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Rockwood native records military events
WUSF Reporter, for the Daily AmericanFor one year the voice of retired Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Rex Temple brought comfort to the thousands of wives, husbands, parents and children of soldiers in Afghanistan. Now that voice will be preserved forever in a radio series called “My...Tags: Tampa, Afghanistan, Entertainment, Radio
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John E. Sparks
John E. Sparks, an artist, educator and a nationally known printmaker who developed and chaired the department of printmaking at the Maryland Institute College of Art for nearly 40 years, died Aug. 2 of prostate cancer and pneumonia at Meritus Health...
Tags: Middletown, Frederick County (Maryland), Music, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Frederick County (Virginia)
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NET XPRESS: Facebook's Timeline became mandatory Aug. 8
sheila@amnews.comTime is almost up! Facebook’s Timeline profile became mandatory for all users as of Aug. 8. Luckily, a grace period of seven days is given prior to the profile becoming visible to others so that Facebook users can tweak their profiles and privacy...Tags: CBS Corp., PBS (tv network), Television Industry, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corporation
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ANTIQUES: Hidden value found in art tiles
Bargain-priced American art pottery vases are hard to find. But, art pottery tiles made by important companies still are inexpensive, because they have had little publicity. Tile collectors in England and Holland pay high prices for tiles made in their...Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Companies and Corporations, Summer Olympics, Death Penalty, Prices
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Library of Congress disses Edgar Allen Poe
The Library of Congress' new exhibition, Books That Shaped America, includes works by many notable American authors, but there is a gaping hole: Edgar Allen Poe. The list include no-brainers: classics from such greats as Herman Melville, Louisa May...
Tags: Libraries, Arts and Culture, Barbara Lee, Herman Melville, Dr. Seuss
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Area woman has ties to famous congressman, Lincoln
Daily American Sunday EditorMonica Morrill didn't know she was the descendent of an influential friend and ally to Abraham Lincoln until she was 16 years old. In a high school report on the American Dream, she wrote that it contained three major planks: freedom of religion,...Tags: University of California, Berkeley, Washington Monument, Financial Aid, Land Resources, Human Interest
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reFramed: In conversation with Rita Leistner
FrameworkRita Leistner is a politically and socially engaged lens-based artist whose concerned photography uses conceptual approaches to create photographs with a special relationship to current events and the human condition. Her work has been exhibited widely... -
Journeymen perform at AARP¿s meeting
AARP Chapter 632 met Thursday, June 28, at the Generations Center at 6 p.m. Don Rose, president, presided. In lieu of the Pledge of Allegiance, The Journeymen, guests for the evening, sang the national anthem. Betty Smith gave the blessing for the food....
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Editorial: Good stories
A geographical blessing we in Maryland share is our proximity to our nation's capital. Regardless of politics,Washington, D.C., is a majestic city whose stature in national and world history is on par with the likes of London, Rome, Tokyo, Madrid,...Tags: Libraries, Arts and Culture, Harford County, Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institution
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Tom Roberts, violin collector and anonymous Smithsonian donor
TOM ROBERTS, 75, Smithsonian's 'Mr. Anonymous' The name "Tom Roberts" appears on no plaque in the Smithsonian Institution's musical instruments collection. At no concert, even when Mr. Roberts was in attendance, did Smithsonian chamber musicians...Tags: Music, Charity, Elections, Entertainment, Benito Mussolini
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Cookbooks on '88 books that shaped America' list from Library of Congress
Tribune reportersA just-released list from the Library of Congress salutes 88 books that shaped America, all by American authors. It starts with Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and continues alphabetically on through "Beloved" by Toni Morrison, "Common...Tags: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Martha Stewart, Thomas Paine, Mark Twain, Pies and Tarts
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Mary Lee Steadman, editorial assistant
Mary Lee Steadman, who assisted her late sportswriter husband, John F. Steadman, in the production of his six books, died June 1 of dementia at St. Joseph Medical Center.
She was 83.
The daughter of a firefighter and homemaker, Mary Lee Kreafle was born...Tags: Towson, Christianity, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Stevensville, Religion and Belief
Aug 26, 2012
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Jul 30, 2012
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Jul 24, 2012
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Jun 8, 2012
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Original site for Library of Congress topic gallery.