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Pa. exhibit showcases legendary black photographer
By KEVIN BEGOS Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Charles "Teenie" Harris had a photographic mission: going beyond the obvious or sensational to capture the essence of daily African-American life i...
Nov 28, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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JK Rowling: UK press left me feeling under siege
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Writer J.K. Rowling and actress Sienna Miller gave a London courtroom a vivid picture on Thursday of the anxiety, anger and fear produced by living in...
Nov 25, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ruth Stone, award-winning poet, dies at 96
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Ruth Stone, an award-winning poet for whom tragedy halted, then inspired a career that started in middle age and thrived late in life as her sharp insights into ...
Nov 25, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Author Charles Frazier follows the sound of music
By CHRIS TALBOTT AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Growing up deep in the mountains of western North Carolina in the 1950s and 1960s, a young Charles Frazier couldn‘t wait for the sun...
Nov 25, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Smashing Pumpkins frontman starts Chicago wrestling company
By CARYN ROUSSEAU Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The long-standing relationship between rock music and professional wrestling has a new partner: Billy Corgan. The Smashing Pumpkins frontman has ...
Nov 25, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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‘G.I. Joe 2‘ crew member killed during filming in NOLA
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A crew member working on the film "G.I. Joe 2: Retalition" has been killed on the set in New Orleans in what the studio is calling an unusual accident. Paramount Pictures spoke...
Nov 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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US military legacy rubs off on Iraqi youth
By BUSHRA JUHI Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — After more than eight years in Iraq, the departing American military‘s legacy includes a fledgling democracy, bitter memories of war, and for the nati...
Nov 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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NFL plans VIP hideaway for Indianapolis Super Bowl
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The National Football League will transform a portion of Union Station in downtown Indianapolis into a ski-lodge-themed exclusive hospitality area for February‘s Super Bowl. T...
Nov 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Internet memes sprout around Occupy movement
By JAKE COYLE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Call it the Meme Movement. Whatever degree of success achieved by the Occupy protests, it‘s largely been based on its old-fashioned, off-line d...
Nov 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Penguin reverses course for now on Kindle lending
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One of the country‘s largest publishers, Penguin Group (USA), is temporarily restoring libraries‘ ability to loan their e-books for Amazon.com‘s Kindle — but only through the e...
Nov 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Musical of ‘A Christmas Story‘ tours America
By MARK KENNEDY AP Drama Writer NEW YORK (AP) — This Christmas, Ralphie can skip the air rifle and poke his eye out with jazz hands. A musical stage version of the classic film "A Christmas Story...
Nov 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Penguin suspends library e-books, citing security
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One of the country‘s largest publishers, Penguin Group (USA), has suspended making e-editions of new books available to libraries and won‘t allow...
Nov 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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