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Bill Parcells needs to provide stability for Miami Dolphins
There was the new owner walking the grounds. There was the new vice president inspecting the beef. There was the new general manager. The new coach. New coordinators. New quarterback. Newer, even higher, draft hope.
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49ers: Hill, Smith To Battle For Starting QB Job
The 49ers already see the difference with Mike Martz's intricate offense, which is full of movement and extra receivers and opportunities to do the unexpected.
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Infinity Founder Announces Retirement After Decade Of Service
5/3/2008 - Ron Graham is ready to see the Infinity Performing Arts Program stand on its own. Graham, the founder and executive director, announced recently that he will retire from Infinity after a decade of shaping and maintaining the music-based program.
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Block Party plans 'going great'
PELL CITY — The Chamber of Commerce’s 8th Annual Hometown Block Party is a month away. This year’s event is June 6 from 5:30 to 11 p.m. in the historic downtown area. Admission is free.
The Daily Home |
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Take 28 Appalachian drives
A new driving-tour map developed by National Geographic and the Appalachian Regional Commission features 28 suggested routes, all reflecting the diversity of the 13-state region that stretches from southern New York to northeast Mississippi. The region covers all of West Virginia and parts of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, ...
The Charlotte Observer |
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Briefly
CASSADAGA — The annual Spring Vendor Showcase, sponsored by the American Legion, Cassadaga Memorial Post 1280, is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the post, 228 Maple Ave. Vendors will include Avon, Creations from Deerkrest Farms, Free-Hand Wood Carvings, Home Interiors, Jewels by Park Lane, Mary Kay Skin Care/Cosmetics, kitchen equipment by The Pampered Chef, Partylite Candles, Premier ...
The Post-Journal |
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$72,000 raised for local disaster victims
The Martin County chapter's "Heroes for the American Red Cross Campaign" has raised $72,000 specifically designated to help local residents victimized by house fires, wildfires, hurricanes, floods or tornadoes.
The Palm Beach Post |
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Tate: Deep in the heart
Being a transplanted Texan, like our featured artist, Bobby Plough, I often find myself comparing Texas to North Carolina in various ways. One of those ways, besides the difference in tornado sizes (Texas ones are really, really big), is music.
The Daily Advance |
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Ebb and Flow column: Building an exclamation point to a colorful life
Last Saturday was Austin Dorr's day in Gloucester. The 79-year-old and his daughter, Kathy Gerber, who flew in from Medford, N.J., christened Dorr's 24-foot Dog Star before 75 exuberant people at Beacon Marine Basin in East Gloucester. Dorr, a decorated Korean War veteran, an accomplished tuna fisherman and outdoorsman who holds the world's record for trap shooting, has already fulfilled part ...
Gloucester Daily Times |
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Stevie Wonder returns to New Orleans Jazz Fest as headliner
NEW ORLEANS - Stevie Wonder sang, "Don't You Worry About a Thing." His fans followed directions, dancing in a steady drizzle at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Some wore garbage-bag ponchos.
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Conservatives oust 'Red Ken' in London
Boris Johnson, the Conservatives' fourth-choice candidate to run for mayor of London, has been elected to run the British capital.Johnson's defeat of Ken Livingstone, who had been mayor for almost eight years, was a major blow to the Labor Party and Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The party lost heavily in Thursday's local elections.The count in London took 15 hours because of the complicated ...
Moldova.org |
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Family and friends celebrate woman's life
The life of Ruby Matthews was remembered on her 91st birthday anniversary with "A Celebration of Life" luncheon at the Barboursville Cracker Barrel restaurant on April 17. The special event was held during a regular meeting of Support Group "B" of the Cabell-Wayne Association for the Blind, of which Ruby was an active participant.
The Huntington Herald-Dispatch |
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Recital a cause for celebration
This past Sunday in connection with Eastern Illinois University’s Celebration of the Arts Festival, the Tarble Arts Center presented a concert of chamber music performed by Elaine Fine, violin, and John David Moore, piano. And indeed it was a cause for celebration, for the concert included a performance of Gabriel Fauré’s romantic masterpiece, Sonata in A Major, Opus 13.
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Cultural tourism conference planned in French Lick
FRENCH LICK — As executive director of the Lawrence County Tourism Commission, Dave Branneman will explore what is called “cultural tourism” on Monday when he participates in the annual Indiana Cultural Tourism Conference.
Bedford Times-Mail |
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DJ Andy Williams
Centuries-old struggles for equality, social justice and reparation are often intimately, and perhaps best told, through music. Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective , by DJ Andy Williams, is a new compilation album released this week by Public Transit Records about resistance, highlighting rare tracks spanning multiple genres, from hip-hop to spoken-word to jazz.
Hour.ca |
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Waterfront Festival lineup revealed
Canadian rock artist Matthew Good and Mississauga's multi-talented Rik Emmett are among the popular musicians booked to play the Mississauga Waterfront Festival next month.
Mississauga News |
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Clardendon Muse plays host to The Christopher Duke Piano Competition
THE TINKLING of ivories is likely to reach fever pitch this weekend at The Christopher Duke Piano Recital Competition, being held on Sunday at The Clarendon Muse.
St Albans Observer |
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Phone review: Nokia E51
It's "Nokia week" here at MTR-- first the N95 8 gig, then the N810 and now the E51. This ESeries business smartphone looks more like a sexy feature phone. It's sold unlocked in the US by major retailers and ...
PDA Buyer's Guide |
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The Man Behind the Fest
It may be hard to believe but the 24th annual Branford Festival is just a little more than a month away and organizers are saying this year’s fest is sure to please.
Guilford Courier |
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Summer Haze, Summer Days Recreation Center Unveils 2008 Catalog
By Sean Fogarty Courier Staff Writer Children, parents, and grandparents will all find fun things to do as the weather warms up in the North Haven Recreation Center’s 2008 Summer Activity Catalog.
Guilford Courier |
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A Life Filled with Music
Tonight, May 1, Carolyn Engle of Clinton will attend the finale concert of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra at Woolsey Hall. She will hear Mozart’s Paris Symphony and Brahms’ Ein Deutsches requiem, both conducted by Edward Bolkovac.
Guilford Courier |
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No Cars & Sunrooms on the Green Selectmen Deny Art Group’s Request for Advertising
Before it could metamorphose into a controversy similar to the lights on the Green, the Board of Selectmen squashed the request for structural-type advertising by two sponsors of events on the Guilford Green.
Guilford Courier |
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Leslie Uggams Will Play Lena Horne in 2009 Pasadena Run of Stormy Weather
Pasadena Playhouse, Stewart F. Lane, Bonnie Comley and Armica productions will present the West Coast premiere of the Lena Horne biographical musical Stormy Weather, starring Tony and Emmy Award winner Leslie Uggams, in early 2009.
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Rose Iannaccone: Already Dancing with the Stars
By Sean Fogarty Courier Staff Writer Nine-year-old Rose Iannaccone is a busy girl to track down. If she isn’t acting as a poppy-flower in Thomaston Opera House’s Wizard of Oz production, or working as an extra aside John Travolta in the 2009 movie release Old Dogs, she’s probably dancing.
Guilford Courier |
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Smith, Hill open quarterback competition
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- A classical medley of NFL Films music blared through the on-field speakers Friday at the San Francisco 49ers ' first minicamp practice.
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