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Officials urge residents to document impact of Tonawanda Coke
A bipartisan group of local, state and federal officials gathered Friday morning to urge people who lived, worked or spent significant amounts of time in the areas polluted by emissions from Tonawanda Coke to tell their stories before two important deadlines.“The stories of the individuals have, for the most part,...
buffalonews.com (1 hour ago)
Celeb chat: Amanda Bynes, Ozzy and Sharon, Chris Brown and more
Join us each Friday at 2 p.m. ET as we explore the week in celebrity culture. Bay Area journalist Tony Hicks will catch you up on the wildest entertainment stories of the week, each week.
denverpost.com (1 hour ago)
The Attkisson approach
For years, she has been one of few pursuing critical stories about the Obama administration.
politico.com (1 hour ago)
Love ensures big returns on investment
A look at the list of Bollywood’s 100 crore films will reveal that there are no quintessential love stories in it
indiatimes.com (1 hour ago)
LoveSexTravelMusik by Rodge Glass – review
The narratives that make up this collection of "Stories for the EasyJet generation" are as fleeting as the jobs, relationships and occasional epiphanies they describe. Their characters are longing for change or having change thrust upon them. Lost in their own lives, they exude a kind of contemporary ennui: an iPod...
guardian.co.uk (2 hours ago)
Navy veterans, businesses working to improve battleship memorial
Navy veterans meeting in Sioux Falls next month for the USS South Dakota reunion will retell stories about sea battles and their battleship's unique role at the end of World War II.
argusleader.com (2 hours ago)
Review: Haunting, effective revival of 'The Weir'
NEW YORK (AP) - Acclaimed Irish dramatist Conor McPherson ("The Shining City") showed the power and treachery of storytelling in his 1997 Olivier Award-winning classic, "The Weir." One minute it's all good-natured ribbing and laughter and local ghost stories, and the next, somebody tells a true story so painful that...
yahoo.com (2 hours ago)
Volunteers continue 'heart wrenching' search for Kathlynn Shepard
DAYTON KIDNAPPING: Authorities said Thursday they are not giving up on finding Shepard alive but know that, given the time that has elapsed and evidence that she had been injured, the likelihood is dwindling.Video: Search continues on horseback75 photos: Four days of searchingBlood at crime scene indicates Kathlynn...
desmoinesregister.com (2 hours ago)
The Inside Stories of This Season's New Plants
It's that time of year when the garden industry woos us with new plants, most of which amount to little more than minor revisions. But a few new plants mark steps forward in the garden.
wsj.com (2 hours ago)
Beacons: Stories for Our Not So Distant Future – review
In this collection a stellar group of predominantly Scottish writers have taken up the challenge issued in editor Gregory Norminton's excellent introduction, part of which is to "write fiction about the ecological crisis without lapsing into cliche". Contributing their royalties to the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition,...
guardian.co.uk (2 hours ago)
Sorry Paul Tudor Jones: It’s Male — Not Female — Traders We Should Be Worried About
Reading hedge fund giant Paul Tudor Jones’ recent comments that having babies makes women bad traders reminded me of a close friend of mine, a very senior investment banker at a major Wall Street firm, who once worked for someone she called “The Screamer.” I would regularly show up to lunches or dinners with my...
time.com (2 hours ago)
Watch Amanda Bynes get arrested in NYC on marijuana charge (VIDEO)
Actress Amanda Bynes was arrested Thursday after throwing a marijuana bong out of a window in a midtown Manhattan apartment, police say. <freeform><script data-hide-title=”true” data-hide-byline=”true” data-hide-footnotes=”true” type=”text/javascript”...
sltrib.com (2 hours ago)
10 Things to Know for Friday, May 24
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today
montereyherald.com (3 hours ago)
P.M. Business Links: Chrysler, Tesla spar over repayment of federal loans; how a big-bank failure...
