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Harry Crews and 'getting naked'
One night in Atlanta, my telephone rang. It was the novelist Harry Crews. He'd gotten into an altercation with airport security. Could I come and fetch him? Although Harry was a big, rugged ex-Marine who could hold his own with his fists, he was a mess...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Health, Book, Reviews, Newspaper and Magazine
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Makers of 'The Grey' confront inner beasts
In the opening scenes of "The Grey,"the new film opening in theaters Friday, Liam Neeson's character explains in a letter to his dead wife that the dull ache of his grief has taken him to the frigid ends of the earth and put him in the company of...Tags: Natasha Richardson, Joe Carnahan, Jack London, Liam Neeson, Celebrities
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Book review: 'The Wilding' by Benjamin Percy
Special to the Los Angeles TimesIt's a relatively simple conceit — the hunting trip as suspense tale. A small group journeys into the wilderness — ball caps tilted against the sun, backpacks loaded with beer and tackle — and emerges days later changed, if not fewer...Tags: Landforms, Iraq War (2003-2011), Trips and Vacations, Rentals, Health
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'The Signal: A Novel' by Ron Carlson
The Signal
A Novel
Ron Carlson
Viking: 184 pp., $25.95
Ron Carlson's new novel is a love story and a wilderness adventure that mounts to a climax of shocking, and satisfying, violence. It's a tale from the woods and it begins when Mack, a young...Tags: Crimes, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mountains, Death, Romance (genre)
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Men's Basketball: Cougars find Womack at HCC
bobp@herald-mail.comOne year ago, Tione Womack was lost. Bad grades not only put him on the sidelines for the Hagerstown Community College basketball team, they put him in the bleachers. Right then, something clicked. He spent the 2011-12 school year trying to get...Tags: Conference USA, Basketball, Houston Cougars, Big East Conference, Sports
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James Dickey Kline
James Dickey Kline, of Boynton Beach, Fla., and Walloon Lake, Mich., passed away peacefully, March 4, 2012, at Boyneton Beach, Fla. Jim was born Oct. 25, 1921, in Wesleyville, Pa., the son of Harriet and Herbert Kline. He grew up in Erie, Pa., and...Tags: Science and Technology, College Sports, Boynton Beach
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So Much Sky: Collection of essays celebrates the charms of rural living
In her new collection of essays, “So Much Sky,” now available on Amazon.com, author Karen Weir-Jimerson offers up bite-sized gems that view modern life through a rural lens, according to a press release.
Many of these pieces were...Tags: Periodicals, Newspaper and Magazine, Cat (animal)
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Kudzu bug threatens to eat U.S. farmers' lunch
BLACKVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Kudzu — the ‘‘plant that ate the South’’ — has finally met a pest that’s just as voracious. Trouble is, the so-called ‘‘kudzu bug’’ is also fond of another...Tags: University of Georgia, North Carolina State University, DNA, Biotechnology Industry, Chemicals
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Kudzu bug threatens to eat US farmers' lunch
BLACKVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Kudzu - the ''plant that ate the South'' - has finally met a pest that's just as voracious. Trouble is, the so-called ''kudzu bug'' is also fond of another East Asian transplant that we happen to like, and that is big money for...Tags: Bee (insect), University of Georgia, North Carolina State University
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Coen Brothers on sharing the credit, genres they hate and ‘To the White Sea’
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelHollywood recently formalized the relationship that the Coen Brothers — Joel and Ethan — had operated under, on sets, for decades, allowing them to truly share the credit for writing and directing their films. They're officially co-directors,... -
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Tags: MGM Inc., Gary Cooper, World War II (1939-1945), Movies, Recording Studios
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Arkansas Assistant Coach Isaac Brown Re-assigned
Arkansas head men's basketball coach John Pelphrey has re-assigned one of his assistant coaches to an administrative role and will hire a new assistant coach for the Razorbacks' staff for the 2010-11 season it was announced on Monday.
Isaac Brown will be...Tags: Sports
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