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    Dec 23, 2012 |Story| Winchester Sun

  1. A tribute to Marines

    This is a story about a few Marines. Well, technically they aren't Marines any longer, but they consider themselves a part of that proud tradition of 237 years.
    This is a story about a few Marines. Well, technically they aren't Marines any longer, but they consider themselves a part of that proud tradition of 237 years. It's a story about the Harold G. Epperson MOH Detachment 1113 of the Marine Corps League....

    Tags: U.S. Marine Corps, Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Relay for Life, Lexington (Lexington, Virginia)

    2. Jan 7, 2013 |Story| Winchester Sun

  2. Comic books, trains on tap at Clark County Public Library

    There are two new displays in the Clark County Public Library foyer this month. Stop by and take a look at them next time you drop by.
    Clark County Public Library Adult Services Librarian
    There are two new displays in the Clark County Public Library foyer this month. Stop by and take a look at them next time you drop by. On the right side of the foyer is a display of comics from days when comics were actually comic, funny, instead of...

    Tags: Politics, Brian Walker, Military Equipment, Arts and Culture, Entertainment

    3. Oct 9, 2012 |Story| AM News

  3. NETXPRESS: Hispanic Heritage Month continues through Oct. 15

    September 15 to Oct. 15 is designated as National Hispanic Heritage Month. Here are a few websites to learn more about this celebration of heritage.
    sheila@amnews.com
    September 15 to Oct. 15 is designated as National Hispanic Heritage Month. Here are a few websites to learn more about this celebration of heritage. - The Public Broadcasting Service has a special section devoted to this celebration of heritage at pbs....

    Tags: Rita Moreno, Arts, PBS (tv network), Smithsonian Institution, Halloween

    4. Aug 16, 2012 |Story| AM News

  4. NET XPRESS: Facebook's Timeline became mandatory Aug. 8

    Time is almost up! Facebook’s Timeline profile became mandatory for all users as of Aug. 8. Luckily, a grace period of seven days is given prior to the profile becoming visible to others so that Facebook users can tweak their profiles and privacy settings. Use that grace period as an opportunity to limit overexposure of your personal life to the world.
    sheila@amnews.com
    Time is almost up! Facebook’s Timeline profile became mandatory for all users as of Aug. 8. Luckily, a grace period of seven days is given prior to the profile becoming visible to others so that Facebook users can tweak their profiles and privacy...

    Tags: PBS (tv network), CBS Corp., Apple iPod, ABC (tv network), Aesop

    5. Jul 30, 2012 |Story| Winchester Sun

  5. Journeymen perform at AARP¿s meeting

    AARP Chapter 632 met Thursday, June 28, at the Generations Center at 6 p.m. Don Rose, president, presided.
    AARP Chapter 632 met Thursday, June 28, at the Generations Center at 6 p.m. Don Rose, president, presided. In lieu of the Pledge of Allegiance, The Journeymen, guests for the evening, sang the national anthem. Betty Smith gave the blessing for the food....
    6. Mar 30, 2012 |Story| AM News

  6. Poet Arthur Sze visits Centre College

    Arthur Sze wasn’t on the path to becoming a poet when he entered university. He was good at math and science and was looking to follow in the steps of his chemical engineer father. 
    jbrummett@amnews.com
    Arthur Sze wasn’t on the path to becoming a poet when he entered university. He was good at math and science and was looking to follow in the steps of his chemical engineer father.  He started at M.I.T. It was there he began to write — and...

    Tags: Science, Science and Technology, University of California, Berkeley, Washington, DC, Education

    7. May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Carole King to be honored with Obama-hosted show, Gershwin Prize

    Carole King seems to have fans in high places: The singer-songwriter's life will be staged with an eye toward Broadway, and next week her oeuvre will be honored at the White House. Officials announced Friday that President Obama will host a star-studded...

    Tags: Broadway Theater, Entertainment Events, White House, Human Interest, Music Industry

    8. May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. The men who would be Gatsby

    Leonardo DiCaprio is one of a handful of actors who have portrayed F. Scott Fitzgerald’s tragic protagonist “The Great Gatsby” in film and TV over the last 87 years. Warner Baxter, who won the best actor Oscar as the Cisco Kid in the...

    Tags: Macdonald Carey, Rod Taylor, Toby Stephens, Robert Montgomery, The New York Times

    9. May 1, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  9. Column: Sales tax bill ill-advised

    It was a happy day for me when, years ago, the Little Professor Book Center opened in Lakewood Mall. It was an equally sad day when it recently closed its doors.  In today's environment, a small bookstore has one big problem and one insurmountable...

    Tags: Literature, Politics, Amazon.com Inc., Book, U.S. Congress

    10. Apr 29, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. Nathaniel Paradis earns Eagle Scout award

    On Feb. 25, 17-year-old Nathaniel Joseph Paradis earned the highest rank to be attained in the Boy Scouts of America. He became the 29th Eagle Scout of Boy Scout Troop 899 in Fallston. Nathaniel's Eagle Scout service project entailed leading interview...

    Tags: Boy Scouts of America

    11. May 1, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  11. reFramed: In conversation with WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY curator Anne Wilkes Tucker

    Framework
    Anne Wilkes Tucker is currently the Gus and Lyndall Wortham Curator of Photography at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston where she has worked since 1976. She founded the Photography Department at the museum that now has a collection of over 28,000...
    12. Apr 19, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. Plucking words in times of need

    Early in his speech in Boston on Thursday, President Barack Obama summoned up a piece of poem. "It was a beautiful day to be in Boston," he told the congregation in the cathedral, remembering Monday, before the bombs went off. "A day," Obama went on,...

    Tags: Barack Obama, Sports, Yeast Infection, Literature, Arts and Culture

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