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    Jun 27, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Historic document thief sentenced to 7 years in prison

    Barry H. Landau, the once-esteemed collector of presidential memorabilia, was sentenced seven years in federal prison Wednesday for stealing thousands of historic documents from archives and libraries in Baltimore and up the East Coast.
    Barry H. Landau, the once-esteemed collector of presidential memorabilia, was sentenced seven years in federal prison Wednesday for stealing thousands of historic documents from archives and libraries in Baltimore and up the East Coast. The 64-year-old...

    Tags: War of 1812, Karl Marx, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, New York City

    2. Feb 7, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Dickens featured on today's Google doodle

    Today's <a href="https://www.google.com/" target="_blank">Google doodle</a> honors Charles Dickens on his birthday. On the letters, you can see characters such as Tiny Tim of <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=U3gPAAAAQAAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=dickens&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=lWQxT_zoM8Og2AW__6S5Bw&amp;ved=0CDkQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=dickens&amp;f=false" target="_blank">"A Christmas Carol"</a> (one of my favorite works, in all forms, including the movie Scrooged and the Mr. Magoo cartoon). I always appreciate Google's playfulness; it's a great way to enliven a dull page.
    Today's Google doodle honors Charles Dickens on his birthday. On the letters, you can see characters such as Tiny Tim of "A Christmas Carol" (one of my favorite works, in all forms, including the movie Scrooged and the Mr. Magoo cartoon). I always...

    Tags: Google Inc., Charles Dickens, Bastille Day

    3. Jun 18, 2013 | Hartford Courant

  3. Rembrandt, Durer, Whistler Prints In Greenwich

    Dorrance Kelly of West Redding has become a regular contributor to museums around the state. The retired oral surgeon, who practiced in Danbury, has collected art prints for years. In October 2011, the Bruce Museum in Greenwich showed his collection of Martin Lewis prints. In November 2011, his Currier &amp; Ives prints were exhibited at New Britain Museum of American Art. His Ash Can School prints &mdash; of works by George Bellows, Edward Hopper, John Sloan, Reginald Marsh, Thomas Hart Benton and Martin Lewis &mdash; was at the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury last March.
    Dorrance Kelly of West Redding has become a regular contributor to museums around the state. The retired oral surgeon, who practiced in Danbury, has collected art prints for years. In October 2011, the Bruce Museum in Greenwich showed his collection of...

    Tags: Museums, Danbury, Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, New Britain Museum of American Art, Waterbury

    4. May 31, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  4. Extinct species revival raises hopes, fears

    San Jose Mercury News
    SAN JOSE, Calif. The world's last passenger pigeons perished a century ago. But a Santa Cruz, Calif.-based research project could send them flocking into the skies again, using genetic engineering to restore the once-abundant species and chart a revival...

    Tags: Biology, Colleges and Universities, Endangered Species, Conservation, University of California, Irvine

    5. Apr 9, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Field has mulled selling artifacts

    When the Field Museum sold more than 30 works of 19th-century Western art for millions of dollars in 2004, it eased controversy by announcing plans to spend the proceeds on new artifacts and by holding on to four of the best paintings from the collection.
    When the Field Museum sold more than 30 works of 19th-century Western art for millions of dollars in 2004, it eased controversy by announcing plans to spend the proceeds on new artifacts and by holding on to four of the best paintings from the collection....

    Tags: Endangered Species, Arts, Conservation, Field Museum of Natural History, Wildlife

    6. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  6. Travel Postcard: 48 hours in the Florida Keys

    KEY WEST, Fla (Reuters) - The Florida Keys are the end of the road, where the legendary U.S. Route 1 stops for the ocean at mile zero, a classic American road trip.
    Reuters
    KEY WEST, Fla (Reuters) - The Florida Keys are the end of the road, where the legendary U.S. Route 1 stops for the ocean at mile zero, a classic American road trip. For many, it did end here, a place where ships crashed and wreckers saved sailors and...

    Tags: Museums, Bill Clinton, Florida Keys Vacations, Bars and Clubs, Key West

    7. Nov 11, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. 10 things you might not know about Abraham Lincoln

    Steven Spielberg's film about a long-limbed, inspirational figure is finally coming to theaters. No, it's not a re-issue of "E.T." It's "Lincoln," starring Daniel Day-Lewis. Here are 10 facts about "Honest Abe":
    Chicago Tribune reporters
    Steven Spielberg's film about a long-limbed, inspirational figure is finally coming to theaters. No, it's not a re-issue of "E.T." It's "Lincoln," starring Daniel Day-Lewis. Here are 10 facts about "Honest Abe": 1 Lincoln detested the nickname Abe, and...

    Tags: Fakes, Hoaxes, and Impostors, Africa, Daniel Day-Lewis, Stranger Than Fiction, Newspaper and Magazine

    8. Aug 17, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. The beauty — and sorrow — of an empty nest

    The lithographs in Joy M. Kiser's "America's <em>Other</em> Audubon" are works of great beauty and scientific accuracy. But behind them is a tragedy &mdash; the story of a hugely ambitious undertaking begun in heartbreak and completed in grief.
    The lithographs in Joy M. Kiser's "America's Other Audubon" are works of great beauty and scientific accuracy. But behind them is a tragedy — the story of a hugely ambitious undertaking begun in heartbreak and completed in grief. The art book...

    Tags: Chicago Tribune, Smithsonian Institution, Museum of Natural History, FBI, Authors

    9. Aug 14, 2012 |Column| Allentown Morning Call

  9. Hoover named to PGC board

    It's official. Southeastern Pennsylvania has a new member on the board of game commissioners for the Pennsylvania Game Commission. Brian H. Hoover of Glenolden, Delaware County, will represent District 6, which includes Lehigh and Northampton counties,...

    Tags: Culture, Pen Argyl, Hunting, Awards and Prizes, Cabela's Inc.

    10. Apr 27, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  10. A natural history that almost wasn't: 'America's Other Audubon'

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    As a little girl in Ohio in the mid-1800s, Genevieve "Gennie" Jones would accompany her country doctor father in his buggy as he visited patients. Along the way they'd discuss the natural world, which turned into a lifelong passion. Then......
    11. Jan 7, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
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    12. Feb 6, 2012 |Column| Hampton Roads Daily Press

  12. Animal art gets a boost from Nature

    Most American wildlife artists don't think twice when it comes to taking the super-realistic path pioneered so spectacularly by the great John James Audubon in the early 1800s.
    Most American wildlife artists don't think twice when it comes to taking the super-realistic path pioneered so spectacularly by the great John James Audubon in the early 1800s. No one had ever seen anything like his closely observed, disarmingly lifelike...

    Tags: Artists, Fine Arts, Animals, Concerts, Music

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