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Global Entry: Help may be at hand for those who wait to get OK'd
Los Angeles Times Travel editorIf you’re waiting…and waiting…for an interview appointment to complete your application for the Global Entry fast-pass-through-customs program, help may be at hand. In a blog post Monday, IÂ explained that I had been conditionally...Tags: Agriculture, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air Transportation Industry, Layoffs and Downsizing
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The Crowd: And the winner for Best Entree is ...
It is the Oscar celebration for the culinary world. Known as the Friends of James Beard Benefit Dinner, an annual tribute to the culinary arts named for the late famous American chef was presented May 1 in Costa Mesa at the incomparable AnQi by...
Tags: Greenwich Village, Media Industry, PBS (tv network)
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Documentary 'Inspiring ASPIRE' offers student perspective on dropout problem
The Montgomery AdvertiserAt the end of a movie, it's rare to see an entire audience sticking around in the darkened theater to watch the credits. Stranger still -- hearing the crowd cheer and applaud as the names of the cast and crew appear on the screen. But it happened at...Tags: Radio, Entertainment, Education, Social Sciences, Alabama State University
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Falfurrias men sentenced in pot smuggling case
The Monitor, McAllen, TexasFour Falfurrias men were sentenced to stints in federal prison Friday for their roles in a large-scale marijuana distribution conspiracy and possession of more than 1,000 pounds of the drug. U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos sentenced Edward...Tags: Prisons, Trials, Judges, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice
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Young Chicago poet Malcolm London speaks up for education on TED show
On Tuesday night, if you tune into PBS' one-hour special "TED Talks Education," you'll see host John Legend and an array of prominent speakers, including Bill Gates, giving impassioned talks about ways to reinvent education. You'll also see Chicago's...
Tags: Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Students, Teaching and Learning, Northwestern University, Human Interest
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WMFE hires new boss from Baltimore
Staff writerA Baltimore broadcaster will become president and general manager of WMFE-FM after a national search, the public radio station announced Thursday. LaFontaine Oliver has held a similar position at WEAA-FM since 2007. He will start at WMFE late this month....Tags: Radio, Entertainment, XM Satellite Radio, NPR, Radio Industry
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Customs agents find moth in military shipment
Customs agents found a potentially harmful moth on a military cargo plane bringing equipment from Afghanistan to Naval Station Norfolk. According to a Monday news release from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection public affairs office, the interception...Tags: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Naval Station Norfolk
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Central Pattana to bid for Suan Lum site again
The Bangkok PostCentral Pattana Plc (CPN), the SET-listed retail developer, will bid to develop a retail complex on 88 rai owned by the Crown Property Bureau on the corner of Rama IV and Wireless roads. Naris Cheyklin, the chief financial officer, said CPN is working...Tags: Bangkok (Thailand), Thailand
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I-9 SIMPLIFIED
Creston News AdviserThe "most complicated one-page form in America" just got a little less complicated. On March 8, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a revised version of Employment Eligibility Verification Form, also known as Form I-...Tags: Customs and Tradition, Employment, Arts and Culture, Labor Legislation, Advertising
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Diane Wittry: WDIY public radio nurtures classical music in Lehigh Valley
We are so lucky to have a radio station like WDIY 88.1FM right here in the Lehigh Valley. It has long been committed to serving the Valley with quality classical music and interesting and diverse programming. Without public radio, our classical music...Tags: Radio, Music, Allentown Symphony Orchestra, Entertainment, Arts and Culture
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Hagerstown film festival presents Tony Mendez with award named for him
The first night of the second annual Maryland International Film Festival-Hagerstown was capped off Wednesday at The Maryland Theatre when Tony Mendez was awarded the festival’s first Mendez Award. Thomas B. Riford, president of the film festival&...
Tags: Entertainment, Argo (movie), Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Movies
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Best of the Web
FrameworkContinuing along the path of “big-picture” story telling, this week’s selections look at projects that are built out of collaboration. It is the combination of individual experiences and stories, that when told together give a wider...
May 17, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 15, 2013
|Story| Daily Pilot
May 11, 2013
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May 11, 2013
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May 6, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
May 2, 2013
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Apr 30, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Apr 28, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
Apr 26, 2013
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Apr 23, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 11, 2013
|Story| Herald Mail
Feb 22, 2013
| Los Angeles Times
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