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7 schools can use center's services
Children, families and staff members at seven Howard County schools are to benefit from information about resources and services available at North Laurel-Savage Multiservice Center. Through a new partnership between the multiservice center and the...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Nature
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Writers try to solve the mystery of their craft
To mark the Bouchercon mystery writers conference - which ends here today with the Anthony Awards ceremony - visiting authors have been writing guest posts on the Read Street blog all week. They discussed the challenges of creating realistic characters...Tags: Ceremonies
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Bernstein's eclectic, audacious approach
Baltimore Sun reporterWhen Leonard Bernstein undertook to create a work for the opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, it was inevitable that he would think big. Very big. The result was Mass, subtitled A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers....Tags: National Government, Palace Theater, Morgan State University, Religious Conflicts, Classical Music
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Let kids pitch in to save money
If children sense your stress about the economy, try the approach suggested by Catherine Solheim, a professor in the Department of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota: For the youngest of children, Solheim suggests getting out some...Tags: University of Minnesota
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A real solution to end homelessness for good
Congregations in Newport News and Hampton are about to launch their annual winter shelters, and for the next 20 to 23 weeks churches and temples will serve as vital ports in a storm. But even good people of faith can only do so much for so long. Then...Tags: Homelessness, Local Authority, Google Inc., Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Philadelphia landmark regains its luster
The Associated PressMemorial Hall, one of the jewels of the Centennial Exposition of 1876, had lost its luster many years ago. Rain poured inside through this magnificent but neglected glass dome, soaking elaborate plasterwork and pooling on its marble floors, where buckets...Tags: National Government, Libraries and Museums, Agricultural Research and Technology, Government, American Revolutionary War
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Will the economy bring Broadway to its knees?
linda.winer@newsday.comIf a Martian dropped into New York and saw the latest Broadway grosses, the little guy wouldn't have a clue about the Wall Street meltdown. In the week that ended last Sunday, "Jersey Boys," "Wicked," "South Pacific" and "Mamma Mia!" were still packing in...Tags: Lehman Brothers Holdings Incorporated, John Houseman, Film Festivals, Mamma Mia!, Katie Holmes
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Merging? Making most of nonprofit dollars
Thomas A. McLaughlin is a national nonprofit management consultant with Grant Thornton in Boston. His most recent book is "Nonprofit Strategic Positioning."Shortly after Lehman Brothers collapsed in mid-September, the EGC Group, a Melville-based advertising agency, donated 24 hours to developing ad campaigns for five of Long Island's largest nonprofit organizations worried that with the economy in crisis,...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Willowbrook, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Teen-agers
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Polished incumbent, energetic rival vie for State Senate
reid.epstein@newsday.comThe State Senate race between incumbent John Flanagan and challenger Michael DePaoli is a match between a polished political professional and an energetic challenger. Flanagan (R-East Northport) is perceived as a rising star in the New York Republican...Tags: National Government, Upper House, Heads of State, Smithtown, John Flanagan
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Discoveries
Nature's Beloved Son
Rediscovering John Muir's Botanical Legacy
Bonnie J. Gisel with images by Stephen J. Joseph
Heyday Books: 248 pp., $45
SCOTLAND, Wisconsin, Canada, Kentucky, Florida, Alaska and the Sierra Nevada; wherever he went, John Muir,...Tags: John Muir, Poetry, Folk Music, Building Material, Sociology
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Palin uses her elected office to promote religious causes, at times with public money
Associated Press WriterWASILLA, Alaska (AP) _ The camera closes in on Sarah Palin speaking to young missionaries, vowing from the pulpit to do her part to implement God's will from the governor's office. What she didn't tell worshippers gathered at the Wasilla Assembly of...Tags: Religious Events, National Government, Abortion, Petroleum Industry, Local Elections
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Counting cards: NYC university has playing card collection with more than 6,300 decks
Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ The collection spans 50 countries and four centuries and touches on subjects ranging from beer marketing to 19th-century Portuguese politics. Columbia University has a collection of playing cards that is among the world's largest, a trove...Tags: Columbia University, Charles Dickens, Frank Hunter, Salvador Dali, Colleges and Universities
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