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| Rash of car, house breaks in Tyngsboro has police on alert |
| As her husband, an off-duty Lowell police officer, went downstairs to tackle the intruder who had broken into their home in the middle of the night, the officer's wife frantically tried to tell the 9-1-1 dispatcher what was going on, the address, and how terrified she was for the safety of their baby daughter -- seemingly all at once. |
| Read More...(Source: Chelmsford News - Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:12:42 GMT) |
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| Jimmy Fund appreciates Greater Lowell's support |
| Jimmy Fund Golf extends a sincere thank you to the organizers and sponsors of the Steve Ronan Budweiser Jimmy Fund Golf Classic held Aug. |
| Read More...(Source: Chelmsford News - Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:08:12 GMT) |
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| N. Chelmsford firm sued for discrimination |
| North Chelmsford real-estate company Prime Properties Inc. and its agent, Joan Eident, are being sued for violating state anti-discrimination laws by Attorney General Martha Coakley's office. |
| Read More...(Source: Chelmsford News - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:53:30 GMT) |
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| Chelmsford exhibit is a tribute to American liberty |
| Daniel Varoujan Hejinian loves America, his adopted land, and celebrates it in Colors of Liberty, on view Sept. |
| Read More...(Source: Chelmsford News - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:53:29 GMT) |
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| North Chelmsford R.E. Co. Sued For... |
| North Chelmsford real estate company Prime Properties Inc. and its agent, Joan Eident, are being sued for violating state anti-discrimination law by Attorney General Martha Coakley's office. |
| Read More...(Source: Chelmsford News - Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:35:44 GMT) |
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| Urho Kekkonen (1900) |
| The leading spokesman of the Center Party, Kekkonen became Finland's prime minister in 1950 and succeeded Juho Paasikivi as president in 1956. After his reelection in 1962 and 1968, the Finnish parliament voted to extend his term, which was to expire in 1974, until 1978, at which time he was elected to his final term as president. Throughout his career, Kekkonen succeeded in maintaining friendly neutrality with the USSR. Many believe Kekkonen was responsible for Finlandization, which was what? Discuss |
| Read More...(Source: Today's Birthday - Fri, 3 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT) |
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| Romare Bearden (1911) |
| Regarded as one of the most important African-American artists of the 20th century, Bearden first achieved recognition for his complex, semiabstract collages of photographs and painted paper on canvas in Europe following WWII. By the 1960s, he was the preeminent collagist in the US. A prolific artist, he created some 2,000 works, many of which focus on aspects of African-American culture, including music and family. A Bearden mural in a subway station in what city was once valued at $15 million? |
| Read More...(Source: Today's Birthday - Thu, 2 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT) |
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| Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875) |
| After working numerous odd jobs, Burroughs tried his hand at writing, publishing his first story under the pen name Normal Bean in 1912. Two years later, he published Tarzan of the Apes, a story about an English boy raised by apes in Africa. Wildly successful, the book was the first in a series of 27 Tarzan titles. Burroughs later moved to Hollywood to supervise the filming of the first of the extremely successful Tarzan films. What city is named after his most famous character? |
| Read More...(Source: Today's Birthday - Wed, 1 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT) |
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| Sophocles |
| War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always. Discuss |
| Read More...(Source: Quote of the Day - Fri, 3 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT) |
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| Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| Mankind are earthen jugs with spirits in them. |
| Read More...(Source: Quote of the Day - Thu, 2 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT) |
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| Aristotle |
| Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. |
| Read More...(Source: Quote of the Day - Wed, 1 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT) |
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| Aries Horoscope for September 03, 2010 |
| You're trying to regain your center today, and that could feel a little traumatic. It's not, though -- you just have to take a few steps back in order to figure out where you need to head off next!
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| Read More...(Source: Astrology.com Daily Overview Horoscopes - Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:37:01 PDT) |
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| Malcolm Campbell Becomes First to Drive over 300 MPH (1935) |
| Campbell, an English automobile and speedboat racer, set many speed records for motorcycles, airplanes, automobiles, and motorboats. In 1931, he was knighted for his accomplishments. Four years later, driving his famed automobile Bluebird at Bonneville Flats, Utah, Campbell set his final land speed record, becoming the first person to drive an automobile faster than 300 mph (483 km/h). He later turned to speedboat racing and set a new record in 1939, when his boat reached what speed? Discuss |
| Read More...(Source: This Day in History - Fri, 3 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT) |
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| New 80s content! |
| Check it out:
<b>A new 80s vid</b> (which is actually not from, but all about the 80s) and en <b>new gadget</b> which you probably all had! (admit it!) |
| Read More...(Source: Squidoo: 80s: The Eighties - Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:04:55 -0600) |
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