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When May 19 became day of darkness
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 5 days ago
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It's believed that forest fires in Canada caused the day of darkness in 1780. Editor's note: CNN Contributor Bob Greene is a bestselling author whose 25 books include "Late Edition: A Love Story"; "Duty: A Father, His Son, and the Man Who Won the War"
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Poem of the week: Telling the Bees by John Greenleaf Whittier
London :: United Kingdom | 12 months ago
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Nigel Roddis/Reuters It was apparently an encounter with the work of Robert Burns that showed the struggling young Quaker poet, John Greenleaf Whittier, how material close to hand could be shaped into narrative verse, using a vernacular idiom.
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Overseas soldiers to receive kids’ letters
Frederick :: MD :: USA | over 1 year ago
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When writing a letter to Army personnel deployed overseas, Whittier Elementary School fourth-grader Greysen Simmons tries to keep things positive. She wrote letters to her dad while he was deployed, and Thursday she joined the entire student body at
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Whittier hopes to profit from oil from land preserved with taxpayer funds
Whittier :: CA :: USA | over 2 years ago
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And it has a formidable competitor eyeing a share of the royalties, which could range from $7 million to nearly $70 million a year. The dispute between Whittier and Los Angeles County hinges on whether the city has a right to allow development on the
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Historic bridge in Haverhill closed to traffic
Haverhill :: MA :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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Gus Reusch tenses up every time he hears the sound of screeching tires. It's a sound that is becoming disturbingly familiar to him ever since the city closed Whittier Bridge and blocked off Whittier Road where it meets Route 110. Reusch is curator of
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Local leaders need to put South Whittier on the map
South Whittier :: CA :: USA | over 3 years ago
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County supervisors should have its own local government. During my high school years I resided in a Southern California frontier, a collection of humble homes built on paved-over cow pastures. On maps sporting bright colors for the many cities
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Boy crashes through window of Whitter home
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | over 3 years ago
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A boy claiming he was being chased by a gunman crashed through a window at a Whittier home Wenesday, police said. "It's questionable as to whether it happened as he claimed," said Whittier police Lt...Someone living in the residence called police
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Police officer assaulted after foot chase
New London :: CT :: USA | over 3 years ago
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When police arrived, the suspect, John Whittier, 36, whom police said was homeless, fled. The officer chased after him, Sgt. Kevin Roche, spokesman for the depaertment said in a pres release. After a short foot pursuit through the Old Saybrook
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