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No tote bag for President Bush
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNEW YORK -- Public broadcasting officials vowed Monday to fight drastic cuts President Bush is seeking to make to federal financing for public television and radio, warning that the reductions would seriously impair station operations. Bush's proposed...Tags: Television, NPR, Television Stations, Economy, Business and Finance, Government
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StoryCorps booth allows Chicagoans to make history into a microphone
Sitting across from his son Peter in a warmly lit booth at the Chicago Cultural Center earlier this month, Chester Konopacki gave slow, careful answers about his childhood on his family's farm in Eastern Poland. He recalled he was tending horses one night...
Tags: Culture, Chicago Cultural Center, Radio, Entertainment, Arts and Culture
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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: Media Industry, Greenwich Village, PBS (tv network)
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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: Colleges and Universities, Human Interest, Students, Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Northwestern University
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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: Schools, Marketing, U.S. Department of Education, Education, Graduation
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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: Punishment, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Trials
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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: Satellite Technology, NPR, Radio Industry, Radio, XM Satellite Radio
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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: Employment Opportunities, Crime, Law and Justice, Customs and Tradition, Marketing, Immigration
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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: Movies, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Festive Events, Entertainment, Arts and Culture
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'Bay Barometer' report shows hopeful signs
It's been decades of concerted effort to try to clean up the Chesapeake Bay — and, in many ways, it's working. A new report on bay health offers a promising yet cautious "snapshot in time" for a multi-state estuary that's been under environmental...Tags: Tropical Storms, Agricultural Research and Technology, Environmental Issues, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Water
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