Funky hybrid Monkey (Creative Loafing Charlotte) bi13591331 And other Spoleto sights By Perry Tannenbaum.On Memorial Day, the last day that Freedom Schooner Amistad was moored Charleston, I strolled onto the Maritime Center boardwalk just after 4pm, camera at the ready. So less than an hour remained before tours of the historic replica were scheduled to end -- and our next Spoleto Festival USA jazz concert was scheduled to begin. There was no sign ..

Museum and Gallery Listings (New York Times) bi13591331 Selective listings from art critics of The New York Times

Sunday Serenades and Musical Mondays the Compton Heights Concert Band. 7 bi13591331 For 29 years, the Compton Heights Concert Band has delighted all ages tributes to Broadway, opera and classical music. The band opens regular season annual July 4 extravaganza featuring the "1812 Overture" complete canon fire

L'International des Feux Loto-Qu?bec presented by TELUS continues tonight - C bi13591331 L'International des Feux Loto-Qu?bec presented by TELUS continues tonight - Celebrated Italian firm that enjoys the Vatican's favour to present "Curtains of Light"..

Cast-iron heating stoves sometimes included ornaments (The Columbus Dispatch) bi13591331 Houses America were originally heated by fires a fireplace

Euro soccer officials confident no more TV outages (AP via Yahoo! Finance) bi13591331 European Championship organizers apologized Thursday for the 18-minute coverage blackout of the Germany-Turkey semifinal that left TV companies unhappy and mulling possible action

Contemporary Auctions Poised To Take Off (The New York Sun) bi13591331 When Jeff Koons's "Balloon Flower (Magenta)" sculpture went on display London's St. James's Square last week, the members of the many gentlemen's clubs nearby were among the first to realize that the Contemporary sales of the major auction houses were approaching a major way. "In the center of the square an equestrian statue of William III and now, on one end, a Jeff Koons sculpture. ..

Vivica Genaux Returns to Caramoor (The New York Sun) bi13591331 For more than a decade, the mezzo soprano Vivica Genaux has been a greatly esteemed exponent of the Baroque and bel canto repertoires, as visitors to the Caramoor International Music Festival know. There she has flourished, notably operas by Rossini, but Sunday afternoon she turns to Spain a performance of Manuel de Falla's brief dramatic work "El Amor Brujo," or "Love, the ..

Tidbits to satisfy your appetite (The Tuscaloosa News) bi13591331 Families are invited to enter the "Spreading Smucker's Traditions" contest and share family recipes and memories through Aug. 11 for a chance to win a five-day, four-night family trip for eight to the Walt Disney World Resort

Top Scoops (Scoop.co.nz) bi13591331 Part Three showed us how America got the oil business Saudi Arabia

Valentine Vester; Jerusalem hotelier; 96 (San Diego Union-Tribune) bi13591331 Valentine Vester, a Yorkshire homemaker who went to Jordanian Jerusalem 1963 to take over a little hotel, the American Colony, and turned one of the city's finest, died June 15 at her home the hotel. She was 96

Colombia accuses Swiss diplomat of financing FARC - Xinhua bi13591331 Washington Post Colombia accuses diplomat of financing FARC Xinhua, China - 1 hour ago BOGOTA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos has accused diplomat Jean Paul Gontard of giving 500000 US dollars, Video: Film emerges of mission to free Farc hostages - 04 July 08 AlJazeeraEnglish radio: Betancourt and hostages not rescued but released Center for Research on Globalization Colombia: God?s hand the freedom of Ingrid Betancourt African Path RIA Novosti - World Radio Switzerlandall 5,046 news articles..

Swiss banks may need to raise $68 billion more - MarketWatch bi13591331 banks may need to raise $68 billion more MarketWatch - 10 hours ago By Rex Nutting, MarketWatch WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- banking giants UBS and Credit Suisse may need to raise $68 billion more capital to meet new watchdog wants UBS, Credit Suisse to put aside more capital AFP UBS: The crisis at the heart of the bank Telegraph.co.uk Nigerian Stock Exchange can?t collapse ? -based Nigerian Vanguard International Herald Tribune - Reutersall 281 news articles..

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