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The Never-Ending School Year
Because I don’t have a seat on our town’s Board of Education and I’ve never spent hours trying to decipher school budgets I feel kind of funny asking this, but … Why is our school calendar such a mess? This summer will be the...Tags: Rosh Hashanah, Holidays, Religious Festivals, Yom Kippur, Religion and Belief
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Chez Panisse rebuilds after fire, to reopen on summer solstice
Chez Panisse in Berkeley is set to reopen June 21, more than three months after a fire destroyed much of the electrical systems and plumbing of the 42-year-old restaurant. It isn’t the first time the famous Berkeley restaurant has burned. Thirty...
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Rebuild South Bend from the inside out
The approach to revitalization of the city of South Bend neighborhoods that the mayor and his committee purposed is nothing more than a piecemeal approach. They have not even addressed the inner city's aged, deteriorated infrastructure. The city needs...Tags: AIDS, USA Today
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Committee seeks names for Annapolis marker honoring March on Washington
A committee building a new memorial in Annapolis has extended the deadline for names of those who took part in the August 1963 March on Washington, where the Rev. Martin Luther King gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. The committee had initially...
Tags: Anne Arundel Community College, Human Interest, Annapolis, James Baldwin
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Obama tells Morehouse grads to think of more than careers
The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionPresident Barack Obama roused the new graduates of Morehouse College on Sunday with a commencement address that spoke directly to racial issues in a way the first African-American president does only sparingly. Through a steady downpour, Obama -- at the...Tags: Politics, Students, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, Morehouse College
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The State (Columbia, S.C.) Ron Morris column
The StateFIFTY-THREE YEARS WILL scramble the memory of almost any baseball player. Bloop singles of long ago become line drives to the gap today. Members of the Allen University baseball team long since have forgotten most of the details from the 1960 season,...Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Gymnastics Clubs, College Baseball, Travel, Allen University
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Book review: Atheist calls for abolishing religion
The News & ObserverIf I pressed a claim for the urgent need to eradicate Judaism, Islam, Christianity or Hinduism from the face of the Earth, I would be rightfully denounced as a barbarian, madman -- or worse. Yet if I were to assert that the future of the human race...Tags: Religion and Belief, Nazi Party, University of Oxford, Raleigh, Book
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The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) Larry LaRue column
The News TribuneAcross Tacoma in the past year, neighbors have altered the profile of their communities with pocket libraries, community gardens and yarn bombs -- efforts that have involved dozens of people. Which is precisely what the City of Neighborhoods project...Tags: Libraries, Literature, Arts and Culture, Business, Media Industry
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Awards given to achievers
Daily Gazette, Sterling, Ill.Four Sauk Valley Community College Honors Program students were recognized April 24 for their outstanding academic achievement. The recipients are Abigail Davis of Chadwick; and Allison Byrd, Andrew Cessna, and Len Michaels, all of Sterling. Davis,...Tags: Human Interest, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Credit Ratings
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Political Notebook: Gov. Haslam signs whiskey bill
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.Gov. Bill Haslam has signed into law a bill changing liquor distillery laws and opening the way for Chattanooga Whiskey Co. to begin manufacturing its product in the city it calls home. Online legislative records show Haslam signed the bill Thursday....Tags: Justice System, POLITICO LLC, Government, Politics, Regional Authority
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Review: Pacific Symphony salute to Duke Ellington fails to swing
What do we do with the Duke? He was, most agree, the greatest jazz composer who ever lived. And more. Duke Ellington was the soul of American music. David Schiff has just written a brilliantly illuminating book, "The Ellington Century," that places...
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Bates Elementary School students, others say farewell
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)In 1957, a gallon of gas cost 24 cents, Elvis Presley bought a Tennessee mansion and named it Graceland, Martin Luther King Jr. led a nationwide movement to end racial discrimination and Katharine Lee Bates Elementary School opened in Colorado Springs....Tags: Teachers, Students, Tuberculosis, John F. Kennedy, Teaching and Learning
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