MSNBC.com: Nightly News (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Nov. 23: Making a Difference: A skilled chef leaves Napa Valley to train his talents on cooking gourmet meals for the homeless. NBC’s George Lewis reports. (Nightly News)
Dothan Eagle (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
A Henry County teenager has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor criminally negligent homicide for a December 2007 crash which left a woman dead.
MSNBC.com: Nightly News (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Nov. 22: Randolph Bresnik spent Saturday walking in space as his wife Rebecca was preparing to give birth. As NBC’s George Lewis reports, today, the 42-year-old astronaut is walking on air. (Nightly News)
MSNBC.com: Nightly News (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Nov. 19: Students from across California converged on the UCLA campus Thursday for a second day of demonstrations against a 32 percent increase in fees as the state grapples with a mounting budget deficit. NBC's George Lewis reports. (Nightly News)
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
University of California leaders approve a 32 percent hike in undergraduate fees, arguing the increase is crucial because of the state’s budget crisis.
Mel Menzies Blog (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
"Publishing takes men more seriously than women; female writing is regarded as second tier,” Lionel Shriver says in a Daily Telegraph article on sexism in the world of books. Ms Shriver, born Margaret Ann Shriver, is an American journalist, and author of the acclaimed novel, We Need To Talk About Kevin. Having disliked her female name and changed it to a masculine one at the age of fifteen,...
Mel Menzies Blog (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
"Publishing takes men more seriously than women; female writing is regarded as second tier,” Lionel Shriver says in a Daily Telegraph article on sexism in the world of books. Ms Shriver, born Margaret Ann Shriver, is an American journalist, and author of the acclaimed novel, We Need To Talk About Kevin. Having disliked her female name and changed it to a masculine one at the age of fifteen,...
MSNBC.com: Nightly News (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Oct. 31: Paul and Rachel Chandler were sailing their boat in the Indian Ocean when pirates intercepted them and forced the pair to sail hundreds of miles to Somalia. NBC’s George Lewis reports. (Nightly News)
Undercover Black Man (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
I’m still in a New Orleans frame of mind, peoples. I delivered today a fresh draft of my first “Treme” script, and now I’m cooling out. Found another FREE MP3 from the Preservation Hall Jazz Band , which has been a New Orleans institution for almost 40 years. This version of “Peanut Vendor,” recorded in 1966, was recently reissued in digital format. This configuration...
MSNBC.com: Nightly News (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Oct. 25: Powerful suicide car bombs blew up outside the Justice Ministry and city government offices, killing at least 136 people in the worst attack in more than two years. NBC’s George Lewis reports. (Nightly News)
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
French double bass player Joelle Leandre needs no introduction. She has gained a legendary status as one of the best free improvisors of recent decades, always ready for new challenges and opportunities to perfect her art. These two arresting recordings, both totally improvised, with close comrades double bass player {{William Parker = 10126}} and trombone player {{George Lewis = 8726}}, offer two...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
As an improviser, educator and an explorer of musical expression, {{George Lewis = 8726}} has become one of the significant contributors towards the respect and recognition Jazz is finally receiving as one of America's most notable and distinguished cultural achievements. He recently published what I consider to be one of the most critical books on Jazz and African American culture. I also consider...
The Existence Machine (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
At Dusted Magazine , Kevan Harris reviews a book called Freedom Rhythm and Sound: Revolutionary Jazz Original Cover Art 1965-83 , published by Soul Jazz Records. In doing so, he describes an approach to the history of jazz that runs counter to the tradition that sees jazz as "America's classical music" and, in George Lewis' words, as "dominated by autobiography" and thus sidestepping...
Destination: Out (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
MONOCEROS 2 MONOCEROS 4 Evan Parker Monoceros Incus : 1978 EP, soprano sax. In the pantheon of saxophone colossi, there is a special place reserved for Evan Parker. Taking late Coltrane as his jumping off point, Parker has expanded the language of the saxophone as much as anyone over the past three decades. A central figure in the European Free Improv scene alonside [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
TORONTO, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - RBC Wealth Management was announced as the 2009 Award winner for "Outstanding Private Bank - North America" from Private Banker International at its Wealth Management Summit in Singapore.
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