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Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet pioneer that had fallen behind the times. The deal announced Monday is Mayer's boldest move since she left...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Stock Market, YouTube, Culture, Media Industry
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John F. Brinson: U.S. fighting world war against a political ideology
World War I was everybody versus Germany and Austria (1914-18). World War II was everybody versus Germany, Italy and Japan (1939-45.) World War III was the Cold War, with everybody versus the Soviet communist empire (1947-91). World War IV began in 1979...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Pension and Welfare, Religious Conflicts, Islam, Religion and Belief
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READER SUBMITTED: Two Kingswood Oxford Seniors Tapped For Special Honors
West HartfordTwo Kingswood Oxford seniors: Stephanie Fagbemi and Brenda Winn, have recently been honored for extraordinary service by prestigious organizations. Winn, daughter of Marcia and Kevin Winn of Newington, is one of four students awarded a $1,000 United...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Arts and Culture, Suffield, Culture, University of Pennsylvania
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EU sees Greece hitting 2013-14 fiscal goals, but more pain ahead
ReutersATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will hit its fiscal targets this year and next but needs additional savings to meet its bailout requirements in 2015 and 2016, the European Commission said. The findings add to evidence that the country is back on track to cut...Tags: Arts and Culture, Finance, Culture, Budgets and Budgeting, National Government
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Letters from a son: What Allentown's William Reichard saw at Antietam
He had never been in the smoky, confusing haze of gunfire. Never watched helplessly as strong young men fell dead in front of him. Until the Battle of Antietam, William Reichard didn't know war. Reichard, barely 20, left Allentown in the summer of...Tags: Arts and Culture, Career and Workplace, Culture, Mexican-American War, Wars and Interventions
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The Lehigh Valley's forgotten graves
The old gravestone is broken. A crack about three-quarters of the way to the top has severed it, exposing a rough, jagged edge, like a chipped front tooth. The detached top, where the name and date of birth were long ago etched, lies on the ground. It's...Tags: Arts and Culture, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Finance, Slatington, Culture
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Kwame Kwei-Armah keeps his vow to bring Center Stage national exposure
Kwame Kwei-Armah is turning up the floodlights on Center Stage. It's been not quite two years since the British-born playwright became artistic director of Maryland's largest regional theater. With his production of two button-pushing dramas nicknamed...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities, Entertainment Events, PBS (tv network), Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Review: "The Civil War in 50 Objects" by Harold Holzer and the New-York Historical Society
"Slave Shackles Intended for a Child, ca. 1800" The caption for the first image in "The Civil War in 50 Objects" will stop a reader cold, but the photo of those shackles pierces the gut, teaching a lesson words never could. Historian Harold Holzer...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Abraham Lincoln, Culture, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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READER SUBMITTED: Middlesex County Historical Society Participates In Connecticut Open House Day
MiddletownThe Middlesex County Historical Society is participating with dozens of other museums around the state by offering free admission on Connecticut Open House Day on Saturday, June 8. The museum at the Society's headquarters, the General Joseph Mansfield...Tags: Arts and Culture, Middletown, Culture, Middlesex County (Connecticut), Battle of Antietam
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Miners union threatens strike at South Africa's Amplats
ReutersJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Miners at South Africa's Anglo American Platinum reported for work late Thursday, and a labor leader said the workers will strike on Friday in an escalation of unrest that sent the company's shares lower and the rand to a four-...Tags: Arts and Culture, Mining, Africa, Career and Workplace, Culture
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Smithsburg celebrates 200th anniversary during Pride Days
julieg@herald-mail.comThe Town of Smithsburg is celebrating the 200th anniversary of its founding this weekend during Smithsburg Pride Days, which starts Friday. Added to the annual Pride Days this year is a karaoke contest, a cruise-in, a pie-eating contest, and narrated...Tags: Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events, Religion and Belief, Festive Events, Ceremonies
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In Theory: Do pastors' kids have it tough?
Growing up can be tough, but children of preachers face an extra element — the added pressure to keep up appearances and not give in to temptation. Also dealing with the church takes up a lot of parents' time, and that means more stress and more...Tags: Arts and Culture, Family, Religion and Belief, Baptist, Culture
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