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Officials say Baltimore Festival will have 'More'
BALTIMORE - The Baltimore Festival - which kicks off Wednesday - has all the charm of a hometown get together.
Lancaster Eagle-Gazette |
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Maestro won't face the music
In an interview last week on CNBC, former US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan cast his eyes on the charred landscape of the national real estate market and offered high-minded criticisms of the obvious excesses and irrationalities that brought on the devastation.
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RCMP admits spying on prominent feminists
RCMP spies infiltrated the women's movement in the early 1970s, monitoring marches and rallies to keep an eye on feminists including Rita Mac- Neil, who would become a much-admired Maritime songstress. An undercover source reporting on a March 1972 gathering of women's liberation groups in Winnipeg compiled biographical [...]
The Sudbury Star |
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Canalside celebration
A top-notch fireworks display with numerous bursts comparable to grand finales helped cap off a weekend that drew scores of people to the 30th annual Canal Days Marine Heritage Festival. With activities occurring throughout the city -Lock 8 Park, West Street, Port Colborne Historical and Marine Museum, the [...]
Welland Tribune |
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Melissa Lawson wins NBC's `Nashville Star'
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A Texas mother of five is the new "Nashville Star." Melissa Lawson beat fellow finalist Gabe Garcia on Monday night for the title on the country music reality...
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Emancipation festival has family picnic feel to it
The 146th annual Emancipation Celebration Festival Saturday was a family picnic at its heart and the feeling of togetherness and warmth was unmistakable. The day was filled with recorded and live soul and rhythm and blues music. Some visitors enjoyed spicy dishes like curried goat on rice, washed [...]
Owen Sound Sun Times |
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Film, television star Ronny Cox heads array of performers at Folk Music Festival
If you visit the Shawano Folk Music Festival this year, chances are you’ll hear actor and folk musician Ronny Cox spinning a yarn. “My band makes fun of me because there’s always a question of whether I’m going to sing more than I talk,” Cox jokes.
The Shawano Leader |
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Nigeria: 5,000 Youths Storm New Horizons
New Horizons, a leading world ICT training institution as well as the two-time winner (2006/2007) for the best ICT training institution in West Africa (Direct Marketing Association of West Africa), has organised an infotainment night for the youths.
AllAfrica.com |
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Melissa Lawson wins NBC's 'Nashville Star'
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Texas mother of 5 is the new "Nashville Star." Melissa Lawson beat fellow finalist Gabe Garcia on Monday night for the title on the country music reality series. Shawn Mayer came in third.
KXAN 36 Austin |
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Hitting the right note
Anna Milczarek first picked up a cello when she was five, and has barely put it down since. Music is an integral part of the 14-year-old's life, and a passion she shares with her entire family. Her siblings Basia, 23, Piotr, 15, Gabriela, 12, and Stanislaw, 9, [...]
The North Bay Nugget |
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Cincinnati marks National Night Out
Cincinnati neighborhoods will join others across the country today promoting crime prevention and awareness by observing National Night Out.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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3-Minute Interview: Judy Koch
The founder of the Bay Area-based Bring Me a Book organization provides parents with books to read to their children.
The San Francisco Examiner |
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A relationship on the rocks?
ATLANTA (AP) -- Ludacris' new song, "Politics as Usual," may have cost him one of his biggest fans, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama.
Sentinel & Enterprise |
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Beatlemania hits the Friendly City
Another successful weekend for The Empire Theatre, and Belleville, is in the books thanks to the Abbey Road on the River Canada three-day event. "The Beatles music stood for love and peace and we've had a lot of both this weekend," said Mark Rashotte, Empire Theatre owner, event [...]
Belleville Intelligencer |
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Tribute to festival 'drug' victim
The family of a woman who died after a suspected drugs overdose at a music festival pay tribute to her.
BBC News |
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Bowie's Berlin
Travel: Sean Dodson takes a musical tour in the footsteps of the Thin White Duke
Guardian Unlimited |
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He's no doctor, but he sings a song of health
Eric Mammen is the music therapist at CHOC.
Orange County Register |
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Over 2bn Mobile Users to Buy Digital Goods With Their Phones by 2013
A new analysis of the global mobile payments opportunity forecasts that 2.1 billion mobile subscribers will "pay by mobile" for digital goods downloaded to their mobile phones by 2013. Juniper Research defines digital goods as music (ringtones and full tracks), tickets, TV, user-generated content, infotainment and games – in fact any content bought by phone and delivered to the phone.
Cellular-News.com |
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Exeter/Hampton/Rockingham area community calendar
THE ADULT HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM at Winnacunnet High School in Hampton has exciting evening programs for those of any age who wish to take classes to earn a diploma, to sharpen skills for college classes, or to make-up high school credits. Registrations for...
Exeter News-Letter |
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Country music star Reg Lindsay dies
Australian country music veteran Reg Lindsay has died, aged 79.
Sydney Morning Herald |
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Fil-Am actor stars in MTV movie
LOS ANGELES—Fil-Am actor Rodney To stars in “The American Mall,” the new MTV movie from the executive producers of “High School Musical.”
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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Melissa Lawson, a Texas mother of 5, wins NBC's `Nashville Star,' gets record contract
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A Texas mother of five is the new "Nashville Star." Melissa Lawson beat fellow finalist Gabe Garcia on Monday night for the title on the country music reality series. Shawn Mayer came in third.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune |
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Melissa Lawson wins NBC's 'Nashville Star'
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—A Texas mother of five is the new "Nashville Star." Melissa Lawson beat fellow finalist Gabe Garcia on Monday night for the title on the country music reality series. Shawn Mayer came in third.
Las Cruces Sun-News |
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A Texas mother of five is the new "Nashville Star." Melissa Lawson beat fellow finalist Gabe Garcia on Monday night for the title on the country music reality series.
Brandon Sun |
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Lea Salonga makes Filipinos proud again with successful staging of "Cinderella"
Napanood ng PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) ang Rodgers and Hammerstein musical play Cinderella , produced by Broadway Asia Entertainment and starring our very own Lea Salonga—Tony Award winner and Broadway and West End Star—at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) last night, August 1.
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