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1 hr ago | Wall Street Journal

Director of IRS Unit Refuses to Answer Questions

The third congressional hearing into the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups got off to a tense start Wednesday when a key witness gave a defense of her own actions but declined to answer questions, triggering outrage among some Republican lawmakers.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Trey Gowdy, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa, The Hub, Stephen Lynch, Democrat

5 hrs ago | The Stranger

Up & Coming

Tonight, New Weather - consisting of the Midget's guitarists/keyboardists/vocalists Amber Rossino and Sean Curley, plus Tomory Dodge - will be road-testing some material from their new self-titled full-length . The prevalent mood here is deep, hypnotic, and exploratory - imagine Stereolab if they were sponsored by NASA or Italian horror-film ... (more)

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Related Topix: Harvey Danger

8 hrs ago | Houston Press

Comicpalooza: The Shadow Casts Come Out at Night

Your humble narrator was part of a Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow cast for the better part of a decade.

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Related Topix: Rocky Horror Picture Show, Houston, TX, Repo! The Genetic Opera

11 hrs ago | GhanaWeb

MMDAs failing to release Common Fund to PWDs

The Ghana Federation of the Disabled says some Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies are failing to release the two per cent Common Fund meant for Persons With Disabilities .

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Related Topix: The Federation

15 hrs ago | IBerkshires

North Adams Merchants Preparing for Solid...

Chamber President Glenn Maloney opens a session on upcoming events in the city, including the return of Wilco's Solid Sound Festival.

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Related Topix: North Adams, MA, Adams, MA, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts , The Hub, Stockbridge, MA

Tue May 21, 2013

Metro Times

Steam Dreaming

As a subgenre, a movement, a fashion statement, steampunk has worn a dozen garments and none of them fit exactly the same.

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Related Topix: Arts, Literature, The Fiction, California

BroadwayWorld.com

Scoop: Crowd Rules on CNBC - Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Crowd Rules #7 - Products with a Twist Tonight's entrepreneurs are out-of-the-box thinkers who have put unique spins on rather traditional products: Ninja Standing Desk, the portable standing desk that offers a healthy alternative to sitting all day; Acustom Apparel, the clothing company looking to revolutionize the custom tailoring business; and ... (more)

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Related Topix: Twist, Life, Dessert, Food, Ice Cream

MLive.com

'So You Think You Can Dance' May 21 features 4-year-old born in Flint

Flint native and dancer Anthony "JFreeze" Naylor Jr. is following in his mother's footsteps with his dancing career, but he's moving a lot faster: At 4 years old, he has already landed in a pair of commercials, and Tuesday, May 21, he appears on Fox TV's "So You Think You Can Dance." Anthony Naylor Jr.

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Related Topix: Flint, MI, Antonio, Entertainment

Naples Daily News

Smoother Roads For Naples

This story is contributed by a member of the Naples community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Naples Daily News B Pothole Free, a state-of-the-art pothole repair solution franchise has expanded service into the greater Gulf Coast area of southern Florida.

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Related Topix: Smoother, Florida

Tyler Morning Telegraph

Officials call Toll 49 a major successa

Regional and state officials called Toll 49 a "major success" on Monday at the Council of Cities meeting and praised Smith County communities for cooperating in making it a well-traveled, alternative road way to take the traffic stress off of cities.

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Related Topix: Smith County, TX, Whitehouse, Whitehouse, TX, Tyler, TX, Bullard, TX

Charleston City Paper

Freeloaders: Art show confidential

This week is full of visual arts openings and exhibits to help you stretch out your cultural appreciation muscle before Spoleto and Piccolo Spoleto start on Friday.

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Related Topix: Automatic, Folly Beach, SC, Home Gardening, Home, North Charleston, SC, Mount Pleasant, SC

Examiner.com

'X Factor' U.S. gets backlash for picking Kelly Rowland, Paulina Rubio as judges

"X Factor" viewers all over the Internet have had mostly negative reactions to the news that Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio have become judges on "The X Factor" U.S. As previously reported , Fox officially announced the news on May 20, 2013, that Rowland and Rubio have joined " The X Factor " U.S. judging panel as replacements for Britney Spears ... (more)

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television, The X Factor, Kelly Rowland, R-N-B, Black Entertainment, Hip-Hop, Dance, Paulina Rubio, Pop/Rock, Antonio, Charleston, SC, Game Show, American Idol, Reality TV

Examiner.com

Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio reportedly sign on as 'X Factor' U.S. judges

Although it hasn't been officially announced yet, Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio are set to replace Britney Spears and Antonio "L.A." Reid as judges on Fox's "The X Factor" U.S. , according to what TMZ reported on May 19, 2013.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television, The X Factor, Kelly Rowland, R-N-B, Black Entertainment, Hip-Hop, Dance, Paulina Rubio, Pop/Rock, Antonio, Game Show, American Idol, Reality TV, Celebrities, Simon Cowell

Mon May 20, 2013

411mania.com

[VIDEO] Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama 7.10.04

Jun Akiyama 7.10.04 Posted by Larry Csonka on 05.20.2013 Check out the video... GHC Heavyweight Title match: Kenta Kobashi vs Jun Akiyama Commentators: Mauro Ranallo & Dan "The Mouth" Lovranski Pro Wrestling NOAH Departure 2004 Tokyo Dome

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ContactMusic.com

Dead Can Dance, Dead Can Dance In Concert - Album Review

Dead Can Dance have been 'dancing' on and off now for over thirty years and over the past twelve months have played to more people in more places than ever before.

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Related Topix: Gothic, Dead Can Dance, Lisa Gerrard

WBIR-TV Knoxville

'Stand in the Gap' continues push to curb meth use

The Stand in the Gap Coalition is looking to tackle the region's meth problem with the help of local politicians and officials.

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The Jersey Journal

Photos: Memorial Day parade in South Amboy rained on

SOUTH AMBOY - A steady drizzle kept the usual crowds away from the Memorial Day parade here Sunday, but it didn't drown out the sound of bagpipes, Civil War-era gunshot volleys and cheers from the damp sidewalk.

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Related Topix: South Amboy, NJ, Sayreville, NJ, Scott Thomas, Cliffwood Beach, NJ

AlertNet

Using technology - and cooperation - to fight drought

People collect water at a well in Garissa, Kenya, on August 2, 2011. REUTERS/Ken Oloo/International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies/Handout When the governments of eastern Africa created the Intergovernmental Authority on Development more than 25 years ago, they hoped it would forge the cooperation needed to roll back the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, World News, Kenya, Africa, The Federation, Famine, Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

BBC News

Understanding Ulysses

In a month's time it will be Bloomsday, which celebrates a day in the life of the fictional Leopold Bloom, the main character in James Joyce's famous novel Ulysses.

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Related Topix: James Joyce, Pop/Rock, Rocky Horror Picture Show

Sun May 19, 2013

National Public Radio

First Listen: Sean Nelson, 'Make Good Choices'

In the playfully faux-autobiographical "Kicking Me Out of the Band," Harvey Danger's Sean Nelson closes his solo debut by painting a comical portrait of a deluded former frontman whose hedonistic exploits get him booted from the band he'd founded.

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Related Topix: Harvey Danger, Arts, Painting