Old-school news, just in time
by Kevin Burton On this day 25 years ago, Canada proved its friendship to the United States beyond any shadow of doubt. I never knew what Canada did as a reaction to the 9/11 attacks, which were perpetrated mostly by Saudi Arabian nationals, until this week. When I learned of it, I was …
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by Kevin Burton Did I dream this? I only saw it once. I mean, I think I saw it once. Did you see this? I thought I saw on Facebook, the first news about changing the name of the Nashville airport to honor Dolly Parton, who died Aug. 25 was something along the …
by Kevin Burton Imagine you went to the grocery store and instead of selecting the vegetables you wanted, you had to sign up for a “vegetable package.” So, you can’t get fresh green beans unless you also take artichoke, leeks and rutabaga. “Hey that’s the package, that’s how we sell it, take it …
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by Shonal Ganguly and Sheikh Saaliq Associated Press BIDUR, Nepal (AP) — Rajendra Dawadi was inside his classroom when a colleague rushed in with a warning: Floodwaters were racing through Nepal’s Trishuli Valley, tearing apart homes, bridges and entire villages. Then a teacher received another warning by phone. Moments later, a parent arrived to take …
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by Robin Levinson-Kingand and Sheila Flynn BBC Dolly Parton was a lot of things – a country musician, a philanthropist, an actress, a storyteller and a businesswoman. One thing she never was, however, was a politician. But don’t think it’s because no one asked her. In 1999, during an appearance on the talk …
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by Kevin Burton Sometimes at the movies, the writers ask you to suspend disbelief. For one 70s song, I couldn’t do it. The song is “Jolene” by Dolly Parton. In a quivering delivery, Dolly begs this Jolene character, “please don’t take my man.” I just never could buy that. I thought, …
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by Kevin Burton A young boy has his mother back. From the jaws of tragic loss, comes delicious, unspeakable joy. A 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit Colombia Aug. 10. Since then we’ve read stories with updates on the death toll, the number of people missing and damage to buildings. But one story grabbed me …
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by Kevin Burton You know, if you’ve seen one twin, you’ve seen the other. And you can see plenty this weekend, if you’re in the Cleveland area, at the 51st Annual Twins Days Festival. Twinsburg, Ohio is about 26 miles south of Cleveland and north of Akron. The town of Millsville was …
by Kevin Burton We now know her body to be ailing, but the art of Carly Simon is vibrant, alive and well. So, this post represents a bit of a puzzle for me, an exercise in basic journalism and in basic humanity. It’s a reality check. Carly Simon just had a birthday …
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by Jay Cohen and Alanis Thames Associated Press The nation’s first women’s professional baseball league in nearly 30 years embarks on its inaugural season today, in what marks a major milestone in the scattered history of the sport in the United States. The Women’s Pro Baseball League is also part of a timeline that …
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