Saturday, July 16th, 2011 at
8:01 am
‘Vagina Monolgues’ writer debuts work in SAfrica
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Playwright Eve Ensler is a survivor — of rape, of ensuing depression and alcoholism, of cancer. So the creator of “The Vagina Monologues” speaks with authority when she tells girls and young women around the world not to give up hope as they struggle through adolescence.
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Betty Ford to be buried next to husband in Michigan today
Extended members of the Ford family pay their respects to former first lady Betty Ford during the arrival ceremony Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Mich. Michigan State Police troopers stand at honor around the casket.
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Evidence for ‘food addiction’ in humans
Research to be presented at the upcoming annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, suggests that people can become dependent on highly palatable foods and engage in a compulsive pattern of consumption, similar to the behaviors we observe in drug addicts and those with alcoholism.
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Friday, June 17th, 2011 at
7:01 am
Christian writer to walk 160 miles to repent homophobia | Riazat Butt
Three churches to host talks by Symon Hill – although none of them are Anglican or Catholic “City centre churches to host events encouraging repentance of homophobia.” Given the turmoil in Christianity ( ie the Anglican Communion ) over the issue of homosexuality, it’s an eye-catching subject heading for an email. The email continues: Churches in Birmingham, Oxford and London are to host events …
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Statue of Hindu god drawing complaints in Idaho
A new public sculpture of the Hindu god Ganesha is drawing protests in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
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Saturday, October 16th, 2010 at
2:57 pm
Andrew McCarthy Named Travel Writer of the Year
Andrew McCarthy has been named Travel Writer of the Year by the Society of American Travel Writers, reports the Atlantic. McCarthy has been a contributing writer for the magazine. McCarthy is mostly known for his acting as part of the Brat Pack, a group of young actors in Hollywood. His better known films include St. Elmo’s Fire and Pretty in Pink. Th
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Tuesday, April 6th, 2010 at
4:09 am
Writer Alice Feiring fears no wine critic
Alice Feiring incurred the wrath of one of the most powerful forces in the wine industry when she wrote about how she “saved the world from Parkerization” — meaning Robert Parker, the world’s most renowned wine critic. Feiring not only lived to tell the tale, but as she tells Katherine Cole, she has another book on the way.
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Sunday, March 28th, 2010 at
7:47 am
Romance writer Nicholas Sparks finds luck again
If there were a gold medal for good fortune, Nicholas Sparks would be standing atop the podium. The 44-year-old husband and father of five from North Carolina writes tear-jearking romances that have sold more than 50 million copies in more than 30 languages.
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Friday, March 19th, 2010 at
6:10 am
‘The Ghost Writer’: Movie pick for March 19-25, plus Also Playing capsule reviews
Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan star in a well-acted mystery.
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 at
2:21 am
Science writer traces birth of forensic medicine in ‘The Poisoner’s Handbook’
How do I poison thee? Let me count the ways: arsenic, mercury, strychnine, chloroform, wood alcohol and carbon monoxide.
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Monday, March 1st, 2010 at
10:27 am
Niemann: Famed writer kicked out of West Point, later marries cousin
ED WAS one of the great writers in American history. Born in Boston in 1809, he was raised by a wealthy couple named John and Frances Allan. John was a merchant who dealt in tobacco, cloth, wheat and even slaves, while Frances was a housewife.
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