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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...
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RPT-INSIGHT-Dimon has big say over who serves on JPMorgan board
ReutersBy Nadia Damouni, David Henry and Ross Kerber May 16 (Reuters) - For years, JPMorgan Chase & Co Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon and other executives have hand-picked new directors, in a practice that is now unusual for a major U.S. bank. The JPMorgan...Tags: Jamie Dimon, Business Enterprises, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Companies and Corporations, Johnson & Johnson Inc.
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READER SUBMITTED: Museum Of Natural History Activity Features Atlatl Throwing
MansfieldThe Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UConn, presents "Learn to Throw the Atlatl!" The program will be lead by Gary Nolf, World Atlatl Association and Friends of the Office of State...Tags: Storrs, David Letterman, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Arts
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READER SUBMITTED: Birds Of Bafflin Sanctuary In Pomfret Focus Of Natural History Museum Activity
PomfretThe Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UConn, will hold a bird watching activity on Saturday, May 25, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Paula Coughlin, citizen science coordinator at the Connecticut Audubon...Tags: Pomfret, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Arts, Museums
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JPMorgan board members targeted by shareholder advisers
JPMorgan Chase, one of the nation's largest banks, survived the financial crisis better than most — only to have the $6 billion "London Whale" trading loss last year expose embarrassing flaws in its accounting and risk controls. Influential...
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Ocean wonders abound in Field Museum's 'Creatures of Light'
It's dark in the rooms that hold the new exhibition at the Field Museum, dark almost like in the deep ocean where many of the featured "Creatures of Light" live. It's dim enough to get you wondering if you, too, after enough time in an environment...
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Decrypting old bones at St. Luke's Church
A Smithsonian Institution scientist shrugged off claustrophobic working conditions Monday to recover the remains of a late-1600s skeleton buried under the floor of America's oldest standing English church. Scuttling into a shallow cavity under an...
Tags: Personal Service, Culture, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia)
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Inside the Huntington story
"Masterpiece Theatre" has nothing on the real-life, rags-to-riches saga that led to the founding of the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino. This singularly American story of an extraordinary family dynasty...
Tags: Gilded Age, Authors, Libraries, Research, Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens
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Burleigh Manor Middle student state winner in Google logo design contest
Someday, Burleigh Manor seventh-grader Lauren Shen might go to Google and see what the Internet search engine is displaying to millions of users throughout the country: her artwork. Lauren, 12, is the state's winner in a Google-sponsored national contest...Tags: Taipei 101, Students, Larry Page, Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning
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Rockbridge Student "Google Doodle" Finalist
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterHit "Google" and one day you may see the work of a Rockbridge County High School Student. Kellie Nicely is the artist behind the winning design for Virginia in a "Doodle 4 Google" contest. The doodles are featured in the logo design that appears on...Tags: New York City, Students, Teaching and Learning, Google Inc., Education
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Ellicott City student has shot at Google fame
The Baltimore SunAn Ellicott City seventh-grader has a shot at having her artwork grace Google’s homepage. Lauren Shen, who attends Burleigh Manor Middle School, found out this week that her drawing will represent Maryland in the sixth annual Doodle 4 Google...Tags: Ellicott City, Google Inc.
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Field has mulled selling artifacts
When the Field Museum sold more than 30 works of 19th-century Western art for millions of dollars in 2004, it eased controversy by announcing plans to spend the proceeds on new artifacts and by holding on to four of the best paintings from the collection....
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