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Student news - June 16
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Mary McGinley of Hagerstown was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Muhlenberg College. McGinley, a member of the class of 2014, is an English major and a religion studies minor. McGinley is a graduate of...Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Clemson University, James Buchanan, Morehead State University, Colleges and Universities
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Get a real taste of Gen Yum
A quick Google search of the word "millennials" returns a string of results reflecting curiosity, discontent and even some disgust with America's newest adult generation. The most recent hits include a poll on the Pew Research Center's website, "How...
Tags: Zac Efron, Google Inc., Periodicals, Lifestyle and Leisure, Chopped (tv program)
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Sharing a musical experience at school
Kids and families learned all about music at a recent event in Boca Raton. The Boca Raton Symphonia's free "Meet the Orchestra" program at Saint Andrew's School offered hands-on experimentation with musical instruments, tips from area experts and student...Tags: Theater, Music, Florida Atlantic University, Politics, Entertainment
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Barrington student comes in 2nd at Scripps National Spelling Bee
The pool for the Scripps National Spelling Bee started out with 11 million spellers across the country. Only 281 made it. The semifinals whittled that number down to 42, including four of the 17 Illinois competitors who made the trip the Washington....Tags: Middle Schools, Barrington, Schools
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Go Guide Weekend Preview: San Antonio BBQ, Red Cow and Plain White T's.
A South Florida guy, LeBron James included, could learn a few things in San Antonio, says Jay Armstead, hoops fan and barbecue whiz. Armstead is the owner and master of the parking-lot smoker at Texas Hold ’Em BBQ, which opened recently in a new...
Tags: Concerts, Museums, Music, Ticketmaster, Leonardo DiCaprio
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Jean Stapleton dies at 90; was Edith Bunker in 'All in the Family'
Jean Stapleton, the actress who endeared herself to viewers in the 1970s as Edith Bunker, whose sudden bursts of truth regularly cut through her husband Archie's bluster on the groundbreaking television series "All in the Family," has died. She was 90....
Tags: Music, Lincoln Center, The O'Reilly Factor (tv program), Entertainment, Heart Attack
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Jean Stapleton, beyond Edith Bunker: a devoted theater actress
Before her caterwauling duet of "Those Were the Days" with Carroll O'Connor became a signature moment of CBS' "All in the Family," actress Jean Stapleton had already sung her way through a number of now-classic stage musicals in her career as a New York...
Tags: Lincoln Center, CBS Corp., Julia Child, Meryl Streep, Arts and Culture
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Aiming for Julia's glory?
Julia Child had a problem in 1960. After spending much of the previous decade wrestling a book of French recipes for Americans into shape, she was stuck on what to call it. Suggestions, 45 or so, came and went without a winner. Finally, Judith Jones,...
Tags: The Boston Globe, Washington, DC, Authors, Academy Awards, Entertainment Events
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How I made it: Mary Micucci, owner of Along Came Mary Events
The gig: Mary Micucci, 63, is the owner of Along Came Mary Events, one of Hollywood's leading catering and special events businesses. Often called the "caterer to the stars," Micucci has handled more than 400 movie premieres, from "Titanic" in 1997 to...Tags: Titanic (movie, 1997), Religion and Belief, Philosophy, Entertainment, Psychology
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Officials call on cellphone makers to help thwart theft
SAN FRANCISCO — Faced with a steep rise in smartphone theft, the San Francisco district attorney and New York’s attorney general said Wednesday that they will convene a summit next week with the top four phone makers to push for a...Tags: Apple Inc., New York City, Crime, Law and Justice, Microsoft Corporation, Google Inc.
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Dinosaur heads home to Mongolia after odyssey ends in Queens
NEW YORK -- It's bad enough to go from roaming the earth as a fearsome predator to being uprooted and dragged across three continents, but to end up in a basement in Queens? No wonder the Tyrannosaurus bataar was broken up. Literally. But not for long....
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Mongolia, FBI, Lawyers, Prosecution
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