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Joe Biden's wife is a 'Dr.,' but she doesn't deliver babies
Is Joe Biden married to a physician? You might have gotten that impression while watching television coverage of the inauguration. “Dr.” Jill Biden’s doctorate is in education, yet word obviously has been sent out from the White House...Tags: Peggy Lee, Henry Kissinger, Joe Biden, Tom Coburn, White House
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What to read in 2013
January Insane City by Dave Barry (Putnam) The Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist's first solo adult novel in more than a decade is a typically absurdist comic story about everything — and then some — that goes wrong for Seth and his friends en...Tags: Aretha Franklin, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Julia Sweeney, Baseball, Carol Burnett
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Book club donates Maya Angelou 'Caged Bird Sings' to 8th-grade class
LEESBURG — Some Oak Park Middle School students once again are being urged to read by members of the Pennbrooke Fairways book club. Three eighth-grade language-arts classes received a total of 75 paperback copies of "I Know Why the Caged Bird...
Tags: Education, Teaching and Learning, Authors, Clubs and Associations, Emily Dickinson
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Controversial quote to be removed from MLK memorial
WASHINGTON — A controversial inscription on the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, which critics said distorted King’s words, will be fully removed after the presidential inauguration in January. The quote in question is a...
Tags: Martin Luther King Day, Ken Salazar, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Tourism and Leisure, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Jacque Vaughn says his coaching style will be ‘calm, not garish’
Orlando Sentinel’s Magic BasketBlogJacque Vaughn offered some clues about what his coaching style will be like.... -
Toni Morrison celebrates life with friends
Several weeks ago, I wrote about seeing award-winning poet Nikki Giovanni speak at TNCC. During that talk, Giovanni told us she was looking forward to an upcoming event at Virginia Tech to honor her friend, celebrated author Toni Morrison. The event,...Tags: Poetry, Literature, Toni Morrison
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African-American authors participate in inaugural Urban Book Festival
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comAfrican-American authors from as far away as Atlanta and Cleveland converged on the Bridge of Life church in downtown Hagerstown on Saturday to participate in the inaugural Urban Book Festival. Event organizer Ladetra Robinson said she used Facebook...Tags: The Herald-Mail, Authors, Arts and Culture, Literature, Festive Events
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Jacque Vaughn says his coaching style will be 'calm, not garish'
Jacque Vaughn offered glimpses of his personality during his introductory news conference Monday. He revealed that he has a favorite poet (Maya Angelou). He displayed a sense of humor; when asked when he started to think about becoming a coach, he...
Tags: Gregg Popovich, Jacque Vaughn, Dwight Howard
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Understanding Brandon Marshall
The call comes from an unknown number. I pick up and hear an unfamiliar voice. "This is Brandon Marshall. ... I understand you're trying to find out some information about me." Marshall — the biggest, and riskiest, addition to the Bears this...
Tags: Roger Goodell, Psychotherapy, National Football League, Chicago Bears, Behavioral Conditions
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Word power
Earlier this year, when Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a 100-book required reading list for his compatriots, it provoked anxiety, rekindling memories of Soviet-era censorship. The furor underscored an important point: that literature plays a...
Tags: Eudora Welty, World War II (1939-1945), Walt Whitman, Artists, Yasunari Kawabata
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Student loan debt: The overvalue (and underuse) of higher education
Young people face a cruel irony. Most can't land a decent job without a college education, yet many graduates are locked into poorly paying positions that don't permit repayment of student loans. For two generations, college price tags have risen much...
Tags: Technology, Thomas Edison, Separation of Church and State, Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
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How The Sun traced the Election Night robocalls
The number was untraceable - almost. On Election Night in 2010, The Baltimore Sun's switchboard lit up with reports of a suspicious "robocall": it told voters to relax, that President Obama and Gov.Martin O'Malley had been successful, and that there...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Google Inc., Government
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