Posts Tagged ‘Sports’

Yale – Team Notes (USA Today)

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

Behind its senior leader and one of the top offensive threats in the Ivy League, the Bulldogs spent the year in the top half of the Ivy League standings. However, Yale ultimately fell far short of the leaders, finishing in the middle of the pack and not really challenging the top teams over the final two weeks of the season.

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Yale - Team Notes (USA Today)

Varner to go for second straight title (The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil)

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

OMAHA – Jake Varner already etched his name into the history books.

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Varner to go for second straight title (The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil)

‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’: from stick figures to sweet flick (Erie Times-News)

Friday, March 19th, 2010

Jeff Kinney had a clear template when it came time to adapt his wildly successful "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" children's books to the big screen.

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'Diary of a Wimpy Kid': from stick figures to sweet flick (Erie Times-News)

Lady Cougars held hitless by Northside, still win 14-0 in a walkaway (Carteret County News-Times)

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

EVANS KISTLER OCEAN — It is a rare occurrence in softball to go through a game without a hit and still earn a victory.

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Lady Cougars held hitless by Northside, still win 14-0 in a walkaway (Carteret County News-Times)

Google’s online library: Worries surround pending deal for access to millions of books (Herald & Review)

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Google has been busy.

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Google's online library: Worries surround pending deal for access to millions of books (Herald & Review)

Exhibit honors sexual-assault victims (Louisville Courier-Journal)

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

The Center for Women and Families and the University of Louisville are sponsoring an exhibit of nearly 60 "altered books" to honor survivors of sexual assault and partner abuse.

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U.S. takes issue with author’s account of visit at embassy in Algiers (Washington Post)

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Michael Mewshaw did a dangerous and perhaps foolhardy thing for his 65th birthday: He embarked on a 4,000-mile overland journey through the terrorist-ridden lands of North Africa. But now that his firsthand account has hit the bookstores, he says his roughest experience has come at the hands of the U.S. State Department.

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U.S. takes issue with author's account of visit at embassy in Algiers (Washington Post)

Hope Valley author races to keep up with local history (The Westerly Sun)

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Lifelong Hope Valley resident Joseph Soares has always been interested in local history, and it was his passion for collecting historic photographs that led him to pen books on the area's history.

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Hope Valley author races to keep up with local history (The Westerly Sun)

N.Va. couple’s quest is to give South African school a library (Washington Post)

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Copies of "Clifford the Big Red Dog," "Amelia Bedelia" and "The Berenstain Bears" are filling donation boxes at Dranesville Elementary School in Herndon as third-grade students part with some of their favorite books and ask their friends to do the same.

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N.Va. couple's quest is to give South African school a library (Washington Post)

Minnesota rips Purdue, will face Ohio State for Big Ten title (USA Today)

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

Minnesota held No. 5 Purdue to the worst first half in the Boilermakers' record books and rolled to a 69-42 victory to reach the Big Ten title game for the first time

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Minnesota rips Purdue, will face Ohio State for Big Ten title (USA Today)