Danville teens heads to Scripps National Spelling Bee

Source: GoDanRiver.com

Madison Fuentes is a busy 13-year-old. She is a rising eighth-grader at Westover Christian Academy who participates in band, drama, choir, soccer and basketball, all while being an excellent student. For several years, Madison ...
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Bhagyalakshmi scheme fails to reach Chikmagalur

Source: Times of India

CHIKMAGALUR: Thousands of parents are waiting for the bonds pertaining to Bhagyalakshmi scheme for girl child from the state government. Under this scheme, money will be deposited in the name of first and the second girl ...
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You Might Be Your Retirement Plan's Worst Enemy

Source: Wall Street Journal

By Tom Lauricella It seemed like a great idea at the time. The couple, in their mid 70s, had a spacious home in New York but felt they were ready to move to Florida. Central to their retirement plan was downsizi ...
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John Shea / The problem with getting Ramirez is, you also get Manny

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

The best of Manny, the worst of Manny. When or if the A's add Manny Ramirez to their 25-man roster, he'll bring along 19 years of big-league experience, two championships, a batting title, a career on-base perc ...
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Know Your Enemy

Source: The Daily Beast

Memorial Day means two unlike and perhaps contradictory things in our time. One—remember the war dead. Two—it’s summertime, chumps! After ten years of war, it’s become an annual event for those that observe more of the former than the ...
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Hollywood's First Motion Picture Unit

Source: Bella Online

In 1940, the US Army contacted Jack Warner of Warner Bros studio requesting that the studio produce propaganda films to educate the public on certain parts of the military. Warner turned over the responsibility of ...
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The Dodgers Quarter Season Report

Source: Lasorda's Lair

Nothing makes me happier than to report to you… …our Dodgers are currently the best team in baseball. That’s right, people. One-fourth of the way through the season, nobody expected us to be where we are at, sitting on top of the National Leag ...
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WDTPRS: Pentecost Sunday: weaving and imbuing and saving and dyeing

Source: What Does the Prayer Really Say

The Fiftieth Day Feast, Hebrew Shavuot or Greek Pentekosté, for the Jews commemorated the descent of God’s Law to Moses on Mount Sinai, wreathed in fire, fifty days after the Exodus. Fifty days after Our Lord’s Resurrection (the ...
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Rachael Freed: Take Time to Make This Day a Memorial Day

Source: The Huffington Post

Traditionally Memorial Day is to honor the memories of those we've lost, particularly those who sacrificed their lives in military service for our country. In contemporary practice, some visit cemeteries t ...
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