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Titanic: For many victims, their final resting place is in Halifax, Canada
Halifax, Canada — A cold wind ripped through Fairview Lawn Cemetery. Then came the frigid rain. In a minute, I was thinking, the headstones will be shivering. "Now," said Blair Beed, my guide, "imagine how it would have been in those lifeboats....
Tags: Mayflower Voyage (1620), Leonardo DiCaprio, Arts and Culture, George Wright, Museums
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Why are we still so fascinated with the Titanic?
HALIFAX, Canada — Simple, says the gravedigger. It's about the movie. No, says the academic. It's about the money. Absolutely not, says the model-ship builder. It's about people. This is what happens when you ask why the sinking of the Titanic...
Tags: Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Flight (movie), Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Sinking of the Titanic (1912)
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John Green novel, not yet finished and months from release, still No. 1 on Amazon.com
L.A. Times Tech BlogJohn Green's novel "The Fault in Our Stars" is a runaway success -- even though basically no one's ever read it. The book, still unfinished and almost a year from release (tentatively May 2012), is nevertheless the single bestselling book...... -
John Green makes like 'Go the F-- to Sleep' and hits Amazon's bestseller list
Jacket CopyJohn Green, the award-winning young adult author, hit the Amazon bestseller list with pre-orders alone, just like the book "Go the F-- To Sleep."... -
Portage County Tea Party leader makes bid for Ohio Republican Party chairman
The Akron Beacon JournalSPRINGFIELD TWP. -- When Tom Zawist���owski is told something can't be done, he doesn't listen. He wanted to find a way -- in pre-Internet days -- for sports fans to listen to events not being broadcast on local radio or...Tags: Politics, Colleges and Universities, Government, Rob Portman, Tea Party Movement
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Columbia, Second City partner for comedy degree
For RedEyeChicago's comedy scene just got a little bit more serious this week after Columbia College announced Tuesday that it will be partnering with The Second City to offer a new four-year degree in comedy writing and performance. The new bachelor's degree,...Tags: Columbia College Chicago, Stephen Colbert, Jack McBrayer, The Second City, Amy Poehler
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Under a literary spell
As Lucy Kobbs turned the final page of the seventh and last book in the "Harry Potter" series, she took a pencil to the wall beside her bed and memorialized the end of an era: 7/22/07, 3:20 a.m. "It's one of those books that will stick with me for life,"...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities, High Schools, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Suzanne Collins
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Author's focus: Soul, but no body
Tribune NewspapersInto the insatiable mosh pit of young adult fiction comes a new character who, if it's possible, we haven't really seen before. "A," the protagonist in David Levithan's new novel, "Every Day," is 16 but otherwise lacks any earthly identifiers. A has no...Tags: Human Interest, Fiction, Literature, Kat Dennings, Arts and Culture
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Boys and the friendship crisis
In the course of researching boys' friendships over two decades, Niobi Way stumbled upon a link that appears, at first blush, to go against everything we believe about fatherly influence.
"The quantitative data from studying hundreds of boys show that...Tags: Health, Harvard University, Michael Thompson, New York University, Human Interest
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2011-12 Tribune Scholar-Athlete Team: Payton's Michelle Schultz
Michelle Schultz
Payton
Volleyball
ACT: 32.
Athletics: Tribune All-State second team in volleyball; all-Public League.
Academics: Chicago Scholars member; peer advisory leader; Illinois State Scholar.
College: Pomona. Great location, small school,...Tags: Apple iPod, Chicago White Sox, High School Sports, Zooey Deschanel, Comedy Central (tv network)
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Biden Apologizes for Forcing Obama's Hand on Gay Marriage
CNNWASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden has apologized to President Barack Obama for putting him in a tough position that led to Obama's announcement that he now supports same-sex marriage, senior administration officials said Thursday. Obama said in an...Tags: Politics, Meet the Press (tv program), Human Rights, Arts and Culture, Proposition 8 (California, 2010)
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Best week ever: Baltimore events, music, movies and more
Our rundown of what's going on in for the week of 1/9-1/15
MOVIES OPENING (Friday)
Beauty and the Beast 3-D
Carnage
Contraband
The Iron Lady
Joyful Noise
NOTABLE TV
MONDAY
First Week In (series debut; 9 p.m.; Discovery)
America’s Money Class With...Tags: Arts, Arts and Culture, 30 Rock (tv program), Syfy (tv network), Condoleezza Rice
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