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Antiques: Folk art covers wide range of items
King Features Syndicate"Folk art" is the confusing name given to some things made by untrained artists. From the 1930s into the ’50s, antique collectors might have called these pieces "primitive" or named them for a region, like "Pennsylvania German style." By the 1950s,...Tags: Japan, Auction Service, New York City, Artists, Fine Artists
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Guys and dhols
Attired in a canary-yellow shirt, sequined slacks and a pharaoh's headdress, Sunny Jain beat a brisk tattoo on his two-sided dhol drum. Beaded and bewigged residents of New Orleans' Tremé and French Quarter neighborhoods danced and shouted along to the...
Tags: Entertainment, Dance, Culture, Music, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Veterans feel alone in their guilt
WASHINGTON -- A veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, former Marine Capt. Timothy Kudo thinks of himself as a killer -- and he carries the guilt every day. "I can't forgive myself," he says. "And the people who can forgive me are dead." With...Tags: Psychology, Medical Specialization, Justice System, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Wars and Interventions
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A new bull market -- or a bubble?
WASHINGTON -- Where's the stock market going? Has a bull market started? Or are we on the cusp of a new bubble? As I argued in my last column -- which noted that stocks have reached new highs -- the answers matter beyond individual investment...
Tags: Stock Market, Federal Reserve, Interior Policy, Money and Monetary Policy, Inflation and Deflation
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Lynchburg students learn from the pros with new mentoring program
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefThe drama department at E.C. Glass High School is known for producing talent. They have a "wall of fame" to prove it. Pictures of successful grads are posted in the hallway outside the drama department. One of the featured alumni is Abby Baum, a...Tags: Connie Britton, Celebrities, High Schools, University of Virginia, Teaching and Learning
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SXSW 2013: Kathleen Hanna reemerges in 'The Punk Singer'
AUSTIN, Texas -- In her bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, Kathleen Hanna has brought a fiercely feminist perspective to her lyrics and music, inspiring multiple generations of young women. The new documentary “The Punk Singer,” which is having...
Tags: Entertainment, Music, Brie Larson, Nirvana (music group), Music Industry
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Judge strikes down NYC ban on supersized sodas
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge struck down New York City's pioneering ban on big sugary drinks Monday just hours before it was supposed to take effect, handing a defeat to health-minded Mayor Michael Bloomberg and creating uncertainty for restaurants...Tags: David Letterman, Obesity, Justice System, Laws, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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The market strikes back
WASHINGTON -- We now know the promise and peril of paper wealth. In the last 15 years, the stock market's convulsions ought to have rattled even hardy investors. Twice -- after the popping of the "tech bubble" in 2000 and after the financial crisis in...
Tags: Stock Market, Satellite and Cable Service, Economy, Business and Finance, Federal Reserve, Financial Markets
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The eternal disputes of the Dead Sea Scrolls
In June 1954, a small advertisement ran in the Wall Street Journal: "Biblical manuscripts dating back to at least 200 BC are for sale." The commercial offering was the start of a long and controversial path for the Dead Sea Scrolls, a cache of fragmentary...
Tags: Justice System, The Wall Street Journal, Bipolar Disorder, Teaching and Learning, Judaism
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Daniel Sunjata: A character who can't be typecast
Welcome to Questions of Characters, the column that puts a name to some of the most familiar faces in movies, on television, the stage and commercials who either hail from Chicago or have spent enough time here to consider it home. Name: Daniel...
Tags: Lie to Me (tv program), Prada, Meryl Streep, USA Network (tv network), CSI (tv program)
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Dow hits a record, but who's reaping the rewards?
You've heard the old joke about the stockbroker showing a friend all the luxuries he's bought with the commissions paid by his customers — big house, big car, big yacht. And the friend asks, "But where are the customers' yachts?" The joke needs...
Tags: Lloyd Blankfein, Stock Market, Jamie Dimon, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Federal Reserve
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Dow hits record, erasing Great Recession losses
NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is back. Five and a half years after the start of a frightening drop that erased $11 trillion from stock portfolios and made investors despair of ever getting their money back, the Dow Jones industrial average...
Tags: Productivity, Earnings, World War II (1939-1945), George W. Bush, China
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