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    Jun 19, 2013 |Story| Daily American

  1. "End of Serenity" to be displayed aboard USS Somerset

    "End of Serenity," the famous photograph taken by Indian Lake resident Val McClatchey on Sept. 11, 2001, will find a home aboard the USS Somerset.
    Daily American Staff Writer
    "End of Serenity," the famous photograph taken by Indian Lake resident Val McClatchey on Sept. 11, 2001, will find a home aboard the USS Somerset.   The photo depicts a smoke plume above a red barn near the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93. A...

    Tags: United Air Lines, New York City, Arts and Culture, Museums, Human Interest

    2. Jun 17, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Ex-Microsoft exec living the boomer fantasy: Meaningful work

    Patty Stonesifer sits cross-legged on the floor of a preschool classroom, her hands dripping with purple watercolor paint as she makes small block prints with the help of a 4-year-old who expounds on the proper technique to dip and print. In a flash of pigtails the tiny tutor dashes across the room, slips into a princess gown and strikes a pose for Stonesifer, who beams. The classroom, stocked with laptops, globes and books, as well as supplies for art and make-believe, is part of Martha’s Table, a 33-year-old Washington, D.C. charity that each day feeds 1,100 people, many of them homeless, and runs preschool and afterschool programs for children from poor families.
    Patty Stonesifer sits cross-legged on the floor of a preschool classroom, her hands dripping with purple watercolor paint as she makes small block prints with the help of a 4-year-old who expounds on the proper technique to dip and print. In a flash of...

    Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Computing and Information Technology Industry, Poverty, Bill Gates, Lifestyle and Leisure

    3. Jun 12, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  3. Smithsonian exhibit ends Sunday

     The Smithsonian Institution exhibit in Ellendale, N.D., which has been seen by more than 800 people since it opened May 4, will close on Sunday.  The exhibit, called “Key Ingredients: American by Food,” is set up in the Ellendale Opera...

    Tags: Food Industry, Arts, Politics, Arts and Culture, Salt

    4. Jun 10, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Want a sculpture? A new jaw? Pizza? Just print it

    Thanks to 3D printing, American society may be about to boldly go where no one has gone before.
    Thanks to 3D printing, American society may be about to boldly go where no one has gone before. A Johns Hopkins scientist is seeking to adapt the technology to grow human jaw bones — potentially revolutionizing implant procedures. A Halethorpe...

    Tags: Science, Timonium, Engineering, Arts and Culture, Fiction

    5. Jun 11, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  5. Mexican artist from Coral Springs wins American Latino Museum design contest

    Whether painting for the faithful or family and friends, Ana Maria Villegas' art has been a constant source of motivation. Now she hopes her paintings will help inspire thousands of people like her. The Coral Springs housewife has won the 2013 Friends...

    Tags: Mexico, Marco Rubio, Arts and Culture, U.S. Congress, Museums

    6. Jun 10, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. A virtual milestone

    Library hounds, research heads and history buffs, Robert Darnton has been reading your diary.
    Library hounds, research heads and history buffs, Robert Darnton has been reading your diary. Darnton, the university librarian at Harvard University, envisioned a digital library available free of charge to the public that would provide online access...

    Tags: Education, Libraries, New York Public Library, 2012 Democratic National Convention, University of Georgia

    7. May 31, 2013 | Daily Press

  7. Rice's fossil pit is still making history

    Like a lot of other local landmarks on the Peninsula, Rice's fossil pit off Harris Creek Road in Hampton was nationally and even internationally known because of its high-profile links to the past.
    Like a lot of other local landmarks on the Peninsula, Rice's fossil pit off Harris Creek Road in Hampton was nationally and even internationally known because of its high-profile links to the past. Numerous times during the roughly 30 years it was open,...

    Tags: Museum of Natural History, Science and Technology, Paleontology, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)

    8. Jun 7, 2013 |Column| Herald Mail

  8. Tips for getting that six-pack:The new rules of ab training

    Ask most exercisers what they would like to change most about the way they look, and dollars to doughnuts they’ll say they want better abs. Men and women alike strive for that tight, toned set of abs that could be put on display at the Smithsonian...

    Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise

    9. Jun 7, 2013 |Column| Hartford Courant

  9. Kevin Hunt: Where to find free downloadable music

    The Hartford Courant
    The toughest thing to find on the Internet, besides a phone number for eBay, might be free downloadable music. Everyone's buying music at iTunes or Amazon.com or streaming it at Spotify, Slacker or Pandora. When pride of ownership at no cost matters,...

    Tags: Libraries, Pitbull (music artist), Arts and Culture, Music, Billy Ray

    10. Jun 7, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant

  10. Declaring Wright Brothers Not First Doesn't Really Fly

    This was not the year for nonsense at the Capitol. Nevertheless, this session included a bill calling for a day to honor "the first powered flight" by Gustave Whitehead. The debate over whether the German immigrant was first to fly a powered aircraft is...

    Tags: Kitty Hawk, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Newington, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut)

    11. Jun 1, 2013 |Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press

  11. Rice's fossil pit remembered in Hampton lecture

    — The first time Jane Rice ventured down into her in-laws' borrow pit off Harris Creek Road she was a recent bride who had little inkling about the extraordinary environment she was about to enter.
    — The first time Jane Rice ventured down into her in-laws' borrow pit off Harris Creek Road she was a recent bride who had little inkling about the extraordinary environment she was about to enter. Stepped terraces descended dozens of feet into...

    Tags: Museum of Natural History, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)

    12. May 30, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. Maryland's Katie Schwarzmann wins second straight Tewaaraton Award

    Katie Schwarzmann became the fourth two-time winner of the Tewaaraton Award Thursday.
    Katie Schwarzmann became the fourth two-time winner of the Tewaaraton Award Thursday. The Maryland senior midfielder and Cornell's Rob Pannell were honored as the top players in collegiate lacrosse Thursday night at the 13th-annual award ceremony at...

    Tags: Maryland Terrapins, Cornell Big Red, Lacrosse, Ivy League, Atlantic Coast Conference

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