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member name: Ken G.
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April 13, 2007 09:17 AM EDT --
Imagine a swath of land stretching from Boston to Portland, Maine with homes on both sides of the road in ruins.
In Louisiana people don't have to imagine. That's the destruction they still see . . .
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April 12, 2007 01:34 PM EDT --
Sanjaya is the man with many hair styles singing on "American Idol." And some say he's only there because of an "American Idol" backlash led by radio's Howard Stern and a website . . .
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April 30, 2007 02:52 PM EDT --
Last week Rosie O'Donnell and ABC announced that she will leave "The View" in June.
Rosie, the outspoken co-host host of the morning talk show, said her needs could not be met in contract . . .
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May 17, 2007 11:46 AM EDT --
I read a fascinating piece in The Nation online yesterday that touched on some of Falwell's over-looked early years when "questions of the day" for many cultural conservatives were ones concerning . . .
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April 17, 2007 04:01 PM EDT --
Today, fans of fantasy writer JRR Tolkien will have cause to rejoice...or fear.
A new saga, "The Children of Hurin," hits the store shelves. A prequel of sorts to "The Lord of the Rings" . . .
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April 24, 2007 09:23 AM EDT --
What was the governor of New Mexico doing in North Korea last week? Bill Richardson was formally there to collect the remains of six U.S. soldiers killed during the Korean War. He also had a say in negotiations . . .
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August 21, 2007 11:48 AM EDT --
The man known as "America's Preacher" in a North Carolina hospital today. Reverend Billy Graham is listed in 'fair condition' after being admitted for treatment over the weekend. . . .
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April 12, 2007 01:58 PM EDT --
The movie "Pride" smashes the old stereotype that blacks can't swim. The film is loosely based on the life of Jim Ellis, who created one of the nation's finest swim teams in a poor . . .
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April 24, 2007 10:46 AM EDT --
Bet you didn't know this about the late economist John Kenneth Galbraith: As a child growing up in Canada, he was an avid reader who remembered the day the local library changed its lending policy . . .
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May 01, 2007 09:07 AM EDT --
Cathryn Jakobsen Ramin was a hard-hitting journalist whose memory began slipping when she hit her forties. Ramin's book "Carved in Sand: When Attention Fails and Memory Fades in Midlife," . . .
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April 11, 2007 08:56 AM EDT --
When Amal Graafstra opens his front door, he doesn't use a key; to turn on his computer, he just waves his hand.
Graafstra, who runs a mobile messaging company in Bellingham, Washington, is one of . . .
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April 24, 2007 08:41 AM EDT --
President Bush has promised to tighten economic sanctions and impose new ones on Sudan if that nation's president does not move quickly to stop the bloodshed in Darfur. Bush says Sudan must allow deployment . . .
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May 02, 2007 12:08 PM EDT --
Solomon Burke is one of few remaining regents from the era of classic soul.
Inducted into Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame five years ago, the man known as "The King of Rock and Soul" . . .
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May 11, 2007 09:52 AM EDT --
Singer-song Patty Griffin is known for her laments about people down on their luck delivered in a clear-as bell soprano. Griffin tells us about her new recording "Children Running Through" and . . .
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May 18, 2007 08:21 AM EDT --
The singer-song writer is known for her laments about people down on their luck was interviewed last Thursday on public radio's Here & Now program.
Griffin talks about her new recording . . .
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May 02, 2007 12:18 PM EDT --
You know those stories about generations of women helping the youngest to have and raise a baby, the whole "it takes a village" thing? Or tales of a mother and daughter who heal an estranged . . .
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May 09, 2007 12:48 PM EDT --
Daniel Levitin, who received his doctorate in psychology from the University of Oregon, explores the connection our brain makes to muscial notes, why we are attracted to certain types of songs, and . . .
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May 24, 2007 02:49 PM EDT --
Prosperity theology has met its match in the form of Reverend Billy.
From the stoop of New York's Disney Store to the Mall of America, performance artist Bill Talen preaches his gospel as "Reverend . . .
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May 02, 2007 11:53 AM EDT --
Photographer Mark Edward Harris has made two visits to North Korea and has been to the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. His stunning photographs from the Hermit Kingdom are featured in . . .
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May 09, 2007 12:36 PM EDT --
If you think you're the last person on earth who doesn't have an iPod don't fret, you're not.
WBUR radio personality Robin Young is.
True, she has bought them for gifts, but never, ever . . .
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