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‘Eye candy’ for YA book lovers: Authors’ Pinterest boards

As young adult author Kimberly Sabatini prepares for the release of her debut novel, “Touching the Surface,” this October, she’s using Pinterest to share her vision of the story with readers before it hits bookstores. A quick glance at Sabatini’s Pinterest board for the book lets readers know it’s a love story about a girl [...]

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Bark in the Park, Cornelius Concert Series, road races 

Lectures, fundraising road races, a dog-lovers’ Bark in the Park at Rural Hill, and an outdoor concert at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church are on the calendar across the area this week. Wednesday is Beginners’ Day at J.V. Washam Elementary, for incoming kindergartners. Davidson College’s basketball players and alumni host their annual BUZZKILL fundraising 3-on-3 [...]

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Russell Crowe Confirmed to Play Noah in Film

(Photo: REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni)Actor Russell Crowe poses at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards in West Hollywood, California January 27, 2012. April 23, 2012|2:38 pm Darren Aronofsky, director of “Black Swan” who will also direct “Noah,” seemed overjoyed to have the Academy Award-winner as the lead actor in his upcoming project, which is [...]

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New English Translation of Bible Omits ‘Jesus Christ,’ ‘Angel’

(Photo: Thomas Nelson Publishing)The Voice, a translation of the Bible into modern English released in March 2012. April 16, 2012|5:57 pm The Voice, a Bible that replaces “Jesus Christ” with terms like “Jesus the Anointed One,” had its complete edition released by Thomas Nelson Publishing last month. Frank Couch, Thomas Nelson’s lead editor on the [...]

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Katie and the Witch’s Swap (Free)

Download Audio Click Pictures to Enlarge By popular demand, the single paid for story on Storynory is now free. Thank you to everyone who supported us buy buying it. If you would like all 17 of the lovely pictures by CaiJia, and you have and iPad or iPhone, you can still buy our Katie and [...]

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VT Football: More quotes from spring practice : Collegiate Sports Blog

I just wanted to go ahead and put these up for those of you interested in reading. Most of these will be featured in my defensive story lines piece for tomorrow’s paper. Follow me on Twitter. Bud Foster Having to cut practice short because of lightning: It’s just one of those things. better to be [...]

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Upcoming race: Crooked River 5K Walk/Run – Rockford, IL – Rockford Register Star

Charity race season continues, this time bringing us a benefit for Friends of the Pecatonica Public Library. I love books and libraries, so I’m thrilled to see that the Crooked River 5K Walk/Run already has raised $22,000 for the Pec library. (This is the 17th running of the race.) seems like a pretty good haul, [...]

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It Takes Work « A Christian Worldview of Fiction

No one likes to talk about it when they’re starting out, but it’s true — relationships take work. Friendships, business associations, marriages, sibling or any other familial connections, neighbors, and more — if the bond is to become strong, then the people involved need to work at getting along. Perhaps the first and most important [...]

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Washington Post Ombudsman: Reporter Properly Tried to Downplay Story on Obamacare’s Fiscal Double-Counting

Last week, I discussed in detail an important new report by Chuck Blahous, a trustee of the Medicare program, that estimated that Obamacare may increase the deficit over the next ten years by between $346 and $527 billion. after a number of progressive writers critiqued Chuck’s report, Chuck penned a detailed rebuttal for this blog, which [...]

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