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The Not-So-Straight-Story: Gay in America
Life as an open homosexual has changed drastically over the decades. It was not long ago that an open homosexual would be persecuted and harassed regardless of where he or she resided.
IDES Prospector Plastics Search Engine Available in 5 Languages
February 4, 2010 - Laramie, Wyo. IDES Inc., the leading search engine and informational resource for plastic materials, now provides their Prospector database of plastic material datasheets in five languages including German, Spanish, French, Chinese and English.
Powerful 'Laramie Project' is final piece in Center Stage triple-play
A scene from "The Laramie Project" at the Southampton Cultural Center. And so, the third play in Michael Disher's experimental January trilogy at the Southampton Cultural Center has arrived.
It's been 11 years since the death of Matthew Shepard. The 21-year-old University of Wyoming student was beaten, tortured and left for dead near Laramie, Wyoming on October 8, 1998 simply because he was gay.
UNI wrestling: Panthers drop a pair of duals
Laramie, Wyo. - Northern Iowa suffered its first losses in Western Wrestling Conference action Saturday, the Panthers dropping a 19-16 dual to Utah Valley before falling to Wyoming 26-12. The Panthers' Charlie Ettelson and Christian Brantley were the only two Northern Iowa wrestlers to win in both dual meets.
Mrs. Wyomng contestant will participate in Jackalope Jump
Local resident and Mrs. Wyoming contestant Allison Long has agreed to take a quick dip in some icy Wyoming waters to help raise money for Special Olympics.
UW student from Moose found dead in Laramie
Laramie police are investigating the death of a University of Wyoming student from Teton County whose body was found Sunday at an off-campus apartment.
Web exclusive: Highway patrol seizes 100+ lbs of pot
JACKSON HOLE, WYOa 'a ' The Wyoming Highway Patrol seized about 106 pounds of high-grade marijuana during routine traffic stops beginning last week.
Treacherous driving conditions to our east are causing drivers to take it slow. A blizzard warning is in effect for parts of western and central Iowa and will last into the evening, Monday.
Web exclusive: Highway patrol seizes 100+ lbs of pot
JACKSON HOLE, WYOa 'a ' The Wyoming Highway Patrol seized about 106 pounds of high-grade marijuana during routine traffic stops beginning last week.
Enumerative Algebraic Geometry of Conics
Summary: Jacob Steiner asked this question in 1848: Given five conics in the plane, how many conics are tangent to all five? The authors of this article take this question and use it as a vehicle to take the readers on a tour of enumerative algebraic geometry.
Many factors determine snowflake size, shape
Many factors determine snowflake size, shape The world's largest snowflakes hit the ground during a January storm in 1887 at Fort Keogh, on the western edge of Miles City.
a Laramie Projecta finds candor amid chaos of hate crime
Posted on Jan 17, 2010 by Diana Nollen . "The Laramie Project" is theater at its best, capturing a true moment in time, analyzing it from all angles and letting audience members react on a visceral level.
Gay Hating Church is a No-Show
" A standing room only crowd greeted the latest show at Theatre Cedar Rapids. It's just that crowd was standing across the parking lot and on the other side of the street.
List presents good look at processors' material wish lists
Want to find a material data sheet? The answer to that question often takes plastics processors to IDES Inc., a popular online search tool and informational resource for plastic materials.
Michael Disher and Center Stage bring theatrical triple threat to Southampton stage
Logan Kingston and Mark Anderson in a scene from "Private Lives." see all images Drawing on deep reserves of theatrical flair and a sharp eye for originality, director Michael Disher is bringing three starkly different plays to the East End in a unique presentation package this winter.
Cognitive Dissonance, 1.08.10 We've re-designed the website! Check it out at radiofuntimes.blogspot.com This week's show was a blast as Cognitive Dissonance welcomed back the Angry Malcontent and the Fundits.
WND's Jennings Attack Du Jour: Bashing A Play
WorldNetDaily's latest attempt to attack Kevin Jennings is a January 8 article by Bob Unruh -- as per usual, following the lead of anti-gay group MassResistance , which the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated a hate group -- writing that Jennings "is president of the board of the Tectonic Theater Project, which created 'The Laramie Project,' ...
Triple Play: Two dozen actors, five weeks, three plays - and one crazed director
The holidays are over, January has set in and so have the depths of winter. This is a time when many theaters on the East End go into self-imposed hibernation and audiences presumably hunker down at home or go off to some exotic destination to escape the cold.
Officers Identified In Shooting Of Kidnap Suspect
Police have identified the three officers involved in the Jan. 1, shooting of a man who reportedly had kidnapped his ex-fiancee and held her at gunpoint for three days.

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