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    Feb 15, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  1. Unique Charlevoix library collections now available on website

    CHARLEVOIX -- The Charlevoix Public Library recently completed three digitization projects: Oral Traditions Videos, 1901 Plat Book, and the Rayder Yearbooks. Through funding from the Friends of the Charlevoix Public Library, these projects came to...

    Tags: Libraries

    2. Jan 17, 2013 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  2. Taking the Kids: Exploring African-American history in Washington, D.C., and beyond

    Talk about the best birthday present ever.
    Talk about the best birthday present ever. You've got to think that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be smiling down as we, on the same day, celebrate his birth and the second inauguration of Barack Obama, our first African-American president. Ask your...

    Tags: Barack Obama, Etta James, Civil Rights, Black History, African-American History Month

    3. Feb 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Library of Congress to unveil National Recording Preservation Plan

    A broad-scale plan to preserve the nation's cultural heritage captured on sound recordings and to make more than a century's worth of recorded materials more widely available for educational purposes is being unveiled Wednesday at the <a href="http://www.loc.gov">Library of Congress</a> in Washington.
    A broad-scale plan to preserve the nation's cultural heritage captured on sound recordings and to make more than a century's worth of recorded materials more widely available for educational purposes is being unveiled Wednesday at the Library of...

    Tags: David Bowie, World War II (1939-1945), Culture, Libraries, George Gershwin

    4. Feb 12, 2013 |Story| RedEye

  4. Big-screen blind spot: 'Groundhog Day'

    <em>Once in a while, a movie slips under your radar. For about, oh, 20 years. In 'Big-screen blind spot,' we sit down with those 'classic' movies everybody but us has seen and give them the nostalgia critic treatment.</em>
    RedEye
    Once in a while, a movie slips under your radar. For about, oh, 20 years. In 'Big-screen blind spot,' we sit down with those 'classic' movies everybody but us has seen and give them the nostalgia critic treatment. Confession: Until this week, I had never...

    Tags: Andie MacDowell, Ryerson Incorporated, Citizen Kane (movie), The Godfather (movie), Groundhog Day (movie)

    5. Jan 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. On Benghazi, blame the bureaucracy

    In testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will resume the fraught conversation about what exactly took place at the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last year on Sept. 11. Members of Congress have made it clear they will focus on how the events, which led to the deaths of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, were characterized in the hours and days that followed.
    In testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will resume the fraught conversation about what exactly took place at the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last year on Sept. 11. Members...

    Tags: U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Benghazi, Defense Intelligence Agency, Susan Rice

    6. Feb 1, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  6. Happy birthday, 16th Amendment? Bill Benson still begs to differ

    Change of Subject
    As this op ed notes, "Sunday marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 16th Amendment, which streamlined Congress' ability to tax and resulted in the creation of the beloved Internal Revenue Code and Internal Revenue Service." When I......
    7. Jan 27, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Indianapolis exhibit spotlights the Lincoln family

    Toys, furniture, photographs and insightful documents pull Abraham Lincoln, his parents and his descendants off the history pages at "The Lincolns: Five Generations of an American Family," an exhibit coming to the Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis.
    Toys, furniture, photographs and insightful documents pull Abraham Lincoln, his parents and his descendants off the history pages at "The Lincolns: Five Generations of an American Family," an exhibit coming to the Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis....

    Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Libraries, Museums

    8. Jan 16, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail

  8. Sugarhill Gang still sweet 33 years after 'Rapper's Delight'

    Sugarhill Gang made a musical mark in history when in 1979 they topped the charts with &ldquo;Rapper&rsquo;s Delight.&rdquo;
    crystal.schelle@herald-mail.com
    Sugarhill Gang made a musical mark in history when in 1979 they topped the charts with “Rapper’s Delight.” The 15-minute rap told us to “rock it to the bang-bang,” as it rocketed up the charts making it the first hip-hop...

    Tags: New York City, Radio Industry, Music, Lotteries, Disc Jockeys

    9. Jan 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Aaron Swartz, a casualty in the battle over the Internet and property rights

    Aaron Swartz was a wunderkind, a gifted boy who became a remarkable young man. He created a Wikipedia-like Web app and RSS software when he was a teenager. As a college student, he co-founded the website service Reddit. But like a figure in a fairy...

    Tags: Punishment, Values, Trials, Prosecution, Lawyers

    10. Jan 14, 2013 |Story| RedEye

  10. Can We Get Springsteen on the $1 Trillion Coin?

    Today I launch my official campaign to get Bruce Springsteen on the $1 Trillion coin that President Obama will have to have the Treasury mint and deposit at the Fed.
    Today I launch my official campaign to get Bruce Springsteen on the $1 Trillion coin that President Obama will have to have the Treasury mint and deposit at the Fed. Let me first say that while it is certainly a preposterous idea to mint a trillion...

    Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Tea Party Movement, Bruce Springsteen

    11. Dec 1, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. Choosing books for the holidays

    Inevitably this holiday season, my mom will tick through her shopping list and say with a sigh, "Your dad wants a book." Since I was a kid, my mom has teased my dad about the predictablity of this ritual, which usually involves the purchase of a brick-sized tome of history. I love shopping for my dad. I don't buy what he asks for; I go with books I suspect he'll like. Bill Buford's "Heat," a memoir about Italian cooking, was an unexpected hit. The next year, I bought him a cookbook.
    Inevitably this holiday season, my mom will tick through her shopping list and say with a sigh, "Your dad wants a book." Since I was a kid, my mom has teased my dad about the predictablity of this ritual, which usually involves the purchase of a brick-...

    Tags: Pete Townshend, Ceremonies, Culture, Libraries, Poetry

    12. Nov 30, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. In Rotation: Ethiopian pianist/composer Samuel Yirga's 'Guzo'

    Samuel Yirga
    Los Angeles Times Pop Music Critic
    Samuel Yirga “Guzo” (Real World) Samuel Yirga is a pianist from Ethiopia whose debut record, “Guzo,” sits somewhere in that fertile ground where jazz mingles with R&B and funk to create soulful beauty. Recorded in Addis Ababa...

    Tags: Music, Music Industry, Richard Marx

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