The secret history of same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage is making the headlines, with Stephen Fry’s wedding and the US supreme court soon to decide on its legality. It seems like a quintessentially 21st-century issue. In fact such formal...
View Article2015’s Magnificent 7: People Who Championed, Changed & Challenged Us
December 24 2015, 2:27 PM ET Share this article: 2015 was a year of many things. Luckily, “inspiring” was one of them. Amid the injustices, tragedies and foolery that crowded our news headlines and...
View ArticleAgatha Christie: genius or hack? Crime writers pass judgment and pick favourites
I used to think of my early teenage addiction to the works of Agatha Christie as the literary equivalent of pool-hall prowess, the sign of a mis-spent youth. Looking back on it now, it seems clear that...
View ArticleAndy Greenwald Craves Herr’s Potato Chips at Inopportune Times
Greenwald at Bricolage, one of his neighborhood haunts. Former Grantland writer Andy Greenwald's life has taken an interesting turn since the site's untimely demise: He hosts a weekly show called After...
View ArticleO's, American Heart Association celebrate partnership with Baltimore Heart...
(Source: Baltimore Orioles) | 27 minutes ago Press Release | 27 minutes ago Prior to the September 17 game against the Toronto Blue Jays, the Orioles will host the American Heart Association and top...
View ArticleFifty seniors receive WMU's top undergraduate honor (Western Michigan...
(Source: Western Michigan University) WMU's 2016 Presidential Scholars KALAMAZOO, Mich.-Fifty students in Western Michigan University's 6,500-member senior class have been named a 2016 Presidential...
View ArticleA Spectacular 50 Years! (Plymouth Harbor Inc)
(Source: Plymouth Harbor Inc) Fifty years ago, on January 15, 1966, Plymouth Harbor opened its doors to the first residents of our community. While much has changed since then, the original dream and...
View ArticleThe Stacks: The Judas Priest Teen Suicide Trial
Two teenage boys, one heavy metal album, and one sawed-off shotgun produced a lethal combination. Was Judas Priest to blame? In the summer of 1990, the heavy metal band Judas Priest stood trial in...
View ArticleAtlanta Events: Community calendar for June 13-23
This calendar includes Atlanta area community events from the AJC and Access Atlanta for June 13-23,2014. For more events, please visit the Atlanta calendar on Access Atlanta or for mobile events,...
View ArticleDonors to the 2015 Empty Stocking Fund campaign
Amount raised so far: $529,942.05 For Hariri Family $50 Lisa Goss $50 Jim & Patty Henderlite $100 Mildred Forbidussi $100 Michael Cooning $100 In memory of Billie & Freda $100 Colin Smith $50...
View ArticleNetflix Unchill
Mallory Ortberg, aka Dear Prudence, is online weekly to chat live with readers. An edited transcript of the chat is below. (Sign up below to get Dear Prudence delivered to your inbox each week. Read...
View ArticleThe Bravery To Be Vulnerable
An experiment in #100DaysofVulnerability Six years ago, I went through a 10 day Vipassana silent meditation course. It was easily, one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. Not the silence mind you....
View ArticleMay 04, 2015 - City Council Meeting Minutes (Filebank) (City of Palo Alto, CA)
(Source: City of Palo Alto, CA) d84882b2d4c493cd5e3ab9.pdf CITY OF PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Special Meeting May 4, 2015 The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Community...
View ArticleFlorida travel tips and deals
Check this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: New Bonaventure Resort & Spa summer special The new Summer Break Special at the Bonaventure Resort & Spa in Weston...
View ArticleWear orange for "Orange Out" tonight at Oriole Park (Baltimore Orioles)
(Source: Baltimore Orioles) | 5:41 PM ET Press Release | 5:41 PM ET {"content":["clemente_award" ] } | 5:10 PM ET /news/article/94817844/clemente-award-nominees-announced-from-each-team The Clemente...
View ArticleMiracle League of Manasota Benefits as Orioles Honor Derek Jeter (Baltimore...
(Source: Baltimore Orioles) | 7:10 PM ET Press Release | 7:10 PM ET SARASOTA-BRADENTON (September 16, 2014) As the Orioles race toward a postseason berth, the ball club paused to benefit the Miracle...
View ArticleChampions and Orphans: The 1968 Fresno City College-College of the Sequoias...
Here’s the story. College of the Sequoias football Coach Al Baldock wanted to beat Fresno City College Coach Clare Slaughter in 1968. Instead, Slaughter – blessed with some of the finest talent in the...
View ArticlePrivate Camelot
From the first, Jackie had declined to meld into the overpowering Kennedy clan, where “Hey, kiddo” was a standard greeting. Jack Kennedy had married late, at age 36, and his family worried that “he’d...
View ArticleFlorida Travel Tips & Deals
Check this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: New fitness offering at The Breakers Ocean Fitness will debut as The Breakers’ flagship fitness offering in early December. A...
View ArticleThe Stacks: How Peter Bogdanovich Shot 'The Last Picture Show'
The director hauled a film crew to Larry McMurtry's home town of Archer City, Texas. Grover Lewis tagged along and wrote one of the best stories about moviemaking ever written. When Francis Ford...
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