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The pipes are calling
After welcoming a Buster over the weekend, the Hub City played host Monday to a busker. Kevin Moe, an 18-year-old from Laramie, Wyo., played the bagpipes Monday on a street corner in downtown Aberdeen. He is using the donations he receives to...
Tags: Music, Fort Lauderdale, Trips and Vacations, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia)
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Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Edinburgh
ReutersEDINBURGH (Reuters) - Which city has two central if extinct volcanoes, one of which is topped by the most precariously positioned castle imaginable? It is not somewhere high in the Andes or on an Indonesian island, instead it is the elegant and...Tags: Volcanoes, Italy, Dining and Drinking, Trips and Vacations, Landforms
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Scottish writers lead the way in producing popular crime fiction
As proudly reported in Scottish Life magazine, a British think tank called the New Economics Foundation recently determined that the Scots are the happiest people in Britain, boasting some of the most impressive "wellbeing" scores anywhere. Exactly why...
Tags: Authors, Murder, The New York Times, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (movie), Newspaper and Magazine
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Prime Minister Cameron argues to keep Britain's nuclear arsenal
LONDON – Amid international alarm over saber-rattling by North Korea, British Prime Minister David Cameron made an impassioned defense Thursday for maintaining his country’s independent nuclear deterrent, despite growing domestic complaints of...
Tags: Government, North Korea, Nuclear Policy, Media Industry, Labour Party (UK)
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Scotland to vote on independence in Sept. 2014
LONDON - Voters in Scotland will head to the polls Sept. 18, 2014, to decide whether to go it alone as an independent country or remain in Great Britain with England and Wales. The referendum could lead to the biggest political shake-up in the British...Tags: Referenda, Labour Party (UK), England, Elections, United Kingdom
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Scotland to vote on independence in September 2014
LONDON – Voters in Scotland will head to the polls in September 2014 to decide whether to go it alone as an independent country or remain in Great Britain with England and Wales. The referendum could lead to the biggest political shakeup in the...
Tags: Referenda, Labour Party (UK), England, Elections, United Kingdom
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Fact is, we don't know what might curb gun violence
TALLAHASSEE – One lesson to glean from tragedies like the one at Newtown, Conn., is the hardest to process: We don't know whether our gun culture is to blame for violent crimes. And that's our own fault. For three weeks, everyone from President...Tags: Laws, Labor Legislation, Gun Control, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Research
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Scotland to vote on independence in 2014
World NowScottish voters will go to the polls in 2014 to decide whether Scotland should become an independent nation. A referendum agreed to by British Prime Minister David Cameron and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond will allow voters to decide whether to end... -
Best Historical Novel Duos
Blogging with Bill WhiteI'm still swamped, so my list today is somewhat truncated. I figured I'd let you guys do the work. My question is: Who are the best duos in historical fiction? I read a lot of the stuff, so I'll offer...... -
Hip engineers now can wear plaid
Purdue University now has an official tartan plaid. The pattern was designed by a student and chosen from among three finalists by an online vote, the university announced last week. The pattern combines Purdue's official colors of old gold and black,...
Tags: High Schools, Schools, Purdue University
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Six spooky destinations with a dark side
Article Highlights: - Explore underground streets in Edinburgh, Scotland, with Dark Truth Tours - Make a stop in New Orleans for a primer on all things voodoo - Visit Sleepy Hollow for a look at the origins of that chilling legend The "official"...
Tags: Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Media Industry, Humphrey Bogart, Sociology, Folklore and Mythology
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Raise your glass to 'Prudencia Hart'
It's quite the tartan moment in Chicago. The Ryder Cup gets under way at the Medinah Country Club. Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond is here schmoozing with business leaders and talking increased Scottish independence. And Chicago Shakespeare Theater...
Tags: Music, Celebrities, Dresses (clothing), Medinah Country Club, Clothing, Accessories, and Shoes
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