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Chris Marker dies at 91; avant-garde French filmmaker
Chris Marker, an enigmatic figure in French cinema who avoided publicity and was loath to screen his films yet was often ranked with countrymen Alain Resnais and Jean-Luc Godard as an avant-garde master, died at his home in Paris on Sunday, his 91st...
Tags: Cuba, French Literature, Movies, Literature, Travel
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Debra Jo Rupp Works Hard As Dr. Ruth
The Hartford CourantThe show: The world premiere of Mark St. Germain's "Dr. Ruth, All the Way" at Barrington Stage's St. Germain Theater, Pittsfield, Mass. First impression: A big hand for the little ladies — actress Debra Jo Rupp portraying sex therapist and media...Tags: Debra Jo Rupp, Arts and Culture, Bill Clinton, Germany, Statue of Liberty
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Hershey Park Contest Official Rules
HERSHEY PARK CONTEST PHL17 WPHL-TV OFFICIAL RULES 1. TO ENTER: (a) You must be 18 years of age or older and a legal resident of Pennsylvania, New Jersey or Delaware. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Contest begins Monday, June 25, 2012 11:59PM EST and...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Entertainment, Economy, Business and Finance, Voting
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Michael J. Ybarra dies at 45; chronicler of extreme sports
Michael J. Ybarra, a former Times reporter who had recently chronicled his extreme-sports adventures for the Wall Street Journal, was killed in a mountain-climbing fall over the weekend on the edge of Yosemite National Park. He was 45.
A veteran...Tags: Israel, Social Sciences, Arts, Mountaineering, Larry Gordon
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Remembering duty, service and 'lost human potential'
There were many moving moments during Monday's annual Memorial Day Ceremony at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, in Timonium. The program included nearly two hours of musical selections by military bands and choral groups and prayers, along with...
Tags: Memorial Day, Wars and Interventions, Human Interest, International Military Interventions, Holidays
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Commerce Secretary John Bryson found unconscious after hit-and-run crashes
L.A. NOWU.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson was involved in two hit-and-run accidents in the San Gabriel Valley on Satruday before being found unconscious inside his Lexus vehicle by police, authorities said. Bryson was treated at the scene by Los Angeles........ -
Commerce Secretary John Bryson accused in hit-and-run crashes
L.A. NOWAuthorities are investigating a series of traffic collisions in the San Gabriel Valley involving U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson, authorities said Saturday.... -
Amazon categorizes Rodney King's memoir as 'criminal biography'
Jacket CopyRodney King's addiction and recovery memoir, "The Riot Within," is a bestseller in Amazon's "Criminal Biography" subcategory alongside books about serial killers and members of the mafia.... -
First-ever Carnegie Awards in Literature go to Enright, Massie
Jacket CopyThe American Library Association announced the winners of a new set of awards going to books for adults.... -
Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson discusses the late, iconic Apple leader
Few nonfiction writers think bigger than Walter Isaacson, who has taken on subjects like Henry Kissinger, Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein. But when Apple founder Steve Jobs invited him in 2004 to write a complete and frank biography, Isaacson held...
Tags: Henry Kissinger, Literature, Louis Armstrong, Human Interest, Benjamin Franklin
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Feedback: What is the best biography you have ever read?
One of the best biographies I have ever read was "Another Man's War: The True Story of One Man's Battle to Save Children in the Sudan," by Sam Childers, aka the machine gun preacher. It painted the image of Childers fighting for orphans in Sudan, and also...Tags: Karen Carpenter, Music, Entertainment, John Belushi, Sudan
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Book review: 'Jerusalem' by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Special to Tribune NewspapersSimon Sebag Montefiore's epic survey of Jerusalem's sanguinary history does not inspire confidence in the civilizing qualities of religion. The pile of corpses accumulated over millenniums from the persecutions both perpetrated and endured by all three of...Tags: Israel, Islam, Massacres, Turkey, Good Friday
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