The Great Outdoors: Where words fail, nature can sometimes intercede
How can you keep them content with a wren when they’ve seen several bobolinks courting? It’s tough when they’re people intent on expanding their knowledge of birds and the places they live.
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Cheap cameras, web access helping startups, hurting pros
Combine the low prices and easy-to-use aspects of newer video and still cameras with free social media websites, and many small business owners can show their products or services to the world.
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Glenolden’s Louise DiArenzo honored for 20 years of service
Glenolden Borough Mayor Gerry Quinn presented a plaque to Police Department Secretary Louise DiArenzo at last week’s meeting, honoring her 20 years of service.
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Al Williamson, ‘Flash Gordon’ Comic Artist, Dies at 79
Mr. Williamson, who worked with almost every major comics publisher, put an indelible artistic stamp on “Flash Gordon.”
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– The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side Of The Moon
Sweden’s Shout Out Louds have charted a dependably poppy path over the course of three peppy albums. For its latest Merge Records release, Work, the band hunkered down stateside with indie rock producer to the stars Phil Ek (The Shins, Built to Spill, Modest Mouse).
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For Josh Brolin, playing ‘Jonah Hex’ was hell — and he loved every minute of it
Prosthetic scarring left him unable to eat for 16 hours at a time
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LA Lands Two Friars Club Comedy Competition Finalists
A while back, LAist tipped off the local comedy scene about the upcoming Friars Club Improv & Sketch Competition being held June 25th and 26th at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (UCB) in New York City. Well folks, we weren’t joking, and the $10,000 grand prize certainly isn’t anything to laugh at. Apparently a few hundred sketch and improv teams di
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 19/6
The domestic price of gold suddenly surged by 0.96 per cent yesterday, June 18, to VND28.34 million (US$1,499) per tael (one tael equalling 1.2 troy ounces) , following a sharp leap in the global gold price to a near record high of $1,251 per ounce.
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Save us, Batman, from those dirty rotten scoundrels
THE man shouted: “All lawyers are bastards!” The man next to him said: “I take offence to that!” “Why, are you a lawyer?” asked the shouter. “No, I am a bastard,” was the reply.
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Friday Report: ‘Toy Story 3’ Sets Toon Opening Day Record
Generating an estimated $41 million, Toy Story 3 set a new opening day gross benchmark for an animated feature on Friday, surpassing Shrek the Third’s $38.4 million. Among all opening days, Toy Story 3 ranked 12th, just ahead of Alice in Wonderland (2010). Its Friday gross included a $4 million midnight opening at around 1,500 venues. WALL-