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1865 baseball card found in Maine to be auctioned
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Six-figure bids are expected when an auction house sells a rare 148-year-old baseball card that was discovered at a yard sale in rural Maine, the auction house manager said Wednesday. A man found the card by chance in a...
Tags: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Casey Stengel, Honus Wagner, Arts and Culture, Coca-Cola Co.
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MUSIC VIDEO: South Bend rapper honors the Irish with "The Champs"
A South Bend rap music artist known as Million has created a tribute song honoring the amazing season the Notre Dame football program has experienced. The song, titled "The Champs," has been copyrighted with the United States Library of Congress and has...
Tags: Entertainment, Rap (genre), Multiple Sclerosis, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, YouTube
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Carole King honored with Gershwin Prize
Carole King has amassed some impressive accolades in her storied five-decade career. Now she can add the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song to her mantle. The prolific singer-songwriter was feted with the songwriting award — named...
Tags: Whitney Houston, Paul McCartney, Politics, Adele (music artist), Music Industry
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Obama celebrates music of Carole King, 1st woman to receive Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, saluting Carole King's five decades as an award-winning singer-songwriter, said Wednesday that music often is a place where people seek comfort and inspiration during trying times. Two days after much of...Tags: Barack Obama, PBS (tv network), White House, Awards and Prizes, Broadway Theater
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Carole King hits D.C. for Gershwin salute
ReutersLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Washington is truly feeling the earth move this week as singer-songwriter Carole King is honored with the Library of Congress's Gershwin Prize for popular song and then saluted in two concerts, one in the White House. King...Tags: Barack Obama, White House, Nancy Pelosi, Paul McCartney, Human Interest
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Library of Congress honors Carole King as 1st woman to receive Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Carole King isn't done with music — not yet anyway. The 71-year-old singer-songwriter known for such hits as "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" and "You've Got A Friend" was awarded the nation's highest prize for...Tags: Barack Obama, White House, Broadway Theater, Human Interest, Music Industry
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Carole King Hits D.C. for Gershwin Salute
ReutersMay 22 (TheWrap.com) - Washington is truly feeling the earth move this week as singer-songwriter Carole King is honored with the Library of Congress's Gershwin Prize for popular song and then saluted in two concerts, one in the White House. King is...Tags: Barack Obama, White House, Nancy Pelosi, Paul McCartney, Human Interest
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RPT-FEATURE-Amid frenzy over map apps, new focus on 16th century world view
Reuters(Repeats with no changes to text) * Renaissance cleric first wrote "America" on 1507 map * Resonance with current climate of "geo-enabled" devices * Google, Apple, Facebook looking at mapping apps By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) -...Tags: Geography, Satellite Technology, Science and Technology, Pacific Ocean, Asia
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Carole King to be honored with Obama-hosted show, Gershwin Prize
Carole King seems to have fans in high places: The singer-songwriter's life will be staged with an eye toward Broadway, and next week her oeuvre will be honored at the White House. Officials announced Friday that President Obama will host a star-studded...Tags: Barack Obama, PBS (tv network), White House, Broadway Theater, Music Theater
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The men who would be Gatsby
Leonardo DiCaprio is one of a handful of actors who have portrayed F. Scott Fitzgerald’s tragic protagonist “The Great Gatsby” in film and TV over the last 87 years. Warner Baxter, who won the best actor Oscar as the Cisco Kid in the...Tags: The Hollywood Reporter, Rod Taylor, Leonardo DiCaprio, Toby Stephens, Maggie Smith
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READER SUBMITTED: Wethersfield Library Adult Summer Reading Program Kick-Off With Gina Barreca
WethersfieldWethersfield Library, 515 Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield is pleased to announce that Dr. Gina Barreca, professor, writer and humorist, will be the guest speaker at the 2013 Adult Summer Reading Program kick-off. Join us Monday, June 10 at 7 p.m. in...Tags: Education, Arts and Culture, Wethersfield, BBC, Libraries
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Hollywood Trade Groups Tepid About Harvey Weinstein's Royalty Scheme
ReutersMay 08 (TheWrap.com) - Harvey Weinstein's hopes of getting Congress to enact a royalty-based compensation system for movie clips played on the web so far appears to be a long shot. None of the movie industry trade associations are rushing to champion...Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Correspondents (music group), Stop Online Piracy Act, Harvey Weinstein, Writers Guild of America
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