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Biblioracle: A real fool for poetry
Tomorrow is my least favorite minor holiday, April Fools' Day. The Internet tells me that the origin of April 1 being a day for this sort of so-called merriment may be Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales," a book-length collection of stories written in...
Tags: Dr. Seuss, Poetry, Barack Obama, Canterbury, Carl Hiaasen
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Scattered showers for Saturday
Another great day for us in the Ozarks! The rain moved out just in time to spare most of the day. This evening is looking nice. The rain will hold off until late so if you are going out for Good Friday services or just to spend some time outside, you...
Tags: Good Friday, Snow Storms, Easter, Weather Reports
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LETTER: How does meteor affect weather?
February is history, but from following rocketry since 1993, more history just may be in the making from the shock rings from that huge meteor that hit Russia in the middle of February. Breaking some 1,300 windows, that rock broke a law of the earth like...Tags: Russia
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Participant Media's new strategy. Olbermann settles with Current.
After the coffee. Before getting my own smoke signal system. The Skinny: I like FX's "The Americans," but I'm not sure I like it enough to make the commitment to watch every episode. Tonight could be a deciding factor. Wednesday's headlines include a...
Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Movies, Jim Belushi, Dave Chappelle , Disney Channel (tv network)
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Disoriented mom found in car with crack pipe -- and two-week-old baby, cops say
FloriDUHShe may have been a former model -- but she's no model mom. Longwood cops say they found a disoriented Aurelia Kambic clutching a crack pipe in a Big Lots parking lot -- with her 2-week-old baby was in the back seat of the car, reports WFTV ABC News-...Tags: Big Lots Incorporated
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A Word, Please: Losing the apostrophe isn't always an option
Not long ago I wrote a column about how sometimes in terms like “teachers' union” and “homeowners' policy” the apostrophe is optional. If you really mean that the first noun possesses the second, an apostrophe makes sense. But if...Tags: Father's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Mother's Day, Authors, Veterans Day
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The joke's on Jesse y Joy -- and us
Last week, Pop & Hiss wrote about a report in the Mexico City daily newspaper El Universal that the hit-making Mexican sibling pop duo Jesse y Joy were going their separate ways. According to El Universal, Jesse harbored dreams of a professional soccer...
Tags: Mexico, Mexico City
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High School Football: Meyer guides CdM to title game again
Win or lose, Coach Scott Meyer always meets with his Corona del Mar High football team near one of the end zones on the field. He goes over the game, stresses the positives, and never singles out a player for making a mistake. Earlier in the year,...
Tags: Baseball, California Interscholastic Federation, Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Football, High School Sports
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Bryce Courtenay dies at 79; best-selling Australian author
Best-selling Australian author Bryce Courtenay, whose debut novel, "The Power of One," was made into a popular 1992 movie starring Morgan Freeman, has died. He was 79. Courtenay died Thursday at his home in Canberra, Australia, according to his...
Tags: South Africa, Authors, Sydney (Australia), Book, AIDS
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“Don’t Divorce Me!” premieres tonight on HBO
Channel Guide MagazineI am not a child of divorce. My birth child is. My three step-kids are, obviously, too. This has given me a broad, but common, perspective on marriage and parenting. My own mother and father have been wed 51 years and have lived in exactly two houses in... -
Crystal Bridges Museum the victim of apparent Wal-Mart email hoax
April Fool's Day is four months away, but someone has clearly gotten an early start. The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark., is the victim of an apparent email hoax linking founder and Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton with workers...
Tags: Arts, Strikes, Alice Walton, Labor Legislation, Whitney Museum
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Humorous figurines a fun addition to any collection
Put some fun into your collections and start hunting for old or new figurines, plates and drinking mugs that were meant to be jokes. Puzzle mugs date back to the 1700s. They were popular in taverns. When a patron was tipsy, the bartender poured ale into a...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Building Material, Material Science, Denmark, McAfee, Inc.
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