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 …
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Love To Carly Simon, The Person And Artist
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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Get Set For The Latest ‘League Of Their Own’
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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Quibbles And Bits: World Cup Edition
by Kevin Burton How to wrap one’s heart and empathetic mind around the heartbreak for England as it coughed up a late lead to lose 2-1 to Argentina in the World Cup semi-finals Wednesday? Think of a Cleveland basketball fan watching Michael Jordan sink a jumper over Craig Ehlo in the 1989 playoffs …
Quibbles And Bits: Hey Taylor Swift, I Tried
by Kevin Burton I’ve tried twice now, and I won’t be back here again, to “get” the whole Taylor Swift thing. The first time around came when Swift started dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and started getting mega-coverage by watching Chiefs games from luxury suites. I said, Oh my …
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FedEx Sued For Employment Discrimination
by Sydney Haulenbeek Courthouse News Service The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued FedEx Corp. on June 30, claiming the shipping company discriminated against four blind package handlers. FedEx has discriminated against blind employees who worked at its Kernersville facility, outside of Winston-Salem, the EEOC said in its suit, by not providing reasonable …
Seeking The American Dream In Other Places
by Blake Bachelor CNN Drawn by sunshine or a lower cost of living, a growing number of Americans are choosing to live their golden years outside the US, in the hope that it will better suit their financial or lifestyle needs and wants. While official numbers aren’t available, companies and organizations that specialize …
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Long Live The Frontiersman And Print News
by Kevin Burton On the morning of my first day as a full-time honest-to-God newspaper reporter, a game of musical chairs broke out. Musical desks too. I had been hired by The Frontiersman in Wasilla, Alaska, to replace a local government reporter. I was a second choice. The person they hired first …
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Is Ringo’s New Record Better Than Paul’s
by Kevin Burton I’ve had a ton of fun writing about pop music on Page 7. But I have juuuuust about talked myself out of the notion that I am any kind of knowledgeable, creditable music critic. And I’m getting close to swearing off all music critics. I mean, we like what we …
Missing My Mom And Defining “Carry On”
by Kevin Burton “And when one of us is gone, and one of us is left to carry on, then remembering will have to do..” “You and Me Against The World” Helen Reddy The first song I played after learning of my mother’s death on May 4, was “First Morning In Heaven,” by The …
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