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James Franco coming to Hopkins but he has no time for you
The Baltimore SunActor James Franco, he of the dark good looks and "127 Hours" fame is coming to Baltimore Friday. But, before you get any big ideas and think this is your big chance to ask him out for drinks or attempt a marriage proposal -- forget it. Officials...Tags: 127 Hours (movie), Poetry, The Hollywood Reporter, Suicide, Movies
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DCS: Record number of foster children found permanent homes in 2011
The Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) announced Tuesday a record number of foster children were adopted in 2011.
DCS said 1,787 children found permanent homes, with the highest number of children being adopted in December.
“All...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Family, Judges, Justice System
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For a swingin' ride, catch this Cab
Zap2ItWithout Cab Calloway, it is hard to imagine there would have been a Michael Jackson or a Prince or hip-hop moves. If that sounds like hyperbole, tune in to PBS' "Cab Calloway: Sketches," an "American Masters" presentation airing Monday, Feb. 27 (check...Tags: Alvin Ailey, Prince (music artist), Arts and Culture, Porgy and Bess (movie), Animation (genre)
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Reasons to like and honor Eisenhower
WASHINGTON - Two coming developments, one dismal and one excellent, pertain to America's memory of a great man. One of several oversight panels soon will consider a proposed memorial to Dwight Eisenhower. The proposal is an exhibitionistic triumph of...Tags: White House, Harry S. Truman, American Red Cross, John Marshall, Human Interest
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Paterno Remembered as Teacher, Winner, "Hero" at Memorial
CNNUniversity Park, Pennsylvania -- Joe Paterno's family, former players and others in the Penn State community gathered Thursday to celebrate the late football coach, describing him as a consummate teacher, a tough competitor and man of integrity. "An...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Crime, Law and Justice, CNN (tv network), College Sports, Twitter, Inc.
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Mailbag: Weinstein not the problem in 'Iron Lady'
Re "Iron Lady' portrayal is inaccurate," Mailbag, Jan. 27 I read with great interest Dr. R. Claire Friend's letter regarding "The Iron Lady," currently in release in movie theaters. While I share Friend's disappointment in how the story unfolded (all too...Tags: Feminism, Crime, Law and Justice, Viola Davis, The Help (movie), Religious Texts
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Mencken found his match in biographer Charles Fecher
The legendary publisher Alfred A. Knopf was a man who valued excellence. For years he searched for someone to write a biography of his friend Henry Louis Mencken. In his opinion, no biography up to then, including that of William Manchester, was right....Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, H.L. Mencken, Labor Legislation
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Interview with Zippy creator Bill Griffith
Good thing Bill Griffith did not take Marcel Duchamp seriously. Otherwise, we'd be without Zippy (aka Zippy the Pinhead), the best-drawn daily underground comic strip in America, still running in 300 newspapers. Griffith, at the time a 19-year-old art...Tags: Arts and Culture, Terry Zwigoff, Long Island, Jerry Lewis, Fiction
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Hugh Jackman's Not the First Musical Houdini
Hartford CourantTony Award winner Hugh Jackman will return to Broadway during the 2013-14 season to star in an original musical "Houdini," Broadway.com announced today. Stephen Schwartz ("Wicked," "The Magic Show") will compose the score and and book...Tags: New Britain, Tony Curtis, Christopher Nolan, Hugh Jackman, Entertainment Events
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