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Feminist author Mary Thom, 68, killed in NY motorcycle crash
ReutersNEW YORK, April 29 (Reuters) - Renowned feminist and former women's magazine editor Mary Thom was killed in a motorcycle crash over the weekend in Yonkers, New York, friends and colleagues said. Thom, 68, a former editor of Ms. Magazine, crashed her...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Book, Authors, Feminism
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Cicada Spectacle Returns After 17 Years
Sometime in coming weeks, in one of the grand spectacles in all of nature, an insect called the periodical cicada will appear by the millions in much of central Connecticut after spending the past 17 years underground. "It is amazing to see millions and...
Tags: Rocky Hill, West Hartford, Biology, Science and Technology, Glastonbury
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USC's Khaled Holmes is finalist for SI's college athlete of year
Former USC football player Khaled Holmes is a finalist for Sports Illustrated’s award for college athlete of the year. Holmes, profiled last October in The Times, earned an undergraduate degree in classics and a masters in communication...
Tags: Sports Illustrated, Sports, National Football League, Basketball
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Jarron Collins talks about disclosure his brother Jason is gay
Jarron Collins sat down with Jim Rome as part of a three-member panel to discuss the disclosure that his twin brother, NBA player Jason Collins, is gay. Jason Collins, in an interview published last week in Sports Illustrated, became the first...
Tags: Trevor Pryce, Sports Illustrated, Rome (Italy)
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Joseph J. Schroeder Jr., 1930-2013
Joseph J. Schroeder Jr. was a student at New Trier High School during World War II when a neighbor who was a radio operator in the Merchant Marine told him that if he took the school's course in radio code, he'd "never carry a rifle." Mr. Schroeder went...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Newspaper and Magazine, Book, NBC (tv network), Entertainment
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Schurz Innovation Award winners named
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- John Quinn thinks reading news on a tablet would be more enjoyable and engaging if it were more like a computer game. A game where the user earns points and wins rewards for rating news articles, sharing content and commenting on stories....Tags: Twitter, Inc., Invention and Innovation, Media Industry, Science and Technology, News Agency
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Dying for the shirt on your back
The deaths of more than 600 garment workers in Bangladesh's Rana Plaza factory collapse April 24 is a tragedy that highlights widespread problems in the global apparel industry. But will it be the spark that finally leads to much-needed global reforms?...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, New York City, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, St. Joseph's College
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Liberal anger only makes Ted Cruz stronger
Rude, entitled, arrogant and off-putting: That's how the conventionally wise in Washington are characterizing Ted Cruz, the conservative new senator from Texas. It's a better description of the critics themselves, who are inadvertently helping Cruz...
Tags: The New York Times, Politics, Online Advertising, American Enterprise Institute, Parties and Movements
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Should Derrick Rose play against the Miami Heat tonight? | Vote
Derrick Rose has been medically cleared to play after suffering a torn ACL last year, but he has said he isn't mentally ready to return to the floor. Sentinel columnist Mike Bianchi says Rose has to show to work. Do you agree? Vote in the poll to the...
Tags: Derrick Rose
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Column: UK's long wait - for Carney and recovery
Reuters(Reuters) - Britain may well come to regret the exceptionally long gap between Governor of the Bank of England-to-be Mark Carney's appointment in November and his first day on the job in July. Widely seen as a central banking superstar (a role not...Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Banking, Financial Markets, Sales
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Letters to the Editor: Higher standards for design, nuclear energy
Higher standards for design Thanks to Sentinel columnist Beth Kassab for the exposure to poor designs on big-box stores ("Cities don't have to settle for ugly stores," Thursday). She is so right that they are a blight on any neighborhood. A dollar...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Architecture, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Arts and Culture
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NBA player Jason Collins coming out is a defining moment in sports
Maybe you yawned when you heard the news. Or maybe you just shrugged when you heard about Jason Collins and said: "What's the big deal?" But it's a very big deal. First active male player in a major team sport to declare he's gay? In the macho world...
Tags: Washington Wizards, Sports Illustrated, Sports, Kobe Bryant, National Basketball Association
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Apr 29, 2013
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