News - Powered by Yahoo NewsFormer UI leader White spends thousands to renovate President's Hous
Former President B. Joseph White bought a $42,500 rug for the President?s House in Summer 2008 among other thousands of dollars in renovations, according to 1215 pages of documents obtained by The Daily lllini through a Freedom of Information Act Request received on Wednesday.
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Book Of A Lifetime: Voss, By Patrick Whit
Writing about books that were important to him, Patrick White once said that one seems to "go on living in them for ever, possibly because they give glimpses of a heartbreaking perfection one will never achieve". Such was the case when, as a young aspiring novelist, I first read 'Voss' 50 years ago and watched its pages open like a vast geological fissure in the domesticated landscape of English ...
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First lady Michelle Obama's travel attire is picture of a fashionable touris
First lady Michelle Obama returned to the White House last week after spending her summer vacation walking the fine fashion line between comfortably casual and utterly camera-ready. Her travel attire served as a wake-up call to all those American tourists who have blighted the national landscape ... Michelle Obama - Recreation - Fan Pages - Magazines and E-zines - Bluewater Productions
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Yellow Page
Family schedules are getting crammed full of sports activities, teachers are cleaning rooms and preparing lessons, kids are shopping for new clothes, cooks are making final adjustments to breakfast and lunch menus, janitors are racing the clock to finish the final touches, school staff members are busy sending out last minute letters to parents, and administrators are making adjustments to ...
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The End of Tenure
Two recent books resurrect the debate over universities and the supposedly pampered people who teach there.
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White Stuff Take Time Out to Put the Kettle on After a Summer of Celebratio
On Wednesday 29th September White Stuff are launching the very first National Wear a Tea Cosy on Your Head Day! 2010 is White Stuff's 25th Silver Anniversary so help us to celebrate and raise money for local, worthy charities.
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Bosnian police find girl who tossed puppies into rive
Bosnian police on Friday said they had tracked down a Bosnian girl who sparked worldwide outrage when she was seen on video throwing half a dozen puppies into a river.
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The Emotions of a Facebook ?Defriending
Is there a better way to handle it than just a cold, calculated click?
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How the comic conquered Japa
Ay first glance, the geeky schoolboys, the trendy twenty-something girl with Gucci handbag and sunglasses, the middle-aged woman in a pretty, flowery dress and the two white-haired old men appear to have little in common. But, as they sit alongside one another, in silence, their eyes glued to the pages in front of them, they encapsulate the egalitarian nature of Japan's manga fetish.
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Former editor George Sweers brought color to the pages of the St. Petersburg Time
Andrew Meacham, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 2, 2010 ?George Sweers met Marilyn Monroe in Korea when she was entertaining troops and he worked for the AP. In 1961, Mr. Sweers got a tip that Monroe and husband Joe DiMaggio were staying in the Redington Beach area. Sweers introduced himself and she remembered him. The couple let him to take this photo. ST. PETERSBURG ? George Sweers was ...
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