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Baby Boomers worried about working longer (Video)

Baby Boomers age 50 and above are you worried about having to work longer? Many baby boomers feel they will have to delay retirement, and some even...
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Medical records useful in genealogical research

At a recent auction, “doctors’ appointment books, journals, etc., early prescriptions starting with 1830s, early medical treatment...
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N. Scott Momaday, Native American Poet, Author, Teacher

  • N Scott Momaday
  • April 6, 2013
Poet and author, N. Scott Momaday is from the Kiowa, Cherokee, and English heritage. . His poetry speaks to the heart of his traditions. He is a...
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A tribute to an icon: Gen X film classics in the words of Roger Ebert

His career as a film critic spanned more than four decades and was the first in his line of work to have won a Pulitzer Prize.Roger Ebert, regarded...
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Freedomland U.S.A. was popular – but not with the landowners (Photos)

Part six of a seven-part series.*******Contrary to public and private opinion at the time, including that of the New York media along with...
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The figure atop the Capitol dome

  • Capitol dome
  • April 5, 2013
Designers and laborers built the magnificent Capitol dome over the span of eleven years, using nine million pounds of iron. Overall supervision of...
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Gloria Steinem’s essential qualities of freedom (Photos)

The brochure handed out before Gloria Steinem‘s presentation at the Koryne Horbal lecture at Augsburg College Thursday morning deemed her ...
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Entertainment greats of 40s, 50s, 60s performed at Freedomland U.S.A. (Photos)

Part five of a seven-part series.*******The research and design team that created and constructed Freedomland U.S.A. consisted of 200 leading...
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Baby Boomers shift support toward marijuana

The country as a whole is more accepting now of legalizing marijuana.The shifting attitude is led, ironically enough, by Baby Boomers, who were all...
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National Poetry Month: Khalil Gibran's poetry

National Poetry Month is off to a great start. Spring is a a time when our senses are awakened to all the new life around us. Poetry awakens our...
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