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Letter: Gays "totally wrong and they know it" (Appeal-Democrat)
Regarding the current phenomenon of the "civil" right for people of the same sex to "marry" — I have looked in several additions of various dictionaries, Encarta, encyclopedias, etc., and every single one of them says "marriage" is a union between a man and a woman, regardless of how a bunch of doddering old fools misinterpret the law.
Wish List (The Tennessean)
Qualified nonprofit organizations may submit Wish List and Volunteer List requests by contacting Catherine Mayhew at the Community Resource Center, e-mail catherinecrc@comcast.net.
OMG! PennDOT restricts Web lingo (The Patriot-News)
About ten years ago, shortly after a statewide license plate reissue, a woman went to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's licensing bureau and asked that they give her a new tag.
From Vail to Japan: Where teachers are revered (Vail Daily)
Tara Goike lived for a while with Yuke, 5, and her family in a small town in Japan that had recently been hit by an earthquake. Tara Goike got dressed in a traditional kimono for a classical dance class with her instructor.
Running-Dog Propagandists - Jamyang Norbu (Phayul)
In response to my recent piece Barefoot Experts some readers wrote in to say that Tibetans should not fritter away their energy picking on experts and journalists in the West but should focus on countering propaganda from China.
Acadiana Diary: Edith Garland Dupré was 'Miss Southwestern' (The Lafayette Daily Advertiser)
If Edwin Lewis Stephens was the man who built SLII into what would become UL, Edith Garland Dupré was the woman who made it work.
I Hate Forth (Embedded Systems Programming Magazine)
Forth sucks. I know that statement is going to churn up a lot of hate mail. Forth's advocates are as passionate about their baby as Windows-haters are about Microsoft.
Web Exclusive: Merriam-Webster unveils new dictionary words (49 ABC News Topeka)
Every so often, lexicographers make additions to dictionaries based on what words are easing their way into everyday usage. Find out what's new this year, and how the person on the street in Topeka does in defining the new words.
Allen Retired Educators Association distribute books at Boyd Elementary (McKinney Messenger)
For many years, the Texas Retired Teachers Association has directed a state-wide book project of giving books to students to take home. The Allen chapter (AREA) has always participated in this endeavor.
South Asian Spelling Bee aims to groom kids for Scripps contest (Dallas Morning News)
PLANO – Mouctika Paluri asked for the definition of the final word that might net her the spelling bee championship. "Tristful" means sad or melancholy, the 12-year-old was told. As she aced its spelling, Mouctika found tristful's antonym: joyful.