11/23/2008
Sarah Vowell's book on Puritans is short on humor (The Indiana Gazette)
``The Wordy Shipmates'' by Sarah Vowell, (Riverhead Books, 254 pages, $26). -- DAYTON, Ohio - Sarah Vowell is a frequent contributor to the public radio program ``This American Life.'' That squeaky voice and sarcastic humor have made her a mainstay on the air.
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11/23/2008
Album's jokes are still fresh at 50 (Houston Chronicle)
Some of the classic lines that define Maine humor emerged 50 years ago on a record made by two Yale University students in a dormitory room.
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11/22/2008
Report: Vick, co-defendants found humor in dog killings (Sports Illustrated)
Michael Vick put family pets in rings with pit bulls and thought it was funny watching the trained killers injure or kill the helpless dogs, a witness told federal investigators during the dogfighting investigation that brought Vick down.
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11/23/2008
New system offers ease, savings (The Indianapolis Star)
Retired grade school teacher Judy Gregory kept her good humor when a bar code scanner balked at processing books she was checking out of the Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library.
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11/23/2008
CNN - Witness Says Vick Found Humor In Dog Fights (WSB-TV 2 Atlanta)
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11/23/2008
New Supreme Court judge draws laughs as he describes appointment (Jefferson City News Tribune)
Zel Fischer's road to the state Supreme Court apparently was paved with humor. He had more than 250 Missouri lawyers laughing Friday afternoon as he described his life and the process leading to his appointment last month as the newest judge on the seven-member high court.
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11/23/2008
Mike Nichols to sign books at Stockyards Museum (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Nichols to sign books Texas writer Mike Nichols, former Star-Telegram humor columnist, will sign copies of his prize-winning novel, Balaam Gimble’s Gumption , and his latest, a stocking-stuffer-sized You Know You’re a Texan If . . . , from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the North Fort Worth Historical Society’s Stockyards Museum in the Livestock Exchange Building. Sales of both books ...
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11/23/2008
Ravens' Harbaugh to face old team (Carroll County Times)
OWINGS MILLS — John Harbaugh has brought an even harder edge to the swaggering Baltimore Ravens with his un-flinching, tough-love approach. It’s a hard-nosed, stiff-jawed and uncompromising philosophy toward football that Harbaugh blends with a wry sense of humor and friendly personality.
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11/21/2008
Los Angeles Hotels (New York Times)
Picture a W hotel, with lower prices and a sense of humor. Located in the old Bel Age Hotel, the rooms are luxurious and airy.
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11/23/2008
North Korea?s Very Cautious Cinematic Thaw (New York Times)
Foreign movies in the closed land of North Korea keep both the audience and the censor alert.
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