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Washington DC
SAN FRANCISCO ( Map , News ) - The pilot of the container ship that spilled 53,000 gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay was charged Tuesday with two felony counts of lying to Coast Guard officials about his prescription drug use.
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Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum gets new statue
Updated: Apr 22, 2008 6:48pm The next time you visit the ranger museum in Waco you'll notice a new statue in front. Officials held a dedication ceremony Tuesday. The new bronze monument is of a 19th century Texas Ranger on horseback.
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Tribute to Pay
An artist who travels to Mudgee every Easter to take part in the plein air pastel painting event has paid tribute to iconic crop-dusting pilot, Col Pay, who died last year while testing new equipment for fire bombing.
Mudgee Guardian |
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Indio prepares to live up to its 'City Of Festivals' nickname
INDIO--Like clockwork every year about this time, Indio Police Department spokesman Benjamin Guitron's phone starts ringing with reporters from Germany, Spain, Argentina and Canada.
The Press-Enterprise |
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Linda McCartney's photographs on display at London gallery
LONDON - AN EXHIBITION of Linda McCartney's photographs, hand-picked by her husband, will be put on display later this week at the James Hyman Gallery in west London.
Straits Times |
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Art for the Environment
Many North Dakotans are doing their part to celebrate Earth Day and bring awareness to environmental issues. Brian Hushagen is an Associate Professor of Art at Bismarck State College. He and his three-dimensional Design and Sculpture classes decided to use natural materials to create art.
KFYR-TV Bismarck |
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In the Service
SAN FRANCISCO ( Map , News ) - The pilot of a container ship that spilled 53,000 gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay has been charged with two felony counts of lying to Coast Guard officials.
The San Francisco Examiner |
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US stocks decline as oil rises
Wall Street pulled back Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrials tumbling more than 100 points as a rush of quarterly results from bellwethers like AT&T Inc, DuPont and McDonald's Corp failed to impress investors.
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Phone car driving to area in May
On May 5, the Museum of the Gulf Coast will host a special visit from a noted art car. The Phone Car is on the road for its first national tour from May through October 2008. It will be stopping at several major cities across the United States to appear in various "Art Car" festivals and parades.
Beaumont Journal |
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Community Calendar
Art TASIMJAE (THE ART STUDIO INC., MEMBER JURORED ART EXHIBITION continues through April 26 at the Art Studio Inc., 720 Franklin St. Hours: 2-5 p.m. Tuesday Friday; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. Free. (409) 838-5393.
Beaumont Journal |
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Picture Post: Top dog - Koons up on the roof
On Monday evening in New York, Jeff Koons found what seems the perfect place to symbolise his primacy over the American art market: the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Over his career, the Manhattan artist has exhibited vacuum cleaners and floating basketballs as works of art. He has beguiled and teased gallery visitors with giant teddies, stainless steel bunnies and a 43-feet-high ...
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Alex Dreyfoos, Earl Smith, Celia Lipton Farris in Palm Beach County History Museum exhibit
Palm Beachers figure prominently in the "Notable People" exhibit at the county's new history museum.
Palm Beach Daily News |
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Noted Indian artist joins MES students’ Earth Day festivities
Staff Reporter ACCLAIMED artist M F Husain joined a gathering of about 300 students at the MES Indian School yesterday on the occasion of the World Earth Day celebrations. Husain also did a palm print painting in his typical on-the-spot style.
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Richard Chopping: Versatile illustrator best known for his distinctive Bond book jackets
Richard Chopping is probably best known today as the creator of dust-jackets for the publisher Jonathan Cape's Ian Fleming James Bond novels. From Russia with Love (1957), with its pistol and flower design, the skull and rose for Goldfinger (1959), and the slightly eerie spyhole and Ian Fleming's name-plate artwork for For Yours Eyes Only (1960) are distinctively Chopping's work.
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Big Brother guru urges sale of C4 and Radio 1 and 2
Peter Bazalgette wants sale of C4 and Radio 1 and 2 to fund new public service content from arts institutions, museums, galleries and individuals
Guardian Unlimited |
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If you can't get to the National Gallery... it will come to you
The best most travellers can expect from a departure lounge is a dog-eared copy of a celebrity magazine and lukewarm cappuccino in a cardboard cup.
Independent |
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Stocks decline as oil rises, Street examines earnings
Wall Street pulled back Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrials tumbling 130 points as a rush of quarter results from bellwethers like AT&T Inc., DuPont and McDonald's Corp. failed to impress investors.
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Decorative Arts Go Dark in New Exhibition
Etiquette for the Homesick is an exhibition by Wellington artists Genevieve Packer and Caroline McQuarrie that puts the domestic arts in a new light. It opens at City Gallery Wellington’s Michael Hirschfeld Gallery on 2nd May and runs until 8th June.
Scoop.co.nz |
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All Events for 24 Apr 2008
Until 31 Dec 2008 The Florence Nightingale Museum houses artefacts owned or used by Florence Nightingale, material connected with the crimean war (1854-56) as well as military, hospital and nursing memorabilia...
My Village Southwark |
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Diverse activities for children during international children’s day
VietNamNet Bridge - On the occasion of International Children’s Day, Vietnam Museum of Ethnology will organize a programme for children on May 31st and June 1st.
Vietnam Net |
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'You're all in my work': Goldsworthy reflects on Cornell tenure in lecture
Andy Goldsworthy spent the week of April 14-18 creating an original piece of art for Cornell. But his latest piece won't appear at the Johnson Museum -- or indoors, for that matter.
Cornell News Service |
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Earliest oil paintings discovered in Afghanistan
Scientists say they have proved the world's first ever oil paintings were in caves near two destroyed giant statues of Buddha in Afghanistan.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
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A BARBIERI COMMENT
FORMER Vogue staffer (and photographer to the likes of Audrey Hepburn, Anjelica Huston and Iman), Gian Paolo Barbieri, sees his star rise even higher this month as he is honoured with an exhibition at Paul Smith 's Mayfair shop.
British Vogue |
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All Events for 24 Apr 2008
Until 31 Dec 2008 Drawing sessions based on the works on display.... more details Until 31 Dec 2008 The Imperial War Museum has collections covering all aspects of twentieth and twenty-first century conflict involving Britain and the Commonwealth.
My Village Southbank |
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Tue, Apr 22 2008
Alex Dunlop, left, and Danny Dolinka, students at Old Mission School, look closely at a clay sculpture made by Anthony Galante, a fifth-grade student at Central Grade School.
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