Feb 20
February 13, 2012 in City Print Email Share From our archives, 100 years ago Jack McDonald rolled into town with $300 in his pocket and proceeded to make a lot of friends in the Spokane saloon district. He strolled into the Atlas Bar and asked the assembled drinkers and card players, “Tired? Hungry? Sleepy?” The men declared they …
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Feb 19
Per the Amana Colonies Convention and Visitors Bureau (ACCVB): Chilly temperatures and snow have arrived in eastern Iowa just in time for Winterfest in the Amana Colonies. the eighth annual Winterfest will offer fun for everyone during this year’s celebration Saturday, Jan. 28. The new outdoor event this year at the market barn will be the …
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Feb 17
Feb 9 2012 By Keith McLeod erskine hospital Image 1 WAR heroes are facing a bleak future as Scotland’s proud veterans’ charity are being forced to axe jobs. The economic climate has forced the Erskine organisation to enter a “consultation” with workers, many of whom are wounded veterans. But the charity’s organisers have pledged to …
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Feb 14
Las Vegas, Nevada (February 13, 2012)–UNLV Golf has a long history. The team won a NCAA title in 1998 and two Rebels have won individual NCAA titles (Warren Schutte in 1991 and Ryan Moore in 2004). Now Senior Derek Ernst is looking to solidify his name among the best UNLV golfers of all time by …
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Feb 14
One of the things that my grandfather got my brother and me passionately interested in was stamp collecting. he had collected the stamps of Sweden for many years, and had quite a handsome collection. he taught us how to cut stamps off envelopes with plenty of margins so as not to slice off the perforations, …
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Feb 12
The phone line, light fixtures and office furnishings are in place, but much of the Museum of the Confederacy in Appomattox sits empty, its cavernous display areas awaiting the arrival of its most important assets — the exhibits. Just six weeks from now, though, the long-awaited museum will be in the final countdown to its …
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Feb 02
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23, 2012 — SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – Commemorating the Lunar New Year, the United States Postal Service today issued a new forever Stamp featuring a dragon, the fifth of 12 animals associated with the Chinese lunar calendar. (Photo: photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120123/DC40160) This colorful stamp is the latest collectible in the Postal Service’s …
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Jan 28
More news stories on Racial Identity blacknationalist.com Black Nationalism, also known as black separatism, is a complex set of beliefs emphasizing the need for the cultural, political, and economic separation of African Americans from white society. Comparatively few African Americans have embraced thoroughgoing separatist philosophies. In his classic study Negro thought in America , 1880-1915, …
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Jan 15
EXCLUSIVE: It escaped almost everybody’s notice that Colony Capital’s Tom Barrack and his buddy and business associate Rob Lowe attended the November 14th premiere of Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1. There appeared no reason for the pair to be there: they had no stake in the film, and they are not teenage girls. They …
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Jan 04
Larisa Bohensky of Madison creates a dish with her family from Colonial times and enters it in the Colonial Cooking Contest. MADISON — The Museum of Early Trades & Crafts invites visitors of all ages to participate in the annual Colonial Cooking Contest on Saturday, Jan. 28 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Children & …
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