Tesla said it was the first U.S. automaker to fully pay. But Chrysler said it was. No way, Tesla replied. Read this story from the Washington Post and other business stories:
cleveland.com (3 hours ago)
Paperback: The Last Dance by Victoria Hislop (Headline, £7.99)
These short stories, which are about Greece, are written in a style that reminds me of Louis de Bernières or Andrew Nicoll - laden with a sort of beguiling innocence. There’s a sweet one about two Greek brothers; they are twins, and run a restaurant. But they have slightly different ideas, and split it in half. In...
standard.co.uk (4 hours ago)
New gundalow sets sail for new season
The details of history often tell the most compelling stories of how things came to be the way they are now. For Portsmouth, much of the city’s history was formed not on land but by sea.
seacoastonline.com (4 hours ago)
This Week in Photos for May 24, 2013
Top local, national and international news stories of the week told with photos from PennLive staff and The Associated Press.
pennlive.com (4 hours ago)
'First Look': First News for May 24
Lead stories from "First Look with Scott Cox's" Big 6. SILVA'S DEATH: Accidental -- that's the cause of death of a man beaten by Kern County Sheriff's Deputies. Sheriff Donny Youngblood said Thursday that the cause of death for 33-year old David Silva was accidental. The coroner's report showed Silva to be...
bakersfieldcalifornian.com (4 hours ago)
My hero: Lydia Davis by Ali Smith
Big rejoicing: Lydia Davis has won the Man Booker International prize. Never did a book award deliver such a true match-winning punch, rather like one of Davis's ingenious, playful, formally inventive and unexpectedly powerful (for their size) short stories might. Best of all, a new audience will read her now and...
guardian.co.uk (4 hours ago)
Maureen Ryan: Which 'Thrones' Storyline Ranks Highest?
"Game of Thrones" is taking the week off -- Steven Soderbergh's excellent Liberace movie "Behind the Candelabra" airs instead -- but our love for the show doesn't take vacations, am I right? So here's a very small attempt to fill that gap with an assessment of Season 3. I've rated 13 different aspects of this...
huffingtonpost.com (4 hours ago)
10 Things to Know for Today, May 24, 2013
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.
denverpost.com (5 hours ago)
Coming this Sunday, May 26, Courier News and Home News Tribune
Here is a preview of upcoming stories for Sunday, May 26, 2013 in the Courier News, Home News Tribune and MyCentralJersey.com with Paul Grzella, General Manager/Editor.
mycentraljersey.com (5 hours ago)
Durable Goods Tell Different Stories
The fact that Caterpillar's North American shipments of its machines to dealers fell 18% in April bodes poorly for Friday's report of April U.S. durable-goods figures. But the picture isn't so dire.
wsj.com (5 hours ago)
UN chief challenges African leaders over Congo
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging African leaders to implement a plan that the U.N. hopes will stabilize eastern Congo after years of turmoil. Ban told a news conference in Uganda Friday that he expects regional leaders to find solutions as eastern Congo once again moves into another phase of...
foxnews.com (5 hours ago)
Olivia Munn Talks "Devastating" Tornado in Native Oklahoma: "It's Not Surprising to See All of...
For Olivia Munn, news of the tornado in her native Oklahoma has been "devastating" to say the least. "All the stories of all those children, I think that's what gets...
eonline.com (5 hours ago)
Music video about “untold stories of Lewiston” features local fire scenes
LEWISTON, Maine - If you haven’t seen the new Pallaso & The Mess video, you clearly don’t spend enough time on the Internet. Released May 17, the video has had nearly 4,000 views on YouTube. Locally, it’s not difficult to see why: The video for the song “Change” is shot ...
bangordailynews.com (6 hours ago)
10 Movie-Inspired Things to Do Before Labor Day
You look forward to summer all year, and by the time it comes around, you don't want to do anything but lie in the sun and nap. Time to break the routine! This summer, make sure you have some stories to tell come fall. Here are 10 activities, inspired by the greatest summer-vacation movies, to jump-start your summer...
ivillage.com (6 hours ago)
Dead Tree Alert: The Westeros Wing; or, Why Game of Thrones is the Best Show About Politics
There’s no new Game of Thrones this Sunday; HBO is running the Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra (and you can find Richard Corliss’ review of the movie from Cannes here). In the meantime, you can read my column in the print TIME magazine this week (subscription required) on why Game of Thrones is TV’s best...
time.com (6 hours ago)
Jury foreman says Arias testimony didn't help her
The jury foreman in Jodi Arias' murder trial says the 18 days she spent on the witness stand didn't do her any good. William Zervakos says the jury began the case presuming innocence, but Arias told many contradictory stories while testifying, some of it during a prosecutor's aggressive cross-examination. Zervakos...
foxnews.com (6 hours ago)
I-5 bridge collapse in Washington; President Obama's counterterrorism policy:...
A look at some of the stories that will be talked about Friday
oregonlive.com (6 hours ago)
