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Man Panel: Favorite childhood toys The Palm Beach Post
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Tibetan Terriers Daily News
THE Tibetan terrier is not a member of the terrier group. It is a toy breed. Its origins are uncertain but some sources claim them to be lucky temple dogs, whereas others place them as general use farm dogs.
Bah, Humbug! Enough Already Hartford Courant
Those Who Find Fault With The Holidays Get A Chance To Vent For many people, Christmas is light and joy, music and goodwill. For others, the season is a barrage of ads, garish lights and 24/7 loops of synthetic drivel on the radio. Christmas for these folks means traffic; crowds; begging kids; ribbons and tags; packages, boxes and bags; a mountain of waste; a seemingly endless season of greed,
What's going on Star-Gazette
Today BOOKS •R.W. WHITE BOOK READING/SIGNING, 7 p.m., Storylines Bookstore & Cafe, 211 N. Franklin St., Watkins Glen. White will read excerpts of his latest novel "Susquehanna Scandal." 535-7077.
TGI Saturday Honolulu Advertiser
The 4 indicates admission is $5 or less, or free. Full-price admission is listed; * denotes discounts (or free) for students, seniors, military, members, children and/or advance purchase. Call venue for details.
Our favorite books of 2006 Rocky Mountain News
Reflecting the mood of the nation, the trainload of books in 2006 weren't always upbeat reads. In one of the most acclaimed fiction titles of the year, for example, Cormac McCarthy imagined a devastated post-apocalyptic world.
Charlie Brown's angst gets a musical lift Baltimore Sun
'Peanuts' gang comes to life, with its many trials, in production at Howard Community College A stage musical about a bunch of kids, with never a grown-up in sight? That was a new idea in 1967, but an unknown writer-composer named Clark Gesner pulled off the trick with astonishing success.
From Elmer’s to Elmo Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Many celebrity memoirs recount the by-now-familiar journey from rags to riches. However, in his just-published “My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love, and Laughing Out Loud” (Broadway Books), Kevin Clash, the Emmy-award-winning puppeteer and longtime performer on PBS-TV’s “Sesame Street,” offers a charmingly different twist on this genre. His is an Elmer’s
Four book signings at Barrington Books this weekend Barrington Times
Barrington Books on County Road in the Barrington Shopping Center will host four book signings this weekend. Two sisters, Kimberley Weaver and Allyson Murphy, will be on hand Saturday, Dec. 9, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to sign copies of their book, "Pack Your Bags Go U.S.A."
HOLIDAY EVENTS Akron Beacon Journal
Hower House Holidays Through the Decades -- Noon to 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays; 1-4 p.m. Sundays, through Dec. 30, Hower House, 60 Fir Hill, University of Akron. Each room of the mansion depicts subtle holiday decorating changes through the decades. Admission: $5, adults; $4, seniors; $2, students. Tours will be closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Eve. 330-972-6909 or
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