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Beware of really lucky space aliens
There is a program that has been running on The History Channel called “Ancient Aliens.”
It’s a pretty funny show, although it isn’t intended to be so.
Most of the commentators who show up on the program are people who are...Tags: Monuments and Heritage Sites, Book, Interior Policy, Tourism and Leisure, Politics
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From the Community Arts Center: If you want to be you, be you
For the Community Arts CenterIn a world full of change, it seems one thing remains the same: If you want to be you, be you. Oftentimes, artists find themselves creating works within the “traditional” definitions of their art form, or conforming to societal pressures. This...Tags: Arts and Culture, Interior Policy, Politics, Arts, Animals
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TGIF: Professor Molinaro helps Ecuadoran tribe preserve traditions
Joe Molinaro was on a family vacation in Ecuador 20 years ago when he stepped inside a hardware store in a little village at the edge of the Amazon jungle.
At the time, Molinaro was a pottery professor at a community college in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities, Education, Fort Lauderdale, Interior Policy
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Native American encampment gives kids a lesson to remember
eruehs@amnews.comStudents got to experience Native American music, dance, storytelling, history and even a live tomahawk demonstration at a living village encampment Monday at the Boyle County Fairgrounds. The event is performed by an organization called Native Nations...Tags: Arts and Culture, Minority Groups, Interior Policy, Politics, History
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Guatemala full of questions after genocide conviction annulled
MEXICO CITY — The Guatemalan high court's decision to annul the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt on Tuesday revived questions about his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,700 ethnic Maya people. The...Tags: Mexico City, Justice System, International Law, Punishment, Crimes
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New ideas keep Teacher of Year fresh
South Bend TribuneMISHAWAKA — Ron Gill has laid a fun burden on his students: Make a game based on their social studies. So he comes to see where two girls’ minds are going as they pull a game out of Australia where, in the film “Rabbit-Proof Fence,&...Tags: Social Sciences, Arts and Culture, Teaching and Learning, Interior Policy, Politics
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Tribal members walk out of Keystone XL Pipeline meeting
RAPID CITY, S.D. - In a historic move, representatives from several Native American tribes united and walked out on a meeting with U.S. State Department officials Thursday, in regards to talks over the Keystone XL Pipeline. Supporters of the project say...
Tags: National Government, Keystone XL Pipeline, Barack Obama, Human Interest, Treaties
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Alison Wright, photographer, chases faces, grace
Alison Wright got her first camera at age 10, a Kodak Instamatic. Then she learned there was such a thing as a photojournalist, a person who traveled the world taking pictures. So that was that. She had a career – a career that would eventually...
Tags: Photography, Arts and Culture, Human Interest, Interior Policy, Laos
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Miguel de la Cerna tells a tragic story with 'Almas Perdidas' ('Lost Souls')
Chicago jazz musician Miguel de la Cerna likes to refer to himself as "your basic piano player, commercial musician," but that modest self-assessment greatly understates the case. De la Cerna proved the point dramatically last year, when he partnered...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Plymouth, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Howard Reich, Interior Policy
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2 anti-slavery activists meet in Orlando to highlight mission
A year ago, a photograph of two child slaves in Nepal carrying stone blocks on their backs had troubled an 8-year-old girl, Vivienne Harr. The California girl thought about those boys, two brothers enslaved in the Himalayas, who were her own age....
Tags: Slavery, Social Issues, Nepal, Interior Policy, Politics
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Critic's Pick: 'Kon-Tiki' stays true to a legendary adventure
There's a big, raw-boned appeal to "Kon-Tiki," the Norwegian film based on its native son explorer Thor Heyerdahl and the 100-plus days he and a crew of six spent on a balsa wood raft crossing the Pacific to prove a point. Carried by currents from Peru to...
Tags: Norway, Kon-Tiki (movie), Interior Policy, Politics
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In Washington National, they trusted
More than 50 struggling Chicago-area homeowners last year placed their faith and their savings into the hands of Washington National Trust, which promised to save their homes from foreclosure. The homeowners, most of them Hispanic and living in Aurora,...
Tags: Financial and Business Services, Police Investigations, Investments, Corporate Crime, Fines
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May 4, 2013
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May 1, 2013
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Apr 7, 2013
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