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Elliott Carter dies at 103; inventive American composer
Elliott Carter, the great American composer who was born in the horse-and-buggy era but whose music persistently looked ahead by reflecting and unabashedly celebrating the intricacies of modern life, died Monday of natural causes at his home in New York,...
Tags: Leonard Bernstein, Paris (France), Charles Ives, France, Poetry
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UPDATE: Humpback Bridge in Alleghany County designated as National Historic Landmark
It's been on the National Register of Historic Places for more than 40 years, but now the Humpback Bridge near Covington is a National Historic Landmark. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar made the announcement Wednesday. For many in Alleghany County, it's a...
Tags: World War I (1914-1918), U.S. Postal Service, Labor Legislation, New York University, National Parks
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Jennifer Jaff dies at 55; advocate for the chronically ill
Jennifer Jaff was on the brink of attending law school when her doctor tried to stop her because she had a debilitating chronic illness. "I decided I couldn't stay in bed the rest of my life," she later said. "I had to live." Decades later she was a...
Tags: Pearl Jam (music group), Crohn's Disease, Rentals, Georgetown, Washington, DC
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Eastern Climbs College Rankings
The Hartford CourantElsa Núñez has dedicated her life to education. Núñez, who has been president of Eastern Connecticut State University for seven years, has led a strategic planning project that has expanded the university buildings and created more support services for...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Racism, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Eastern Connecticut State University, Twitter, Inc.
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Hard-Charging Campaign Manager Runs Point For McMahon's Assault On Murphy
The Hartford CourantSupporters waiting to shake Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon's hand at a campaign event in Farmington last month didn't pay much attention to the tall, boyish-looking operative hovering at the edge of the crowd. That man, Corry Bliss, 31,...Tags: Elections, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), U.S. House Committee on Ethics, Values, Thelma Drake
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Hey! (Math) Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
Apologies for tinkering with the lyrics from Pink Floyd but I love Andrew Hacker for stating what should be obvious -- do we really need algebra? Or geometry, trigonometry and calculus, for that matter. Hacker is an emeritus professor of political...Tags: Pink Floyd (music group), Colleges and Universities, Consumer Confidence, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Teaching and Learning
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Colleges move toward absolute bans on smoking
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — As a political science major at Ohio State University, Ida Seitter says, she lit up many a cigarette to help her through the stress of exam season. Right or wrong, they were her security blanket as she toiled through college....
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Philip Morris USA, Tobacco Products, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Companies and Corporations
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Sex offenders fight for right to use Facebook
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Registered sex offenders who have been banned from social networking websites are fighting back in the nation’s courts, successfully challenging many of the restrictions as infringements on free speech and their right to...
Tags: Sociology, Computer Networking and Internet, Prisons, Facebook, Computer Crime
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EatingWell: 6 sleep myths busted
Premium Health News ServiceAn estimated 50 to 70 million Americans don't get enough sleep, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Even if you typically do get a good night's rest, chances are there's the occasional night--or stretches of nights--where you...Tags: Healthy Diet, The Pennsylvania State University, University of Michigan, Folklore and Mythology, Medical Research
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All-State Jazz Band to be in Aberdeen Thursday
Sixty-six high school students will gather in Aberdeen Thursday evening for the 2012 South Dakota All-State Jazz Band. The annual gathering runs through Saturday at Northern State University. The event concludes with a concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday....Tags: Colleges and Universities, Music, Groton, Aaron Copland, Teaching and Learning
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Bethune-Cookman University names interim president
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelEdison Jackson, who was president of Medgar Evers College, a campus of the City University of New York, has been named as the interim president of Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach. He will take over as interim president on May 14, B-CU... -
Analysis: Candor gaffes add to campaign cynicism
WASHINGTON (AP)— After a week like this, is it any wonder voters are cynical? Within five days of each other, both the president and the campaign of his leading Republican opponent have had to deal with their own "oops" moments of candor....
Tags: Elections, World War I (1914-1918), Philosophy, Trade Dispute, Washington, DC
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