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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, Sports, Gymnastics Clubs, Trips and Vacations, College Baseball
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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: University of Oxford, Raleigh, Book, Nazi Party, Philosophy
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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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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, Media Industry, Business, Literature, Arts and Culture
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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: Bill Haslam, Government, Parties and Movements, U.S. Congress, POLITICO LLC
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Former student protesters remind Memphis of its segregated past
Commercial AppealThey are 53 years older, but the anger they felt was still fresh Friday when eight former classmates from the old LeMoyne College gathered at Walgreens at Main and Madison to commemorate the Memphis sit-ins and protests of 1960. Grace Austin was one...Tags: Students, Colleges and Universities, LeMoyne-Owen College, Politics, Battles (music group)
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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: Students, Tuberculosis, John F. Kennedy, Teaching and Learning, Teachers
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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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Event to offer auto emissions repair vouchers in Merced
Merced Sun-StarThis weekend, area residents will likely be lining up for free emissions testing for their cars and trucks, potentially qualifying for $500 in repair vouchers, under a popular government program to improve air conditions. The valleywide "Tune In &...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Air Pollution, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues
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The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va., Donnie Johnston column
The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.SEVERAL STORIES have recently surfaced that should worry every American. The first is the revelation that the Internal Revenue Service was intentionally raking tea-party groups over the governmental coals over their tax-exempt status. I'm sure it will...Tags: Taxation, Central Intelligence Agency, News Media, Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Police Investigations
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Evangelicals advocating for immigration reform
The Columbus DispatchA "troubling" experience in Birmingham, Ala., helped cement Carl Ruby's resolve to work within the evangelical Christian community on behalf of immigrants in Ohio and across the U.S. Ruby was an administrator at Cedarville University in Greene County...Tags: Minority Groups, Civil Rights, Immigration, Pentecost, Career and Workplace
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PATRIOTIC TRADITION: Hillandale Elementary students celebrate America
The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C.Little more than a year ago, Rosanna Courtney was in a Chinese orphanage, waiting to come home to America with her adoptive parents. On Thursday, the 10-year-old third-grader took to the front row of Hillandale Elementary School students, proudly...Tags: Students, Music, Durham (Durham, North Carolina), Education, John F. Kennedy
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