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Richard Barone Talks About Playing Cafe Nine April 25
Richard Barone has traveled to the beats of many drummers. Bongos, particularly. But he’s done solo pop that reverberates with jazz and religious and classical references. He’s pals with garage gods The Fleshtones. He’s worked...Tags: New York University, Greenwich Village, Gaming, Entertainment, Apple iTunes
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David Graeber looks at the Occupy movement, from the inside
"It's a difficult business," writes David Graeber, "creating a new, alternative civilization." Just open a window or turn on the TV — the same old civilization is rotting all around us. Budget cuts, police shootings, endless and ever-broadening...
Tags: Religion and Belief, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), U.S. Congress, Political Systems, Finance
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NYC agrees to pay more than $230,000 after destroying Occupy books
The City of New York has agreed to pay more than $230,000 to settle a lawsuit over destroying thousands of protesters' books after the city's November 2011 raid to break up the Occupy Wall Street encampment. "It was more than just money," Norman Siegel,...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Libraries, Lawyers, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Protest motto: soup's on!
WASHINGTON -- When authorities got wind of a demonstration planned for Monday outside the Food and Drug Administration's offices in College Park, Md., they fortified their defenses. A motorcycle and nine police vans, ominously marked "Homeland Security,...
Tags: Genetic Engineering, Minority Groups, Food and Drug Administration, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Soups
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Shia LaBeouf and Robert Redford are in good 'Company'
NEW YORK — For all its perks, being a popular young actor like Shia LaBeouf in today's media climate can come with some intense pressures. So intense that one of Hollywood's longest lasting stars says he probably couldn't handle them. "I don't...
Tags: Shia LaBeouf, Celebrities, Movies, Twitter, Inc., Stanley Tucci
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The zine scene
Earlier this month, several thousand people roamed over two floors of a Columbia College building for the 4th annual Chicago Zine Fest. Moving through the youthful crowd was Sarah Wenzel, bibliographer for Literatures of Europe and the Americas at the...
Tags: Education, Arts and Culture, Fiction, Colleges and Universities, University of Chicago
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Losers revenge: Presidents and Hall of Famers don't live longer
Losers, also-rans, the 99% and underachievers may have reason to cheer. Winning an Emmy, a presidential election or a spot in the baseball Hall of Fame does not mean you live longer and better, according to a new study. Researchers at Columbia...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Awards and Prizes, Paul Ryan, Health and Safety at School, White House
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The last Dow record: My, how things have changed
Remember the world on Oct. 9, 2007? That was when the Dow Jones industrial average last set a record high. It was a headier time back then: pre-financial crisis, pre-bailouts, pre-Great Recession. The stock market still felt like a party. The economy,...Tags: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Barry Bonds, Services and Shopping, Finance
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New York Fashion Week fall 2013: Chloë Sevigny for Opening Ceremony
NEW YORK -- Chloë Sevigny's collection for Opening Ceremony made its official New York Fashion Week debut Saturday, an hour-and-a-half long presentation turned raucous round-robin performance by five girl bands that unspooled in an Episcopal church in...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Celebrities, Band of Outsiders, Chloe, Fashion Shows
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Misunderstanding the university: The Brooklyn College case
In recent days, Brooklyn College has found itself targeted by a vehement campaign against its political science department's decision to co-sponsor a forum on Thursday in which two speakers are expected to advocate a position that the campaigners heartily...
Tags: Palestine, Colleges and Universities, Students, Politics, Teaching and Learning
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Taking a Look at Union Posters at Tunxis Community College
The 99% Resist Gallery exhibit runs through Feb. 26 at the Barnes-Franklin Gallery at Tunxis Community College, Farmington. tunxis.edu Pack rats of the world, unite! Follow the example of Stephen Lewis, and your poster collection could be on...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Gardens and Parks, Career and Workplace, AFL-CIO, Georgetown
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Is S&P to blame?
Federal and state prosecutors sued the credit rating agency Standard & Poor's this week for allegedly defrauding investors by giving inflated ratings to complex mortgage-backed securities that proved all but worthless after the housing bubble burst. The...
Tags: Kamala D. Harris, Credit and Debt, Justice System, Finance, Ratings
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