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Photographer Wayne Miller, chronicler of WW II and black life in 1940s Chicago, dies at age 94
ORINDA, Calif. (AP) — Photographer Wayne F. Miller, who created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago after serving with an elite Navy unit that produced some of the most indelible combat images of...Tags: Lobbying, Politics, Photography, Arts, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Want a sculpture? A new jaw? Pizza? Just print it
Thanks to 3D printing, American society may be about to boldly go where no one has gone before. A Johns Hopkins scientist is seeking to adapt the technology to grow human jaw bones — potentially revolutionizing implant procedures. A Halethorpe...
Tags: Halethorpe, Biotechnology, Technology, Barack Obama, Liberty Bell
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Questions and answers for Jamestown cannibalism case
Few archaeological finds have been as sensational as the first physical evidence of cannibalism unearthed at Historic Jamestowne in 2012 and announced in a riveting press conference at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History on...
Tags: Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Colonial Williamsburg, Cannibalism, Historic Jamestowne, Museum of Natural History
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Library brings musical side of Lincoln to life
Enjoy a truly unique musical role-playing experience with General Grant and President Lincoln. Will and Bernadine Boyce have spent years perfecting their impersonations of General and Mrs. Grant (along with other Civil War personalities) and Dr. Duke...Tags: Culture, Abraham Lincoln, Wars and Interventions, Havre de Grace, Libraries
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Law in Jim Thorpe dispute aims to prevent Native American plunder
It was a sweat lodge ceremony in Texas where Jim Thorpe reached out to his grandson through a medicine man. The shaman told John Thorpe his grandfather's spirit was content in the Pennsylvania town where his body has lain for six decades. "Grandpa...
Tags: Politics, Judges, National Government, Tour Operations Industry, Government
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Recognition for a reserved WWII vet
Like many World War II veterans, he speaks modestly about his service. He is quiet and a polite listener, not the kind to draw attention to himself. But a few months ago, as he visited the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, other veterans noticed...Tags: Eric Shinseki, U.S. Military, Tokyo (Japan), Armed Forces, Human Interest
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Woody Guthrie's great American voice gets a new home in Tulsa
TULSA, Okla. - The woman in the wheelchair and headphones is watching pictures go by and hearing a narrator speak about a place and a moment long ago. On the screen a typewritten love letter appears and the words scroll down and you can imagine the woman...Tags: Music Industry, Poetry, Woodrow Wilson, Music, Arts
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Baum celebration to be held
A documentary on L. Frank Baum, who lived in Aberdeen and was the author of the book, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," will be shown and discussed at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Culture Heritage Center in Pierre. The event is being hosted as a celebration of...Tags: The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939)
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Terps' Katie Schwarzmann, Alex Aust named women's Tewaaraton finalists
Maryland midfielder Katie Schwarzmann and attacker Alex Aust are among five finalists for the Tewaaraton Award, presented annually to the nation’s top college lacrosse player, when the list of nominees was whittled down from 25 on Thursday....
Tags: Loyola University Maryland, Atlantic Coast Conference, Maryland Terrapins, North Carolina Tar Heels, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Smithsonian closing some spaces due to sequester
The Smithsonian Institution museums in Washington have had to close some spaces due to the effects of the federal budget cuts known as sequestration, the organization announced this week. The budget cuts have resulted in a reduction in a contract for...
Tags: The Washington Post, Government Debt, Budgets and Budgeting, Arts, Museums
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Ellendale one of 12 ND towns hosting Smithsonian exhibit
A Smithsonian Institution exhibit that explains our country’s diverse regional cooking and eating traditions opens Saturday in the historic Opera House Lobby in Ellendale, N.D. “Key Ingredients: America by Food” runs through June 16....Tags: Lobbying, Politics, Salt, Arts and Culture
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Scientists find cannibalism at American settlement in Jamestown
Scientists say they have found the first solid archaeological evidence that some of the earliest American colonists survived harsh conditions by resorting to cannibalism. On Wednesday, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and...
Tags: Colonial Williamsburg, Culture, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Historic Jamestowne, Archaeology
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