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Letter: Helping tell Smithsonian stories
Editor: As Journey Stories comes to a close, I would like to thank the Harford County community for its support and participation as we explored our heritage and enjoyed the Smithsonian Exhibit at the Abingdon Library. There was something for everyone...Tags: Marketing, Rentals, Libraries, BAE Systems Plc., Harford County
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Editorial: Good stories
A geographical blessing we in Maryland share is our proximity to our nation's capital. Regardless of politics,Washington, D.C., is a majestic city whose stature in national and world history is on par with the likes of London, Rome, Tokyo, Madrid,...Tags: Harford County, Marilyn Monroe, Library of Congress, Libraries, Washington, DC
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Research buzz: Australopithecus sediba diet
Benjamin H. Passey, assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins University's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Nature of Research: Passey was part of an international team that analyzed the diet of Australopithecus sediba, a human-like primate that...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Science, Research
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Murder in a rural county: Part 2 of 2
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.Every night, before resting her head on a pillow, Billie Stewart calls on the Almighty for strength to endure another day. For more than a year now, she has found sleep an elusive respite from the nightmare that haunts her daily, the knowledge that...Tags: Substance Abuse, Earl Ray Tomblin, Aneurysm, Murder, Washington, DC
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Victoria announces Cool Film series
The Dayton Daily NewsThe names of the 12 films that will be shown this summer at the Victoria Theatre Association's popular Cool Films Series have just been announced. New this year is "Reel Late At the Vic," a series of films that will screen at 10:30 p.m. They include...Tags: The Apartment (movie), Sesame Street (tv program), Music, Movies, Museums
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Law in Jim Thorpe dispute aims to prevent Native American plunder
It was a sweat lodge ceremony in Texas where Jim Thorpe reached out to his grandson through a medicine man. The shaman told John Thorpe his grandfather's spirit was content in the Pennsylvania town where his body has lain for six decades. "Grandpa...
Tags: National Government, Trials, Judges, Human Rights, Museums
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Murder in a rural county
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.High on a hill, in woods overlooking a multi-family cemetery, a hunter set about readying a tree stand for the fall season when he spied a human skull. Before long, other body parts were discovered, scattered across the forest, all belonging to Rachel...Tags: Substance Abuse, FBI, Police Arrests, Drug Trafficking, Missing Persons
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'New Frontier' exhibit at Gilcrease Museum captures local culture
Tulsa WorldWhen the Palazzo Pitti museum in Florence, Italy, decided to celebrate its native son, navigator and explorer Amerigo Vespucci, it came to Tulsa's Gilcrease Museum. Gilcrease worked with the Italian museum to create an exhibit titled "La Nuova Frontiera...Tags: Museums, Italy, Interior Policy, Artists, Fine Artists
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Johnson Boat Works site yields bits of White Bear Lake's past
Star TribuneEven as the future is starting to take shape on the site of the old Johnson Boat Works on the west shore of White Bear Lake, a small group of volunteers digging through dirt and rubble under a glaring sun Thursday were toiling to form a picture of its...Tags: Hunting, Sailing, Manufacturing and Engineering, Archaeology, Star Sailing
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Recognition for a reserved WWII vet
Like many World War II veterans, he speaks modestly about his service. He is quiet and a polite listener, not the kind to draw attention to himself. But a few months ago, as he visited the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, other veterans noticed...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Discrimination, U.S. Military, Harry S. Truman, U.S. Army
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Woody Guthrie's great American voice gets a new home in Tulsa
TULSA, Okla. - The woman in the wheelchair and headphones is watching pictures go by and hearing a narrator speak about a place and a moment long ago. On the screen a typewritten love letter appears and the words scroll down and you can imagine the woman...Tags: Artists, Poetry, Diseases and Illnesses, Donovan, Music
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BRIEF: Baum celebration to be held
American News, Aberdeen, S.D.A documentary on L. Frank Baum, who lived in Aberdeen and was the author of the book, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," will be shown and discussed at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Culture Heritage Center in Pierre. The event is being hosted as a celebration of...Tags: The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939)
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