...
- We hereby nominate Al Davis as poet laureate of Oakland - ESPN.com
OK, sure: Al Davis sounds bitter. And batty. And probably in need of some applesauce and crackers. But what if he's just misunderstood? What if his Crypt Keeper mien and silver 'n' black tracksuits are simply a ruse, camouflage for the tender heart ...
- Classic in a modern tone (Al-Ahram Weekly)
It took only few years for Eskendrella to acquire its fame and an audience. Formed like many other musical groups in Egypt in 2005, the band with its focus on Sayed Darwish and Sheikh Imam Eissa's music immediately clicked with audiences of all ages.
- Off the Shelf - 'New Letters: A Magazine of Writing & Art, Issue 4, Volume 74' (University News)
Readers who are looking for quality, thought-provoking reading material that won't take weeks to finish need not look further than the latest issue of "New Letters: A Magazine of Writing & Art." The journal is an international quarterly of essays, fiction, poetry, interviews, art and much more, published here on the UMKC campus.
- Match book to young reader for success story - St. Petersburg Times
I love to read. As a middle school language arts teacher, part of my job is to teach reading — not just the mechanics and strategies. I try to inspire children to be lifelong readers. Most middle schoolers don't like to read. Most people don't like ...
- Faith meets tragedy | By Pam Mellskog Longmont Times-Call (Loveland Reporter-Herald)
LONGMONT – Pastor Rick Cross of Faith Baptist Church in Longmont has buried hundreds of people, he said. But the image of a tiny, pearl-colored casket containing a 27-day-old baby girl sticks with him. “She was the youngest, other than a stillborn,†he said of his funeral record. “This one had a personality, looked up at the Mom and cooed.â€
- Oates enters 'tabloid hell' in new novel - Jam! Showbiz
Some of Oates' books feel as if she wrote them as dares to herself. This novel, her 37th, is one of the wildest. Oates sets out to solve a fictionalized version of the JonBenet Ramsey murder, with skating prodigy "Bliss" Rampike replacing the real ...
- This worked reasonably well, until we both acquired a taste for the works of Michael Chabon ( (Business Standard India)
Most dedicated readers develop ways of organising their bookshelves, so that they can easily find the books they need. Early on in our marriage, my husband and I recognised that we would never be devotees of the alphabetical method.
- Man crosses barrios to promote gang peace - San Diego Union-Tribune
NATIONAL CITY – Every Sunday, Lucky “2 Tears†Morales laces up his steel-toed boots, wraps a bandana across on his forehead and slips on his black, finger-less gloves to march the streets of southeastern San Diego alone. For more than a decade ...
- Poet Laureate to give reading at Plymouth Library (The Patriot Ledger)
Robert Pinsky, who teaches in the graduate writing program at Boston University, will appear at the library on Oct. 1.
- FEATURED Brian's Baseball Bash (The Capital)
The 3rd annual Brian's Baseball Bash, hosted by Orioles All Star 2nd baseman Brian Roberts, raises funds for the University of Maryland Hospital for Children.
- The phraseology of old bones - phillyBurbs.com
The phraseology of old bonesphillyBurbs.com, PA - 6 minutes agoA Coast of Trees also works to reconcile what Ammons learned from another "naive" American poet, William Carlos Williams--whose work provides the only ...
- Texas teenager and her family visit North Coast for chance to see ... - The Eureka Reporter
Texas teenager and her family visit North Coast for chance to see ...The Eureka Reporter, CA - 8 minutes agoSarah also plays the cello and was writing her own cello music at the age of 14, her father said, loves volleyball and writes poetry. ...
- Awards bring translators out of 'darkened rooms' - Guardian Unlimited
Rarely afforded much limelight, literature's best translators were rewarded with a host of prizes worth a total of £10,000 at a ceremony at London's Southbank Centre last night. The winners had translated works from French, Spanish, Italian, German ...
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