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Reza Jarrahy and Geena Davis
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Geena Davis speaks at Maine college's graduation
The Examiner
Comments LEWISTON, Maine (Map, News) - Actress Geena Davis says it's critical that young people see more women in movies and TV. | Addressing Bates College graduates in Lewiston, Maine, Davis says that "society can only benefit if women are at the table." | The founder of the Geena Davis Institute o...
 Actress Geena Davis. (dy1)
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At Bates College commencement in Maine, actress Geena Davis calls for gender balance in media
Star Tribune
| LEWISTON, Maine - Actress Geena Davis says it's critical that young people see more women in movies and TV. | Addressing Bates College graduates in Lewiston, Maine, Davis says that "society can only benefit if women are at the table." | The founder of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender ...
'I don't think the stammer is my main feature'
The Guardian
| How can teachers help children who stutter to feel confident? New help is at hand Link to this video | "What's your name?" seems a simple enough question. But it could send my son Max into a wrestling match with himself. Since he was eight, I've wa...
New England golf courses by Stiles and Van Kleek
The Examiner
Comment RSS Email Print | Wayne Stiles and John Van Kleek blessed New England with many outstanding golf courses.  | The Golden Age of Golf Course architecture spanned from 1890 to 1940. During that time, some of America’s most famous and ...
Maine pharmacy schools get OK to open in the fall
The Boston Globe
| PORTLAND, Maine—New pharmacy schools at the University of New England in Portland and Husson College in Bangor have received the accreditation they need to open and enroll students this fall. | ...
Step right up to the Syracuse Jazz Fest main stage at Onondaga Community College
Syracuse
| When I stopped the car in the parking lot of Onondaga Community College just a few short minutes ago, it was pouring. | Got out of the car. Put on my raincoat. Packed up my umbrella, chair and laptop. | And the rain stopped. Completely. Sweet. | Al...
Veterinary spay
Creative Commons / Chetblong
USDA report faults Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine for animal welfare violation
The Examiner
| A three-day old lamb (not one of those castrated by Tufts) | According to a story reported yesterday by Frederic J. Frommer of The Associated Press, The Cummings School of Veteri...
 Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi gestures as he leaves the Elysee palace, Paris, France.
AP / CHRISTOPHE ENA
Libya's Gadhafi gives contradictory lecture on women's rights during visit to Italy
Star Tribune
| ROME - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi gave Italians a contradictory take on women's rights Friday, criticizing Islam's treatment of women but then suggesting it should be up to ma...
Sierra Leone-Africa-girls-Teenagers-society
WN / John Sahid
The dance of her life is the stuff of dreams
Philadelphia Daily News
Once upon a time, the wind blew a picture of a ballerina to an orphan's gate in Africa . . . | By Ellen Dunkel | For The Inquirer The road to becoming a dancer, particularly for a ...
68 Maine high schools sign onto laptop program
Syracuse
| (AP) - AUGUSTA, Maine - Preliminary state data indicates that 68 of Maine's 120 high schools will equip their students with Apple laptops under the state's Learning Technology Initiative. | The Kennebec Journal reported Friday that another 14 distr...
68 Maine high schools sign onto laptop program
The Boston Globe
| AUGUSTA, Maine—Preliminary state data indicates that 68 of Maine's 120 high schools will equip their students with Apple laptops under the state's Learning Technology Initiative. | ...
Maine student who blew kiss to mom denied diploma
Boston Herald
| PORTLAND, Maine - A Maine high school senior says he was denied his diploma because he bowed during graduation and blew a kiss to his mother. | Justin Denney was about to receive his Bonny Eagle High School diploma Friday when he pointed at friends...
Maine
A set of poker chips with denominations 100, 50, 25 & 10.
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Cardplayers, celebrities descend on Las Vegas as World Series of Poker main event begins
Star Tribune
| LAS VEGAS - Cardplayers, celebrities and amateurs with deep pockets are back in Las Vegas and hoping for a handsome score as the World Series of Poker main event begins. | More than 1,100 players packed a conference room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino at the start of the $10,000 buy-in no-limit Texas Hold 'em tournament, with the richest pri...
Education
University of Akron
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Spicer housing finding tenants
Ohio
| When J.J. Hammerle was looking for an apartment, he wanted something close to the law school at the University of Akron, where he is a student. | He stumbled onto the luxury town homes in Spicer Village in Akron's University Park. He was immediately smitten. | ''We were blown away by how big they are, how new they are, the atmosphere they're tryi...



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