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View from the Pew: You can't hide from life's bird poop - don't hide from God
The bombers took to the air. The skies darkened. Children ran screaming, looking for a safe place. I knew what was next. Soon we would be bombarded from above. I covered my tuna sandwich, and gathered up my chips. No room to hold the milk, it was...Tags: Religion and Belief, Sandwiches, Foods and Beverages
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Today in history
Today is Friday, Feb. 18, the 49th day of 2011. There are 316 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 18, 1911, the world's first officially-sanctioned airmail flights were completed as Fred Wiseman, carrying three letters,...Tags: White House, Car Engine Repair, Lifestyle and Leisure, Shani Davis, Sports
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For Hartford Teen, A Personal Project On Leadership
The Hartford CourantTre'Jon Hamm reached for the grand doors of the state Capitol when his cellphone buzzed. "I can't talk to you right now," the 14-year-old told his friend on the other line. Hamm rushed here after school on one of the final days of the legislative...Tags: Geno Auriemma, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut, Dannel P. Malloy
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Eduardo Galeano discusses "Children of the Days"
It was May 10 and it was cold outside and I was inside, at a downtown bar/restaurant awaiting the arrival of the distinguished Latin American writer Eduardo Galeano, which latest book is titled "Children of the Days: A Calendar of Human History." I...
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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Partnership for cruise line The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), founded nearly 200 years ago to advance geographical science, is to...Tags: Gulf of Mexico, Star Sailing, Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Oceania Cruises
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Ketchen, Pope and Prisby: Penn State trustees yet to reach goal of complete reform
Mark Twain once noted, "There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded." Some members of Penn State's board of trustees honestly believe that the...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Brooklyn (New York City), Colleges and Universities, Pennsylvania Statue University Sexual Abuse Scandal (2012), Crime, Law and Justice
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Big events for July
As summer surges forward, there's plenty of time to catch a festive wave. For fun in the sun, consider the tall-ships gathering in Duluth, Minn., or the Ossipee Valley Fair west of Portland, Maine. For revels under the stars, look to the Candlelight...
Tags: Music, Maritime (music group), England, San Diego Comic-Con International, Festive Events
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Dad recounts family cycling adventure in 'Pedal to the Sea'
You wouldn't expect a kid who grew up on the edge of Harbor Springs to become the adult who with his wife and two kids rode from coast to coast on a bicycle built for four. Who would you expect to do a thing like that? Looking back at his teen years,...
Tags: Book, Science and Technology, Pacific Ocean, Newburg, Petroleum Industry
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Lawmaker Jason Smith will sit on judiciary, natural resources committees in U.S. House
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri's newest congressman has been appointed to the U.S. House committees on natural resources and the judiciary. Republican Jason Smith, of Salem, won a special election June 4 in southeast Missouri's 8th Congressional...Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, Energy Resources, Politics, Natural Resource Industry
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Margaret 'Peg Smith,' Longtime Enfield Volunteer, Dies At 76
Margaret "Peg" Smith, one of the women instrumental in founding the Enfield Food Shelf, died May 27 at 76. In the 1960s, Smith, along with Barbara Costas, Connie Lamond, Cindy Lockwood, and Pat Lombardo, organized the Church Women of Enfield group...
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Jeannette Walls' Visit Among R.J. Julia Events
The Hartford CourantJeannette Walls, the journalist whose 2009 memoir "The Glass Castle," about growing up poor with brilliant but neglectful parents, has been a New York Times bestseller for five years, has written her first novel, "The Silver Star" (Scribner, $26). It's...Tags: Dyslexia, Music, Indigenous People, Literature, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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The Big Read announces $1 million in grants for 2013-14
The National Endowment for the Arts announced $1 million in grants for the Big Read projects taking place across the U.S. in 2013-14. The Big Read was launched in 2005 to help create one-city-one-book-style projects; for each title on its list, it...
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