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Douglas Kearney says winning a Whiting Writers' Award is a fresh start
Like everyone else at the Old Dominion Literary Festival, Southern California poet Douglas Kearney had turned his ringer off. So when a stranger called and left an undecipherable message, Kearney, preparing for his reading, didn't think much of it. As a...Tags: John Muir, Tony Kushner, Poetry, Book, Education
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Oracle Can Pursue Hostile Bid for PeopleSoft, Judge Decides
Times Staff WriterSAN FRANCISCO — In a rare defeat for U.S. antitrust enforcers, a federal judge cleared the way Thursday for software giant Oracle Corp. to press ahead with its hostile bid for rival PeopleSoft Inc. Oracle still faces major obstacles to completing...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Lawyers, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawson Software Incorporated
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Bin Laden Uses Dreams and Visions as All-Powerful Tools
Times Staff WritersMuch about Osama bin Laden and his followers can be fairly described as nightmarish. But until Thursday's release of a videotape documenting the terrorist kingpin's post-Sept. 11 courtesy call with a visiting Saudi sheik, few in the West would have...Tags: Society, Terrorism, Islam, Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden
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Sean Combs: Bad Boy II man
Chuck Philips covers the pop music industry for The Times' Business sectionNEW YORK -- Behind the glass at Sean "Puffy" Combs' midtown Manhattan recording studio, singer Faith Evans fights back tears as she lays down the plaintive chorus to "I'll Be Missing You," a duet single dedicated to her slain husband, gangsta rap star the...Tags: Charity, David Geffen, Organized Crime, Restaurants, Muhammad Ali
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Monday's Eastern Region tennis roundup: Peninsula endures rough day despite doubles victory by Menchville
sdearth@dailypress.com | 757-247-4640Menchville senior Jake Fields' season-long tennis unbeaten streak finally ended Monday, which kept him from advancing to the state Group AAA boys singles tournament. In the Eastern Region individual tournament, Fields won his first match before losing a...Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Manufacturing and Engineering, Tennis, Automotive Equipment, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)
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BRIEF: Sultana's Poindexter signs with Howard University
Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.Sultana senior Milan Poindexter has had a desire to play Division I softball for a while, but she didn't have any offers so she took a chance this spring. Poindexter and her parents visited Howard University in Washington, D.C., and met with Bisons...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Education, Financial Aid
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Maryland Public Schools seeks to diversify teaching corps
Capital News ServiceMike Williams recalls having only one black, male teacher during his K-12 education in Montgomery County, Md. “I felt a bit isolated. That’s coming from me, and I was fairly popular. I was an athlete,” said Williams, 43, now a social...Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities
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A giant step in Davidson history
The Charlotte ObserverKaneisha Gaston's ancestors helped build Davidson College as slaves. On Sunday, she'll walk across the stage there and receive her diploma. She's the first African American from the town of Davidson to graduate from Davidson College, said school...Tags: Charlotte, Graduation, Education, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities
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Outstanding Student Athlete: Imani Ballard
Back before Imani Ballard picked up her first back, she says she was a much different person. “Honestly, I was probably one of the shiest little girls you’d ever meet,” said Ballard. You might not believe that when you see and...
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Historically black colleges growing more diverse
The Philadelphia InquirerStudent enrollment at the nation's 105 historically black colleges and universities has become increasingly diverse, while the institutions continue to face challenges in graduation rates, fund-raising, and other areas, according to a report by a...Tags: Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Education, University of Pennsylvania, Colleges and Universities
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Paul L. Foster School of Medicine graduates urged to make mark beyond medicine
El Paso Times, TexasOriginally a medical school hopeful himself at Baylor University, Paul L. Foster joked Friday at a medical-school convocation that he switched majors after being weeded out as a pre-med major by chemistry and biology classes. At a ceremony for the first...Tags: Obstetrics, Gynecology, Colleges and Universities, Drugs and Medicines, Transportation
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Digest: Maryland coaches caravan comes to Baltimore May 29
Et cetera Maryland coaches caravan comes to Baltimore May 29 Maryland's 2013 Coaches Caravan will stop in Ocean City, Baltimore, Annapolis and Washington. Each event runs from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and features a short program followed by an...Tags: College Sports, Lacrosse, Randy Edsall, Teaching and Learning, Brenda Frese
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