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Upcoming Events In Homer |
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| Thursday, 7/2/2009 |
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Monsters vs. Aliens (PG) |
| Thursday, 7/2/2009 |
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Summer Art Camp for Youth, First Session |
| Thursday, 7/2/2009 |
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Terminator Salvation (PG-13) |
| Friday, 7/3/2009 |
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Deland Anderson and Kate Boyan |
| Friday, 7/3/2009 |
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Kids' Day Fundraiser for 8th Grade WA. D.C. Trip |
| Friday, 7/3/2009 |
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Matt Yaki Trio - In Concert - One Night Only! |
| Friday, 7/3/2009 |
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Summer Art Camp for Youth, First Session |
| Saturday, 7/4/2009 |
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Deland Anderson and Kate Boyan |
| Sunday, 7/5/2009 |
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Deland Anderson and Kate Boyan |
| Monday, 7/6/2009 |
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Deland Anderson and Kate Boyan |
| Monday, 7/6/2009 |
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Summer Art Camp for Youth, Second Session |
| Tuesday, 7/7/2009 |
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Deland Anderson and Kate Boyan |
| Tuesday, 7/7/2009 |
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Summer Art Camp for Youth, Second Session |
| Wednesday, 7/8/2009 |
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Deland Anderson and Kate Boyan |
| Wednesday, 7/8/2009 |
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Summer Art Camp for Youth, Second Session |
| Thursday, 7/9/2009 |
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Deland Anderson and Kate Boyan |
| Thursday, 7/9/2009 |
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Summer Art Camp for Youth, Second Session |
| Friday, 7/10/2009 |
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Deland Anderson and Kate Boyan |
| Friday, 7/10/2009 |
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Summer Art Camp for Youth, Second Session |
| Saturday, 7/11/2009 |
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Deland Anderson and Kate Boyan |
| Sunday, 7/12/2009 |
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Deland Anderson and Kate Boyan |
| Monday, 7/13/2009 |
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Deland Anderson and Kate Boyan |
| Tuesday, 7/14/2009 |
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Deland Anderson and Kate Boyan |
| Wednesday, 7/15/2009 |
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Deland Anderson and Kate Boyan |
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Korean School Preps Students For Ivy League
With admissions getting more competitive every year, spots at top American colleges are becoming a globally coveted commodity. In South Korea, one elite prep school has become the envy of many upper-crust U.S. prep schools with its success. |
First U.S. Casualties Reported In Afghanistan Push
At least one Marine has been killed and several others injured as a predawn operation launched Thursday continued in Afghanistan's volatile Helmand province. About 4,000 Marines are setting up positions in a river valley that has been Taliban stronghold. The operation is the first test of the Obama administration's new counter-insurgency strategy. |
Government Spending Keeps Abu Dhabi Building
Thanks to heavy public spending, the special traffic lanes reserved for construction vehicles in Abu Dhabi are every bit as crowded as they were before the global financial crisis hit. With oil prices near $70 a barrel, Gulf states are in a relatively strong position to weather the downturn, but analysts warn that more trouble could be ahead. |
Gen. Jones: Afghan Op Meant To Build Confidence
National security adviser Gen. James Jones says the Marine operation in Afghanistan's Helmand Province is designed to bring confidence to the people of the region. He says, however, that Afghans must see their own authorities take charge of the country. |
Serena, Venus Reach Wimbledon Final, Again
One Williams or the other has won seven of the past nine championships at the All England Club. Serena beat Venus in the 2002 and '03 finals here, while Venus came out on top against her younger sister last year. |
Roya Hakakian: An Iranian-American Perspective
Author and activist Roya Hakakian offers her take on political upheaval in her native Iran. Hakakian emigrated from Iran to the United States in 1985, seeking political asylum. |
Nowrasteh's 'Stoning': A Horror All Too True To Life
The harrowing climax in The Stoning of Soraya M. shows the graphic death of an innocent woman. The film's director and star say the scene — and the story — are tragically real. |
U.S. Military Launches 'Strike Of The Sword'
The U.S. military launched a major operation centered in the volatile Helmand River Valley in southern Afghanistan. That's the center of the country's opium-growing region and one of the main strongholds of the Taliban. |
Military Says U.S. Soldier Captured In Afghanistan
Insurgents have captured an American soldier in eastern Afghanistan, according to U.S. military officials, who did not release details on where he was captured or the circumstances. The news broke as thousands of Marines launched a major anti-Taliban offensive in southern Afghanistan. The missing soldier was not part of that operation. |
Marines Battles Taliban In Helmand Valley
Thousands of Marines have descended upon the Helmand River valley in Afghanistan, a Taliban stronghold that is known for poppy growing. The Marines plan to stay, one of the first concrete examples of the Obama administration's new strategy for Afghanistan. |
Saddam's Fear Of Iran Trumped Fear Of U.S.
