Reno Gazette Journal (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The 100th anniversary of the legendary heavyweight title fight between African American champion Jack Johnson and "white hope" James Jeffries in Reno on July 4, 1910, is fast approaching and a group of boxing enthusiasts is planning a multi-day celebration to commemorate the event.
IPKat—IP news and fun for everyone (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Last week, as the AmeriKat dragged herself from the office late the other night, she was lucky enough to watch a fiery blossom of fireworks explode over Soho Square in celebration of Guy Fawkes Night . When the AmeriKat was a kitten she always felt a little bit disturbed when watching British classmates construct from straw life-like effigies of Guy Fawkes for the annual ceremonial burning. But despite...
Examiner (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Two brothers convicted of firing a military flare that sparked a meatpacking plant fire the day after Independence Day in suburban Milwaukee will celebrate the next three Fourth of Julys in jail to remind them of their crimes.
montgomeryadvertiser.com (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
If you rolled a bit of Christmas, New Year's Eve and the Fourth of July all into one, then catered the affair with heaps of sweets and savory snacks, you'd begin to get a taste for what it means to celebrate Diwali, India's best known festival.
Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Wilson's Outburst Merely a Peep In the wake of SC rep Joe Wilson's outburst, people have been looking at his home state's rocky history. This is a state whose slaveowners pressured Thomas Jefferson to remove condemnations of slavery from the Declaration of Independence. This is a state where loyalists rallied by the British as part of their "Southern Strategy"--the...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
PHILADELPHIA, PA (MARKET WIRE) Celebrate Mexican culture at the Great Plaza at Penn's Landing (Columbus Boulevard and Chestnut Street) on Sunday, September 13, 2009 from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Mexican Independence Day Festival! The fiesta will include music, dancing, food, crafts and entertainment for all ages. The Mexican Independence Day Festival is just one of many summer events sponsored...
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NEWS (Free subscription) | 08/22/2009
Members of Northampton's Pakistani community have celebrated the 62nd Independence Day. One could ask the question that if they are so proud to be part of an independent nation, why they are here? There was also a special visit by Pakistani and Kashmiri dignitaries at a ceremony at Caroline Chisholm School. Borough councillor Ifty Choudary (Lab, St Crispin) said: "We heard readings and then the...
Tuscaloosanews.com (Free subscription) | 08/16/2009
By Wayne Grayson Staff Writer Between the Bollywood dance numbers, henna tattooing and patriotic speeches, a spectrum of Indian traditions were delivered within the confines of one of the most American of settings Saturday during the Indian Independence Day Celebration at University Mall.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
Indians around the world celebrate their Independence Day on Aug. 15 - the day, 62 years ago, when the Asian country shook off British rule.
Slog (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
Reporting by Garrett McCulloch Documents released today defy Susan Hutchison’s reputation as a warm, popular evening news anchor. Now a Republican running for King County Executive, Hutchison sued her former employer KIRO television in 2003 for what she claimed was age and race discrimination after the station hired Kristy Lee—a younger, Asian woman—to take her place. Hutchison claimed...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
King County executive candidate Susan Hutchison was suspended from work at KIRO-TV for lying about being too sick to work over a holiday in 2002. In the first, incomplete set of documents unsealed by a court order today, KIRO officials said Hutchison called in sick for July 4 and 5, 2002, after the station had told her she couldn't take vacation days then.
malcolmxpark.org (Free subscription) | 08/01/2009
Today, from Noon to 9pm, is the 6th Annual Ma’at Celebration for African Independence Day in Malcolm X Park. As in years past, there will be children’s activities, live performances and vendors of various kinds: Here are some scenes from the 2007 edition:
Capitol Hill Seattle (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
Police artist sketch of the suspect The release of a police artist sketch this week has so far produced no big breaks in the hunt for a Capitol Hill rape suspect who struck in the late hours of the 4th of July holiday and sexually assaulted a 20-year-old woman in her 12th Ave apartment. Investigators are urging anybody in the area of Cal Anderson park or 12th and Olive late on Independence Day to...
The Gadsden Times (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
By Eric Wright and Cyndi Nelson Of The Times Visitors to Wills Creek Vineyards can get experience a bit of Switzerland during a celebration Saturday of the nation’s independence day.
Jumping in Pools (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
Here's Mr. K's letter to the Times Journal from two weeks ago. I added some accents to emphasize Mr. K's points: Dear Editor, I am beginning to sense that Americans have lost their touch of remembering those that deserve it, and those that do not. Pop singer Michael Jackson died a few weeks ago, sure he was the king of pop , however much more important issues have been front and center across the Nation,...
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