D.C. dispatches (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Senate spouses are given an orientation of their own Democratic Sen.-elect Amy Klobuchar wasn't the only member of her family who attended an orientation session to learn the special ways of Washington earlier this month. While Klobuchar and other Senate newcomers were learning the nuts and bolts of how to set up a new office on Capitol Hill, her husband, attorney and author John Bessler, got to ...more...A Fast Take on Fashion (Richmond.com)
Frocks made of French fry containers? Only at VMFA's Teen Wearable Art Show, where speed is the reigning fashion theme....more... APS, UA team up for new program (West Side Leader)
DOWNTOWN AKRON ? The Akron Public Schools (APS) Board of Education approved a plan Nov. 27 to work with The University of Akron (UA) on the establishment of an Early College High School....more... COMMENTARY: New viewer-tolerance test cases: gay actors in straight romantic roles (Lexington Herald-Leader)
In the 29 years since Billy Crystal outraged -- and later won over -- critics with his mostly sympathetic portrayal of a gay man on the sitcom Soap, prime-time audiences have come to accept straight actors playing gay parts, in groundbreaking hits (Eric McCormack in Will & Grace) and in all-but-forgotten flops (John Goodman in Normal, Ohio)....more... The Governments of Canada and New Brunswick Announce Joint Investment of $4.5 Million to Introduce Women to (Government of Canada News)
The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, and the Honourable Ed Doherty, New Brunswick Minister of Post Secondary Education, Training and Labour, today announced a joint investment of $4.48 million to help introduce women receiving social assistance to skilled trades in New Brunswick....more... Career Almanac (The Charlotte Observer)
Scott Addison joined Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein as an associate attorney.Scott Anderson joined Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice as an associate....more... Gay actors to face straits? (Calendarlive.com)
IN the 29 years since Billy Crystal outraged ? and later won over ? critics with his mostly sympathetic portrayal of a gay man on the sitcom "Soap," prime-time audiences have come to accept straight actors playing gay parts, in everything from groundbreaking hits (Eric McCormack in "Will & Grace") to all-but-forgotten flops (John Goodman in "Normal, Ohio")....more... Heller walks into a brave new world (Las Vegas Sun)
WASHINGTON - This is what happens when you're a new member of Congress: Your phone doesn't stop ringing, you don't know half the people who are calling and you can't possibly make all the events they invite you to attend....more... Virginia: New museum at Mount Vernon (Miami Herald)
A decade ago, the people who run Mount Vernon noticed many of their visitors knew little more about George Washington than that he was the country's first president....more... |