The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, each year, bestows Genius Grants to deserving individuals, who the Foundation believes can make life better– in whatever way that may be. This year’s Fellows have just been announced.
http://www.macfound.org
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I think that we all have had those moments when we’ve felt alone, ‘beweeping our outcast state.’ Sometimes it is warranted, oftentimes it is a little self-indulgent pity. This story really makes me call into question my only feelings of being alone– perhaps it will for you too.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070922/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanreligionjews_070922044242
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Can a fake bomb be art?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070921/ap_on_re_us/fake_bomb
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Thousands of hyphens perish as English marches on
By Simon Rabinovitch2 hours, 33 minutes ago
About 16,000 words have succumbed to pressures of the Internet age and lost their hyphens in a new edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.
Bumble-bee is now bumblebee, ice-cream is ice cream and pot-belly is pot belly.
And if you’ve got a […]
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I really don’t know what I think of this story from Reuters, out of Germany. Perplexed certainly, but other than that… I’m just speechless.
Glamorous politician wants law to allow 7-year itch
By Madeline ChambersFri Sep 21, 4:00 AM ET
Bavaria’s most glamorous politician — a flame-haired motorcyclist who helped bring down state premier Edmund Stoiber — […]
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Congratulations to the cast members of the E.P. Family Day One-Act!
Mister Johnson - Joshua Johnson
Stephanie - Blair Bailey
Mary - Hailey Highfill
Janet - Maggie Green
Eric - Doug Weaver
Jeffy - Kevin Curry
Zeke - Kellen Stokes
Janet’s Mom - Kristin Vermilion
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By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, Associated Press WriterTue Sep 18, 2:33 PM ET
When every known speaker of the language Amurdag gets together, there’s still no one to talk to.
Native Australian Charlie Mangulda is the only person alive known to speak that language, one of thousands around the world on the brink of extinction.
From rural Australia to […]
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Thanks to Yahoo!, we now have an opportunity to customize our interaction with the Democratic Presidential Candidates.
http://debates.news.yahoo.com/
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Interesting, yet ultimately sad, tale of racism’s all too constant presence.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/04/bell.jena.six/index.html?iref=newssearch
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