In a series of interviews between February and June of 2004, the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein told an FBI interrogator that he falsely let the world believe Iraq had weapons of mass destruction because he feared revealing that weakness to Iran. |
Mother, Son Tell Of Family Life During War
U.S. combat troops have begun to withdraw forces from Iraqi cities, marking a milestone in the six-year long occupation. As the situation in Iraq changes course, a new focus has centered on the social impact of the war efforts in the region. Iraqis Faiza Al-Araji and Raed Jarrar, a mother and son blogging team, explain how the past six years have changed the dynamics of family life in the region. Also, NPR's Ghassan Adnan reports from on the ground from Baghdad. |
Debating The Burqa: Sarkozy Proposes Ban
French President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to ban Muslim women from wearing the burqa, a religious traditional covering, in public. American Muslim Mehded Maryam Sinclair explains why she appreciates the right to cover her face and head in public, while Muslim feminist and columnist Mona Eltahawy tells why she sees the garment as a source of oppression. |
Marine General Takes Fight To The Taliban
Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson, a veteran of Iraq, is leading the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade in its fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan. He exhorted his troops in a recent speech to besiege the enemy until the Taliban is dead or surrenders. |
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Jackson's former wife 'undecided'
The late Michael Jackson's ex-wife is undecided over whether to fight for custody of their two children, her lawyer says. |
Afghan rebels capture US soldier
A US soldier is captured by militants in eastern Afghanistan, as the US launches a major anti-Taliban offensive in the south. |
Descendant of India's last Mughal emperor is plucked from penury
A descendant of India's last Mughal emperor is rescued from a life of penury near Calcutta by gaining employment with state-run Coal India. |
UK Lt Colonel dies in Afghanistan
The highest ranking Army officer to be killed since the Falklands War is one of the two latest casualties in Afghanistan. |
Darling issues warning to bankers
Chancellor Alistair Darling warns bankers it would be "disastrous" if they return to their old ways and repeat past mistakes. |
Final moments
How Air France debris gives clues to jet's break-up |
Space ambitions
US moonwalker Buzz Aldrin looks to new frontiers |
China babies 'sold for adoption'
Baby girls removed from parents who broke China's family-planning laws have been sold for adoption overseas, it is reported. |
Madoff's luxury penthouse seized
US marshalls seize the $7m Manhattan penthouse of imprisoned fraudster Bernard Madoff, forcing his wife to move. |
Gene clues to schizophrenia risk
Scientists identify thousands of tiny genetic variations which raise the risk of schizophrenia. |
Hollywood actor Karl Malden dies
US actor Karl Malden, best known for his roles in films such as A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront, dies at 97. |
Moon probe returns first images
The US space agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft sends back its first images since reaching the Moon. |
Twitter followers 'can be bought'
Twitter users can now buy followers to boost the audience for the messages they send via the micro-blogging service. |
UN chief begins mission in Burma
The UN secretary general visits Burma to seek the release of political prisoners including Aung San Suu Kyi. |
WHO warns swine flu 'unstoppable'
The UN's top health official tells a swine flu forum in Mexico that the spread of the virus worldwide is now unstoppable. |
Air France jet 'broke on impact'
French investigators believe the Air France plane that crashed in the Atlantic broke up on contact with water, not in mid-air. |
US urges Russian break from past
President Obama warns Moscow ahead of a visit that "Cold War approaches" to relations with the US belong in the past. |
Envoy to make Honduras demand
A top Latin American diplomat is due in Honduras where he is to demand the restoration of deposed President Manuel Zelaya. |
Surrender ends Russian flat siege
Two suspects surrender to security forces in the Russian North Caucasus city of Nalchik after a siege at a flat, Russian media report. |
Saddam interview tapes released
US investigators publish accounts of interviews with Saddam Hussein, giving a wealth of detail about the Iraqi leader. |
Scottish sheep shrink as climate change favours the weak
Climate change is causing a breed of wild sheep in Scotland to shrink, according to research. |
Owen linked to shock Man Utd move
Manchester United refuse to be drawn on growing speculation that they are in talks with striker Michael Owen. |
Venus and Serena through to final
Serena Williams will face sister Venus in Saturday's Wimbledon final after prevailing in a marathon tussle with Russian Elena Dementieva. |
Should gay sex be legalised in India?
Homosexual sex between consenting adults is no longer a criminal act in India. Will it change life for gay people? |
School place 'fraud' case dropped
A London council withdraws its action against a mother it accused of lying to gain a school place. |
Minister in Tory homophobia claim
Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw angers Tories by saying "a deep strain of homophobia still exists on the Conservative benches". |
Patient safety 'still threatened'
Changes recommended after a fatal drug slip-up eight years ago have not been implemented, MPs say in a review of patient safety. |
Child witnesses 'wait too long'
Young witnesses in sex abuse or violence cases are being forced to wait more than a year to give evidence in crown courts in England and Wales, a report says. |
Probe into RAF jet fighter crash
Investigators and engineers begin the second day of a recovery operation after a jet fighter crash which killed two air crew. |
Pardon appeal for Shields refused
Justice Secretary Jack Straw provisionally refuses an appeal for a pardon for jailed Liverpool football fan Michael Shields. |
Coup? What coup?
President's removal that passed many Hondurans by |
It's quiz time!
What secrets did this dinosaur mummy reveal? |
BBQ diplomacy
Unlikely middleman between North Korea and the US |
Scraping by
Cash crisis leaves Ukrainian hospitals relying on charity |
Air crash survivor back in France
The 12-year-old survivor of the Yemenia air crash returns to Paris as the search for debris goes on. |
US job losses worse than expected
The number of jobs lost in the US last month came in at 467,000, which is much more than had been expected. |
Unemployment up again in eurozone
The unemployment rate in the 16 countries using the euro rose to 9.5% in May, according to official EU statistics. |
Syria amends honour killing law
Syria's president scraps a law limiting sentences for men who kill their female relatives in the name of family honour. |
Court decriminalises gay sex in India
An Indian court rules that homosexual intercourse between consenting adults is not a criminal act, overturning colonial law. |
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