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Obama's passion for tyranny
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The Iron Chancellor of Ancient China
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MLB State of the Union: Central Station
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Cool off at zinc@shade in Manhattan Beach’s Shade Hotel
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Golub: Joan Walsh and Sarah Palin, a study in contrasts
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TV tonight: Betty White and company go live on ‘Hot in Cleveland’
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Iran's new president is no moderate
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Nine ways alcohol can destroy your skin
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Boston Marathon winner gives championship medal to Boston
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Stock market marks time for Uncle Ben
Appalachian Chronicles Archive: May 2012
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'Hatfields and McCoys': Final night's death toll soars as the blood feud ends
Greed and envy, as old as the hills, were at the root of this senseless, bloody feud. Published May 31 2012
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Hatfields and McCoys: Second night a big improvement with lots of action
A major shortcoming in the series is the absence of music, a glaring omission of what was important in mountain culture in the late 1800s. Published May 30 2012
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Hatfields and McCoys: Series needs to be more authentic to Appalachia
The story often comes off more as a Western than a tale of Appalachia. This, no doubt is due to the Kevin Costner effect. Published May 29 2012
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History Channel airs famous Hatfield and McCoy feud Monday night: here's the real story
The first bloodshed between the two families started when a group of ex-Confederates, supposedly led by a Hatfield, shot and killed a returning Union soldier, Asa McCoy. Published May 27 2012
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Artist Tom Acosta came home to fight poverty in Appalachia
Tom Acosta has brought art to the town of Welch, W.Va. with his giant murals on the sides of the buildings, making the town worth a second look. Published May 11 2012
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Maurice Sendak: the author who changed children's literature
Considered by most to be the most important children’s book artist of the Twentieth Century, he reinvented the genre with his book “Where the Wild Things Are." Published May 9 2012
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Appalachia stereotypes: The "Hollow" goes past the clichés to the real people
Since “discovering” the centuries old, Appalachian culture in the early 1900’s, the rest of America has been fed a steady diet of negative stereotypes of the people of this region. Published May 2 2012
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