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Sugarland Joins Nobel Peace Prize Concert
![<span style="font-size: small;">Sugarland are getting ready to wrap up their widely successful Incredible Machine tour next week, but the award-winning duo, comprised of Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush, aren't ready to put away their suitcases just yet. The two will head to Oslo, Norway, in December, where they'll take part in the all-star Nobel Peace Prize Concert.</span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-10/65622199-24072956.jpg "<span style="font-size: small;\">Sugarland are getting ready to wrap up their widely successful Incredible Machine tour next week, but the award-winning duo, comprised of Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush, aren't ready to put away their suitcases just yet. The two will head to Oslo, Norway, in December, where they'll take part in the all-star Nobel Peace Prize Concert.</span>")
Sugarland are getting ready to wrap up their widely successful Incredible Machine tour next week, but the award-winning duo, comprised of Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush, aren't ready to put away their suitcases just yet. The two will head to Oslo,...Tags: Willie Nelson, Nobel Prize Awards, Ellie Goulding, Shania Twain, Toby Keith
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State's Reputation For Openness Must Be Sore Spot
The Hartford CourantSome Connecticut leaders must be ashamed. That can be the only reason they continue to conspire to diminish the state's worldwide reputation as a leader in freedom of information laws. Year after year, friends of liberty look to Connecticut for...Tags: Regional Authority, Laws, Justice System, Liberia, Lawyers
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COLUMN - First chapter for ending extreme poverty: Podesta
Reuters(John Podesta is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By John Podesta May 30 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama believes it. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia believes it. I believe it, too: By 2030, we can eradicate extreme...Tags: John Podesta, Ban Ki-moon, Social Issues, Alternative Energy, Environmental Issues
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Young people fascinated with history
History is for old fogeys, right? Well, then, what are all these young people doing volunteering at the Washington County Historical Society? And, why are high and middle school students engaged with in-depth historical research projects? Interns and...Tags: Heart Surgery, Mya, Smallpox , Health Treatments, Teaching and Learning
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European Union Wins Nobel Peace Prize
CNNThe European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday as it grapples with the worst crisis since its founding -- devastating debt and the threat of disintegration. The prestigious award was a salute to the struggling 27-nation union for its work in...Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Theodore Roosevelt, Freedom of the Press, Heads of State, International Organizations
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Liberia's Leymah Gbowee: The power of the powerless
Friday morning, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee — along with her country's president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and Yemeni activist Tawakul Karman — was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. A decade ago, this moment would have seemed unthinkable....Tags: Social Media, Nobel Prize Awards, Liberia, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Journalism
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David Brooks is Wrong about Jeremy Lin
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelDavid Brooks, a columnist I enjoy reading and greatly admire, made the case in Friday’s New York Times that a faith driven athlete is a problem. I have a problem with that. Brooks contends the moral ethos of sport is contradictory to the moral ethos... -
Nobel Peace Prize goes to women's rights activists
OSLO, Norway — Africa's first democratically elected female president, a Liberian campaigner against rape and a woman who stood up to Yemen's autocratic regime won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in recognition of the importance of women's rights in...Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Norway, Bahraini Protests (2011), Liberia, Elections
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Maryland law professor was adviser to Nobel laureate
When University of Maryland law professor Larry Gibson was asked to become involved with the Liberian presidential campaign of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, he initially declined. But she ultimately won him over, and his efforts helped her become Africa's...Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Feminism, Liberia, Elections, Political Campaigns
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Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Has Ties to Anchorage
Channel 2 NewsA Nobel Peace Prize laureate has local ties to Alaska. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was honored for her advocacy of women's rights and shares the Nobel Peace prize with two other women. Sirleaf's nephew, Dr. Estrada Bernard practices...Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Feminism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, United Nations
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Former prosecutor hails Charles Taylor guilty verdict
World NowFounding prosecutor the the Special Court for Sierra Leone, David M. Crane, hails Charles Taylor's guilty verdict for war crimes: David M. Crane, founding prosecutor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, said Thursday’s conviction of former... -
Liberia's Johnson-Sirleaf has unassailable lead in runoff
World NowLiberia's President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is poised to win a second term. Johnson-Sirleaf had an unassailable lead in votes counted in a presidential runoff, after rival Winston Tubman boycotted the poll....
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