Wednesday, April 30, 2014

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Candidates seek female votes key to Senate control

ATLANTA (AP) — Democrat Michelle Nunn happily notes that she'd be Georgia's first elected female senator.

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Old cases from the missing person database

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The disappearance of Marvin Clark of Tigard, Ore., ranks as the second-oldest active missing-person case in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System. Here are the oth

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Mostly sunny and breezy today

Expect a breezy hot day with a small chance of rain.

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Pennsylvania Ballet’s Longtime Artistic Director Resigns

“Roy Kaiser, Pennsylvania Ballet’s artistic director for two decades, is stepping down. The former dancer, who started his career with the company 35 years ago, will stay on until a successor is found.”

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Old cases from the missing person database

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The disappearance of Marvin Clark of Tigard, Ore., ranks as the second-oldest active missing-person case in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System. Here are the other oldest cases, with information from the database.

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Stubbs’ first homer of season sinks Diamondbacks

PHOENIX (AP) — Drew Stubbs hit his first home run of the season, off closer Addison Reed in the ninth inning, to lift the Colorado Rockies over the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-4 on Tuesday night.

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The highs and lows of South Carolina peach farming

"You're sweet as a peach and twice as juicy." Growing up, that's what my grandmother would say to me whenever she scooped me into her Chloé-fragranced hug.

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Community Watch

SHOPLIFTER AT LARGE, BULLHEAD CITY — At 4 p.m. Saturday, a woman took items from Kohl’s at 3699 Highway 95. She concealed the items and left the store, and was last seen leaving the area in a silver Nissan Altima, with Arizona plate APV-0061.

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Candidates seek female votes key to Senate control

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2013, file photo Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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Colorado Symphony links up with pot industry

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Symphony Orchestra said Tuesday it will play a series of "cannabis-friendly" fundraising concerts sponsored by the state's burgeoning pot industry.

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Colorado Celtic-folk quintet discuss their chemistry and the connectivity of music

There is perhaps no better example of what the band Elephant Revival seeks to accomplish with their work than "Birds and Stars," a track off their 2013 release These Changing Skies .

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Rational Debate: We Can’t Live (Together) Without It

“How do you change people’s minds when arguing the facts only seems to lead to polarization? Commentator Tania Lombrozo wonders how we can overcome our disagreements about teaching evolution.”

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Ai Weiwei Erased From Shanghai Art Show In Old Communist Style

“The name and works of Ai Weiwei have been removed from a show in Shanghai about the history of Chinese contemporary art because of pressure from local government cultural officials,” according to the artist himself and a Swiss dealer who helped organize the exhibition.

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Tony Nominations Show Broadway’s Woman Problem

“The 2014 Pulitzer Prize for theater went this month to Annie Baker for her play The Flick . The runners-up were Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori for Fun Home , and Madeleine George for The Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence . All those works have two things in common: They were written by women, and they didn’t play on Broadway.”

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Road in Utah causes concern

MOAB, Utah — A narrow chasm that exits Utah’s Book Cliffs just outside Thompson Springs, Sego Canyon harbors one of the finest locations to view Colorado Plateau cultural treasures that date across mi

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Science symposium to highlight area students’ air quality research projects

The public is invited to a science symposium that will showcase local high school students’ research projects on Thursday, May 1, from 5-7 p.m. at Paonia High School, 846 Grand Avenue.

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‘Higher expectations’ for Colorado students

More rigorous standards are coming to the Montrose County School District and all schools in Colorado.

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Colorado Symphony links up with pot industry

The Colorado Symphony Orchestra said Tuesday it will play a series of "cannabis-friendly" fundraising concerts sponsored by the state's burgeoning pot industry.

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A World Cup For Pole Dancing

“Contestants from 36 countries climbed, gripped and did splits on poles during the three-day competition in Rio de Janeiro.” The competition, open to men and women alike, has a top prize that can run up to around $30,000. (video)

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Why It’s Odd That ‘The Little Prince’ Is So Popular

Adam Gopnik: “Of all the books written in French over the past century, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Le Petit Prince is surely the best loved in the most tongues.

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The Strange Tale Of ‘Hawaii’s Van Gogh’

That was a nickname he was given, but Arman Manookian’s painting owes more to Paul Gauguin and Diego Rivera than to van Gogh, and his life was more like Arshile Gorky’s.

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NL Capsules

ST. LOUIS (AP) Lyle Overbay singled in Khris Davis with the tiebreaking run and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals in extra innings for the second straight night, winning 5-4 in 11 innings Tuesday.Davis hit a go-ahead...

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May the Force and Geritol be with them

"Star Wars" sequel names new, old cast, plus, Scorpion arrested, Patrick Stewart returning to TV and Colorado Orchestra goes to pot.

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New Online Continuing Education (CE) Course on School Bullying from HealthForumOnline

HealthForumOnline's (HFO) new online continuing education (CE) course, Children that Bully and Bully Victims: Psychological Theory, Traits, Assessments and Interventions, provides mental health professionals with information and skills necessary to identify, assess, prevent and intervene in the context of school bullying. HFO offers over 90 online CE courses for mental health professionals that ...

