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POOR punctuality affecting trains on the Cotswold Line through West Oxfordshire Oxford and London came in for criticism at the annual meeting of the route's passenger group.

West Virginia's 150th birthday, a time to celebrate the state's culture and history, is having the unintended consequence of disrupting a longstanding celebration of the state's culture and history.

Although Jenna Hamilton, played by the super cool Ashley Rickards , is technically the protagonist of Awkward , it's impossible to pick a favorite character .

The foundation that leases the Milne Boys Home to the city wants the property, which has been boarded up since 2005, to be used as a charter school.

You had them on your bedroom walls and you swooned every time you popped their movies in the VCR or tuned in to their TV shows each week.

A first edition copy of the first Harry Potter book , "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," containing annotations and illustrations by author J.K. Rowling, will be offered for sale at a charity auction on Tuesday in London.

The summer jazz band camp runs June 16-20. The program provides opportunities for students to increase skills, understanding and appreciation of jazz by working closely with the Loyola jazz faculty.

Fans of books about the boy wizard will have a chance to bid on a unique first edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," annotated by the author, at a charity auction this month, the English PEN organization said on Friday.

He is currently working on Tomorrowland for Disney, based on a script by Damon Lindelof.

While talking with The Hollywood Reporter about Tomorrowland - the ultra-secretive Disney movie that Damon Lindelof is writing and producing and George Clooney and Hugh Laurie are starring in - director Brad Bird let slip a few tantalizing nuggets about why he didn't enlist for Star Wars: Episode VII duty and whether we'll ever see an Incredibles 2 ... (more)

An international team of astronomers have reported the first scientific results from the Karoo Array Telescope in South Africa, the pathfinder radio telescope for the $3 billion global Square Kilometre Array project.

Ho Chi Minh city May 14, 2013 - Park Hyatt Saigon and George V Records, Buddha-Bar Music Label and Distribution Company, will be hosting Buddha-Bar XV, "A Chill Wind from Russia", album release party on 29 June 2013 at 9 pm in 2 Lam Son Bar.

Medieval alchemists devoted their lives to the pursuit of the infamous Philosopher's Stone, an elusive substance that was thought to convert base metals into valuable gold.

FOR SPT Michael Rother plays the music of influential German groups Harmonia and NEU! in St.

Kamloops, B.C. -- As the area continues to be threatened by wildfires, PETA is offering important advice for ensuring the safety of animal companions.

The sports brand and designer Yohji Yamamoto celebrate 10 years of collaboration with a unique campaign for the Y-3 Spring/Summer 2013 collection.

In 1976, the Sunset Hills Bicentennial Committee published a booklet outlining the history of Sunset Hills.

It's been ten years since the collaboration of Adidas and Yohji Yamamoto, and to celebrate this momentous occasion of brand convergence, Adidas and Yohji Yamamoto memorialize this through the new ad for the Y-3 Spring/Summer 2013 campaigns.

The U.K. has pushed back the deadline for its ambitious national "smart meter" program , a plan to replace over 53 million gas and electricity meters with new devices via visits to 30 million British homes and small businesses.

Wow! Just wow! Every so often you come across something that reminds you that, with all the old evils of this Earth, we still live in the age of miracles and wonders.