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Charles Dickens' 200th birthday: Ralph Fiennes helps set the stage
Culture MonsterCharles Dickens: Tuesday marks the bicentennial of Charles Dickens' birth. Britain's National Film Theatre is holding a retrospective, and a ceremony will be held at London's Westminster Abbey starring actor-director Ralph Fiennes, who, along with... -
Charles Dickens, a man with his own ghosts, gets Google Doodle
Nation NowCharles Dickens gets a Google Doodle. Did you hear about his train wreck? His 10 kids? The Victorian author can still astonish 200 years after his birth.... -
Wednesday book news: Bezos, the Elsevier boycott and more
Jacket CopyWednesday's book news includes backlash over Elsevier's journals, and anti-evolution voice app Iris that has financial ties to Jeff Bezos... -
Whitney Houston's funeral will stream online and may be broadcast
Ministry of GossipWhitney Houston funeral: Whitney Houston's may be invitation-only in the church, but the world has been invited to watch it online and perhaps on TV. Though there will be no large public memorial for Whitney Houston, a la Michael Jackson, the Saturday... -
Royal 'I dos' and more at Westminster Abbey
The bride was beautiful. The groom was a handsome prince. Two billion people around the world watched the wedding ceremony performed in April in Westminster Abbey.
I was one of them. Even though my London flat is around the corner from the abbey, my...Tags: D.H. Lawrence, Martin Luther King Jr., Imperial and Royal Matters, England, Marriage
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Fewer Americans Smoke?
Researchers find possible drug target for PTSD (Source: Reuters)
People with post-traumatic stress disorder appear to have lower levels of a specific kind of brain chemical known as serotonin 1B, and targeting this with drugs could lead to the first...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Mark Twain, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Imperial and Royal Matters, Bing Crosby
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Maryland's most royal sites
When the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit the United States as part of their forthcoming North American tour, no doubt their host city of Los Angeles will provide plenty of pomp and circumstance.
Yet Marylanders could show Will and Kate a jolly good...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Imperial and Royal Matters, Chesapeake Bay, Christianity, Restaurants
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Area church briefs
Petoskey New Life Anglican At New Life Anglican Church, 619 Waukazoo Ave., Petoskey, the Rev. Michael J. Bridge will celebrate the fourth Sunday after Pentecost with Holy Eucharist Rite II at 10 a.m. Sunday, July 10. Nursery is available during the...Tags: Christianity, Religious Texts, Religious Festivals, Reformed, Human Interest
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Dairy cattle judging team learned a lot on trip to Europe
I am just back from spending two weeks in Europe with my wife, a colleague and the Maryland 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Team. If you are a regular reader of this column you might remember that last September the Maryland 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Team won its...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Europe, England, Christianity, Luxembourg
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St. Paul's Cathedral dean quits in Occupy London standoff
A senior clergyman resigned Monday over St. Paul's Cathedral's handling of anticapitalist protesters camped outside the church, the second cleric lost to an increasingly tense standoff involving God, mammon and their earthly representatives.
Graeme...Tags: Activism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Canterbury, Rowan Williams, England
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Will and Kate's firstborn could now be queen, if they had a girl
Ministry of GossipSuccession rules to be changed: A firstborn girl of Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, could be first in line for the throne, after a decision by 16 Commonwealth nations that consider the monarch to be their head of state to change... -
Newsweek's 'Diana at 50' cover: Shocking, brilliant or just plain cheap? [Poll]
Ministry of GossipPrincess Diana at 50: Newsweek has a cover story imagining how Princess Diana would look and act if she were still alive. How would Di come across on Twitter and Facebook? Who she would date? How she would handle the attention lavished on Kate Middleton....
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