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Better Guy Gifts Helps You Show Your Mom That You Really Care About Her This Mother's Day

This Mother's Day, show Mom just how much you care. Better Guy Gifts offers many quality and unique items that aren't just for guys. (PRWeb April 30, 2014) Read the full story at http://ift.tt/QYAB9H

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Both parties scramble for moderate female voters in fall races likely to decide Senate control

ATLANTA — Democrat Michelle Nunn happily notes that she'd be Georgia's first elected female senator. "I meet women all the time who are aware that we have a chance to make history," Nunn told The Associated Press before a recent campaign stop.

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Candidates seek female votes key to Senate control

ATLANTA (AP) - Democrat Michelle Nunn happily notes that she'd be Georgia's first elected female senator. "I meet women all the time who are aware that we have a chance to make history," Nunn told The Associated Press before a recent campaign stop. Another Democratic Senate hopeful, ...

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Editorial: Pave the way for legal medical marijuana use

The use of medical marijuana has been legal in Louisiana since 1992. Despite that little-known fact, no doctors have been able to prescribe it to relieve the effects of chemotherapy for cancer patients, to relieve the symptoms of glaucoma or to stop seizures in children with otherwise uncontrollable epilepsy.

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Stubbs' homer lifts Rockies over D-backs

Phoenix, AZ (SportsNetwork.com) - Drew Stubbs' solo home run in the top of the ninth inning broke the deadlock and made the Colorado Rockies a 5-4 winner over the Arizona Diamondbacks in middle test of a three-game set.

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2014 NHL Playoffs: Predictions for Wednesday's Game 7s

The Stanley Cup playoffs are always a special time, but even for the postseason, Wednesday is going to be a special day. Three different series will culminate in seventh games, and the final three victors of the first round will advance to the division finals. In the East, teams from two of the NHL ’s biggest markets—New York and Philadelphia—will face off for the right to meet Sidney Crosby ...

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Candidates seek female votes key to Senate control

ATLANTA (AP) - Democrat Michelle Nunn happily notes that she'd be Georgia's first elected female senator. "I meet women all the time who are aware that we have a chance to make history," Nunn told The Associated Press before a recent campaign stop.

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UPI Sports Schedule for Wednesday, April 30

Caroline Lee April 29 (UPI) -- A roundup of all the day's sporting events.

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Old cases from the missing person database

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The disappearance of Marvin Clark of Tigard, Ore., ranks as the second-oldest active missing-person case in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System.

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National honor for two DeSoto students

One young man's dream is to make the Air Force a career, the other is not entirely sure.

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Five things to watch for Avalanche-Wild Game 7

It will be a lucky seven for one side and a date with the defending Stanley Cup champs

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NHL Takeaways: Two rivals give us playoffs heaven — three Game 7's

We already had a pair of winners-take-all on our Wednesday plates; here's how Wayne Simmonds & Co. made it a threesome.

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Fresh fish in Denver? Seattle Fish Co. has been doing it since 1918

Fresh off a truck from Miami, wild red grouper sat boxed and on ice in a chilly Denver warehouse near Interstate 70.

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Newest Producer Of West End Musicals: English National Opera

“The subsidised company has announced a long-term partnership with commercial producers Michael Grade and Michael Linnit, which it said would see it present ‘world-class musical theatre’ in its London Coliseum home. It is understood that ENO hopes these productions may transfer to the West End.”

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Five things to watch for Avalanche-Wild Game 7

It will be a lucky seven for one side and a date with the defending Stanley Cup champs

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Candidates seek female votes key to Senate control

ATLANTA (AP) — Democrat Michelle Nunn happily notes that she'd be Georgia's first elected female senator.

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Point/Counterpoint: Which professional playoffs are more exciting — the NBA or NHL?

There are three ingredients to make the playoffs exciting — quality games, intriguing story lines, and classic in-game moments. The NBA playoffs have had all three, in excess.

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Old Cases From The Missing Person Database

Old cases from the missing person database

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Denver food events and cooking classes, 4/30/2014

May 1: Three-course Wine Dinner with Chef Frank Bonanno and Ruby Trust Cellars, 6 p.m. $45. Reservations required. 8439 Park Meadows Center Drive, Lone Tree , 303-799-8900, bonannobrotherspizzeria.com

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Western Daughters Butcher Shoppe opens June 1 at The Source in Denver

Western Daughters Butcher Shoppe is high on the hog — and on beef, lamb, poultry and other fare.

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Vice Chief Justice Bales praises Mohave County courts

The Mohave County court system is a model of providing public access to information, said Vice Chief Justice Scott Bales of the Arizona Supreme Court Tuesday.

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IPFW legend Ball to retire in 2015

IPFW will need to replace one of the most successful coaches in the university's history. Arnie Ball said Tuesday he will step down as the men's volleyball coach after next season.

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Darien students' achievement cited

Murtuza Jafri, right, a graduating senior at Darien High School, is the recipient of the sixth annual Edward Tunick Business Scholarship.He was presented a check for $1,000 by Edward Tunick, owner of Edward Tunick men's clothing store in the Noroton Heights Shopping Center, left.

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