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Texas talk is losing its twang
AUSTIN, Texas — Don Graham, an English professor at the University of Texas at Austin, likes to tell the story of a student who once worked as a cowboy. "Wore hat and boots," Graham says. "He was the real deal." At the end of the academic year,...
Tags: Germany, Dallas (tv program), Matthew McConaughey, Customs and Tradition, Arts and Culture
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Award-winning UIC poet: 'desire is not enough'
For RedEyeUniversity of Illinois-Chicago assistant professor Roger Reeves may have just won one of the biggest awards an American writer could hope to receive--a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts--but when he was younger, he didn't know he...Tags: Science and Technology, Trips and Vacations, Lil Wayne, Hate Crimes, Engineering
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Business People - Jan. 27
United Way of Washington County United Way of Washington County recently welcomed three new staff members. Kathy Saxman has been named the director of community impact and investments. She began her new role Jan. 2. Jennifer Marlatt is United Way&...
Tags: Frostburg State University, Arts and Culture, United Way , Engineering, University of North Texas
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Special Report: Behind U.S. race cases, a little-known recruiter
ReutersSOUTH THOMASTON, Maine (Reuters) - Sometime in the next few months, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide two cases that could fundamentally reshape the rules of race in America. In one, a young white woman named Abigail Fisher is suing the University of...Tags: Voting, Corporate Officers, Local Elections, Louisiana State University, Laws
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Mass killings often planned, not spontaneous, experts say
The motive behind the Connecticut elementary school rampage is not known, but behavioral specialists with expertise on mass killings note that such events typically do not occur spontaneously, that the perpetrator has harbored both resentments and...
Tags: Harvard University, Psychiatry, Shootings, Psychologists, Timothy McVeigh
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2012 is tragic, but mass shootings not increasing, experts say
As Howard B. Unruh barricaded himself in his home against the police -- after finally running out of ammunition -- he got a call from an assistant city editor at a local newspaper who had looked up his phone number. “Why are you killing people?&...
Tags: Blacksburg, Human Interest, Injuries and Wounds, Gang Activity, Shootings
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Texas track coach Bev Kearney resigns, admits affair with athlete
Bev Kearney, a Hall of Fame track coach at the University of Texas, has resigned due to an "intimate consensual relationship" with a Longhorns athlete in 2002. A statement released by the school Saturday reads in part: "Coach Bev Kearney informed...
Tags: Texas Longhorns, Colleges and Universities, National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Sports, Students
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W.Va. briefs
Free mulch offered to residents of Berkeley Co. MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The Berkeley County Solid Waste Authority is offering free mulch to Berkeley County residents during the holiday season. Clint Hogbin, an official with the Berkeley County...Tags: Chestertown, Colleges and Universities, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Schools, High Schools
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Outgoing Mexican President Felipe Calderon heading to Harvard
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican President Felipe Calderon will head to Harvard in Cambridge, Mass., after his six-year term ends Saturday. He will be a teaching and research fellow in 2013, the university and the president's office said in statements Wednesday....
Tags: Mexico, Colleges and Universities, Felipe Calderon, Education, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts)
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WSU volleyball team to play in Sweet 16 today
Eyewitness SportsYes Southern Cal is ranked number four in the nation and Wichita State is not ranked. But both teams are in the same situation when they take the court at Gregory Gym on the University of Texas campus on Friday. Win and advance to the volleyball version...Tags: Pacific-12 Conference, USC Trojans, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Wichita State Shockers, College Sports
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Western Costume, closet to the stars, turns 100
Los Angeles TimesTo the casual passerby, there's nothing remarkable about the 120,000-square-foot former printing plant fronting a sun-baked stretch of Vanowen Street in North Hollywood. There's nothing to indicate that, just beyond the double doors, gangsters are earning...Tags: Indiana Jones (fictional character), Entertainment, Arts, Arts and Culture, The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939)
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Fera confirms transfer to Texas
Nittany LinesKicker Anthony Fera released a statement Thursday confirming that he has transferred to Texas. In the statement, Fera said a personal issue was at work and that he still intends to graduate from Penn State. Here's the text of his......
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