JM Coetzee's official biography to hit shelves this summer
New book explores Coetzee's closely-guarded private life, almost two years after the death of its author JC Kannemeyer The first authorised biography of the novelist JM Coetzee, in which the Nobel...
View Article'Strictly implement legislation to reduce tobacco consumption'
*If the developed nations like Singapore, New Zealand and Australia are extremely successful in their attempts to provide Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) services to nicotine or tobacco addicted...
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Cedar Valley Invited to Attend 'Strictly Business Expo'
Patch Cedar Falls, IA -- It's almost time for the 2013 Strictly Business Expo. The Greater Cedar Valley Alliance and Chamber is hosting the event, which is themed "First Impressions.""It's a way for...
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Strictly all right for Mark
ESSEX wide boy Mark Wright is being lined up for the next series of Strictly Come Dancing. Reported by Daily Star 5 days ago.
View ArticleProof that pantomimes are not just for Christmas
This is Cornwall -- The weather may have a wintry feel, and it appears that our entertainment does too, with a pantomime version of The Wizard of Oz at Plymouth Pavilions this Easter. Comedian Bobby...
View ArticleBBC Television Centre says final farewell with Madness and sadness
BBC brings curtain down on 53 years of broadcasting history on Friday with gig by 'nutty boys' in west London It was, said Noel Edmonds, as emotional an experience as watching Concorde's final flight....
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Strictly Sail Pacific Boat Show Sails Into Jack London April 11
Patch Alameda, CA -- *From Spin Communications* The 2013 Strictly Sail Pacific all sailboat boat show will sail into Jack London Square with everything that is hot in the world of sailing. Strictly...
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Critics, Nicky Rottens Compromise: Eatery Gets New Liquor License
Patch Coronado, CA -- Could it be a new beginning? After months of often ugly bickering, Nicky Rottens Bar & Burger Joint and its unhappy neighbors finally have found some common ground. A...
View ArticleThe Croods – review
Nicolas Cage voices a caveman dad in what could be called a dose of methadone for Ice Age junkies If you're pacing back and forth outside the Odeon, scratching your arms and muttering: "When is there...
View Article'From Up on Poppy Hill' Review: Teenagers, and a Nation, Come of Age in...
There's no shortage of magic in "From Up on Poppy Hill," although it's not the kind people usually associate with the work of master animator Hayao Miyazaki. His earlier classics gave us a cat-bus ("My...
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The Most Influential Voice Yet Warned Obama About 'Blowback' From Drone Program
This is a whopping "I told you so" moment for a decent handful of pundits and analysts: Army Gen. James E. Cartwright has expressed worry to Obama that drone strikes may cause "blowback." Mark...
View ArticleGuest Post: The “Fracking” Revolution Comes to China
Submitted by Elliot Brennan of The Diplomat, As shale gas fever sweeps through Beijing, analysts are looking at the costs and benefits of extracting what is increasingly a controversial source of...
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Stone Admits Smoking Marijuana, Calling 911 35 Times
Patch Buffalo Grove, IL -- As a Lake County judge granted an order of protection against former Buffalo Grove trustee Lisa Stone on Thursday, upholding an emergency order requested by her stepmother...
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Take Control of Your Health at the YMCA
Patch Peachtree Corners, GA -- One of the ways the YMCA brings health care into our communities is through health screenings, which provide convenient, easy access to a variety of common screening...
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Go Fish! Cranberry Hosting Event for Kids at Graham Park Pond
Patch Cranberry, PA -- Something is fishy in Cranberry. The township will host a new educational fishing event for children ages 5 through 12 on Saturday, April 6 at the one-acre lake in Graham Park....
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Valley View to Hold Public Meeting on Virtual Charter School Proposal
Patch Romeoville, IL -- For-profit company K12 Inc. and its non-profit partner, Virtual Learning Solutions, want to bring an online charter school to 18 suburban Chicago school districts, including...
View ArticlePointless view
Pointless is a rare thing indeed – a bookish, leisurely game show where nobody involved is a shrieking idiot (the celebrity offshoot excepted). Long may it continue Pointless is a daytime game show,...
View ArticleAthens' new-school wine bars
Greece is not known for its wines, but a new crop of wine bars in Athens offers locals and tourists the chance to sample some excellent homegrown varieties • This blogpost first appeared on the...
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One Week Left to Enter the Mobile Retail Awards
Tweet There is just one week left - in fact, strictly speaking, six days - to enter the inaugural Mobile Retail Awards, taking place immediately after the Mobile Retail Summit on 24 April. There are...
View ArticleItalian marines return to India
*The two Italian marines accused of killing two fishermen off the Kerala coast returned here today after India gave an assurance that they will not face death penalty nor will they be arrested,...
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