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    Jul 20, 2012 |Column| Petoskey News

  1. Right on the money!

    Andrew Carnegie, the famous industrialist and entrepreneur of the 19th century, had a sister who complained that her sons were always asking for money but never replied to her letters. So Carnegie bet her 100 pounds that he could get them to reply within...

    Tags: Theft, Religion and Belief, Religious Texts, Bible, Genesis (music group)

    2. Jul 5, 2012 |Column| Daily American

  2. I'll tan your hide!

    While recently driving across the state, I heard a commercial on the radio proclaiming the attributes of a 2013 MKX Lincoln crossover, and it distracted me so much that I had to openly question it here. You see, the commercial described the interior of...

    Tags: Ford, Wines, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Alternative Energy, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

    3. May 22, 2012 |Story| Daily American

  3. Refurbished 109-year-old organ featured in recital

    A 109-year-old organ will pipe up for all to envision memories from the past and to hear that what was old sounds new again.
    Daily American Correspondent
    A 109-year-old organ will pipe up for all to envision memories from the past and to hear that what was old sounds new again. An organ recital by Mark Steiner of Cumberland to be held at the First United Methodist Church in Meyersdale at 3 p.m. Sunday....

    Tags: Religion and Belief, Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland), Christianity, Human Interest, Methodist

    4. Jun 2, 2012 |Story| AM News

  4. LOOKING BACK: From our files for June 3

    <strong>100 years ago &mdash; 1912</strong>
    100 years ago — 1912 A warrant was issued in police court charging Judge J.H. Mulligan of Lexington with violating the law by running his automobile through the streets of Danville without lights. The officers are determined that this practice,...

    Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity, Baptist, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges

    5. Jun 25, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Anne Enright and Robert K. Massie receive first Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence

    The American Library Association awarded Anne Enright and Robert K. Massie the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, respectively, on Sunday during the ALA's annual conference. Enright was recognized for her novel, "The Forgotten Waltz," which explores the ripple effects of an extramarital affair. Massie was recognized for his biography, "Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman." Each author will receive a medal and $5,000.
    The American Library Association awarded Anne Enright and Robert K. Massie the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, respectively, on Sunday during the ALA's annual conference. Enright was recognized for her novel, "The...

    Tags: Literature, Arts and Culture, Awards and Prizes, Malcolm X

    6. Jun 25, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  6. First-ever Carnegie Awards in Literature go to Enright, Massie

    Jacket Copy
    The American Library Association announced the winners of a new set of awards going to books for adults....
    7. Jan 29, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Don't be agast (or even aghast)! Tribune once trifled with standard spelling

    For more than 40 years, the Tribune crusaded against an "unspeakable offense," a "monster cruelty": English spelling.
    For more than 40 years, the Tribune crusaded against an "unspeakable offense," a "monster cruelty": English spelling. From Jan. 28, 1934, to Sept. 28, 1975, the newspaper adopted a system of simplified spelling, a cause dearly felt by publisher Col....

    Tags: Upton Sinclair, Mark Twain, Theodore Roosevelt

    8. Feb 4, 2012 |Story| AP Member Choice Complete
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    9. Dec 14, 2011 |Story| WXMI

  9. Officer Receives National Heroism Award For Saving Pilot

    A Muskegon police officer has earned national recognition for saving a pilots' life after a 2010 plane crash.
    FOX 17 Web Producer
    A Muskegon police officer has earned national recognition for saving a pilots' life after a 2010 plane crash. FOX 17 spoke to pilot Chris Porter, from Illinois, after his plane went down near the Muskegon County airport. From his hospital bed,...

    Tags: Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Heroism, Disasters and Accidents, Air and Space Accidents

    10. Dec 29, 2011 |Story| Daily Pilot

  10. Bookmark: Take a chance on these moguls' biographies

    How'd they do it? That is often thought to be the primary motivation behind our fascination with the life stories of business behemoths: a curiosity about the means — both noble and scurrilous — by which mammoth fortunes are made. "Steve...

    Tags: Health, Joseph P. Kennedy, Chicago Tribune, Behavioral Conditions, Apple iPod

    11. Apr 19, 2012 |Story| Daily Pilot

  11. Friends of the Library: Libraries need maintenance, too

    More than 100 years ago, the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie saw the potential for the public library to be the center of enlightened learning in every community. He offered to build libraries if communities would contribute land, furnish money for...

    Tags: Mountains, Health, Libraries, Arts and Culture, Greenwich Village

    12. Dec 12, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Gingrich: Even his sister doesn't want him to win [The conversation]

    Opinion L.A.
    Newt Gingrich's surge in the polls has the women at Jezebel worried. "We were hoping that Newt Gingrich might drop out of the presidential race and retreat back to the '90s, from whence he came," writes Margaret Hartmann. No such......
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