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PASSINGS: Gordon Tootoosis, Eddy Nicholson, Mika Myllyla, Anna Massey, Robert H. Widmer, Richard Poff
Gordon Tootoosis
Actor known for Native American roles
Gordon Tootoosis, 69, a Canadian actor who often played Native American characters in movies and on television, including One Stab in the 1994 epic western "Legends of the Fall," died Tuesday at a...Tags: Congoleum Corporation, Celebrities, HBO (tv network), Bunny (music group), Henry Thomas
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PASSINGS: John Dye, Ellen Stewart, Del Reisman, Irene Jerison
John Dye
Actor best known for 'Touched by an Angel'
John Dye, 47, an actor best known for his role as Andrew in the long-running CBS-TV series "Touched by an Angel," was found dead Monday at his home in San Francisco, the San Francisco medical examiner'...Tags: U.S. Army, Obituaries, Celebrities and Health Issues, Memphis, University of California, Berkeley
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Art Exhibit Features Paul Revere Williams
The Daily MirrorLos Angeles Times file photo The Art Museum at the University of Memphis has opened an exhibition on the works of Los Angeles architect Paul Revere Williams, above left, with champion prizefighter Joe Louis in 1960. The university began the...... -
Benjamin Hooks dies at 85; longtime NAACP leader
Times staff and wire servicesCivil rights leader Benjamin L. Hooks, a lawyer, minister and pioneering judge who revived a flagging NAACP after he became its executive director in the late 1970s, has died. He was 85. Hooks died Thursday at his Memphis home after a long illness,...Tags: Richard Nixon, Employment Opportunities, Board of Directors, Death, Howard University
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Book tour? More like a safari
A cat peeing in an author's bag? A writer waking up to discover that a complete stranger has left him four jars of delicious homemade preserves? Such things are not traditionally part of book promotion. But they happened to Bill Cotter and Annie La Ganga,...Tags: Books, Books and Magazines, University of Iowa, Starbucks Corp., Trips and Vacations
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The mind, as it evolves
Special to The TimesIn the fall of 2005, psychiatrist J. Anderson Thomson Jr. was treating an 18-year-old college freshman whom he describes as "intensely depressed, feeling suicidal and doing self-cutting." A few years before, Thomson says, he would have interpreted her...Tags: Education, University of Virginia, Mental Illness, Psychology, Society
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Tiger Fans Disappointed But Always Supportive
FAST FACTS:
- Tiger fans held watch parties all over Shelby County and North Mississippi.
- Some University of Memphis students even had to find a TV to watch because of a power outage.
- Devoted fans are already gearing up for next year.
natasha.chen@...Tags: Education, Colleges and Universities
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How to overcome a bad grade
Receiving a bad grade in a college — whether "bad" is considered an F or a B — can be disheartening to students expecting better marks.
Dan Ariely, who used to teach at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management,...Tags: Education, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Teachers, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Made in Maryland: Niermann Weeks' mission is crystal clear
Chandeliers were the first thing Joe Niermann designed. And it was five years before he sold one. Now the bejeweled iron and crystal silhouettes are his signature.
"I don't really care for the crystals, one way or the other," said Niermann, though...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Europe, Libraries, Libraries, Companies and Corporations
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U of M Campus Police Lift Robbery Alert
U of M Campus Police Lift Robbery AlertFAST FACTS: - University of Memphis Campus Police lifted an alert on Wednesday. - The original alert said that a robbery happened near the campus. - It turns out; the incident was more than 10 miles from the school. Daniel.Hight@WREG.com (Memphis 12/7/...Tags: Theft, Crime, Law and Justice, Colleges and Universities
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Parent Questions School's Anti-Gay Policy
Parent Questions School's Anti-Gay PolicyFAST FACTS: - Rossville Christian Academy is a private school in Rossville, TN - The school recently updated its policies, basically banning homosexuality - Lawyers say the move is legal (Rossville, TN 12/22/2011) At least one...Tags: Laws, Politics, Social Issues, Minority Groups, Religion and Belief
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Germantown Grandparents See Grandson Get "Hands On" With President
Germantown Grandparents See Grandson Get "Hands On" With PresidentFAST FACTS: - President Obama met with troops stationed in Hawaii on Christmas Day - He randomly picked up 8-month-old Cooper Wagner, whose grandparents live in Germantown - The baby stuck his hand in the President's mouth (Germantown, TN 12/26/...Tags: Holidays, YouTube, Christmas, Barack Obama, Religious Festivals
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