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  • August 2008

    • Dallas Family Goes Home Again

      Associated Press  |  Aug 14, 08 12:51 PM CDT

      Dallas Family Goes Home Again

      (AP) - JR, Bobby, Sue Ellen, and other members of the Ewing clan are getting back together at  Southfork Ranch for a Dallas reunion party to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the hit primetime soap opera, the Dallas Morning News reports. Tickets to the November reunion will cost  $100 to $1,000. "I may not be able to do the 40th," said Larry Hagman, 76. More »

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      television  • Dallas  • reunion  • anniversary

  • May 2008

    • Maddy Missing One Year Today

      BBC  |  May 3, 08 10:17 AM CDT

      Maddy Missing One Year Today

      (Newser) - On the first anniversary of 3-year-old Madeleine McCann’s disappearance in Portugal, her parents attended a UK church service in her honor, and similar ceremonies were planned elsewhere in Britain and Portugal. Supporters of the McCann family will light candles tonight in Madeleine’s honor, while the girl’s favorite soccer team illuminates its field, the BBC reports. Portugal police, meanwhile, say they continue to gather evidence. More »

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      Great Britain  • Madeleine McCann  • Portugal  • Kate McCann  • Gerry McCann  • church  • missing child  • anniversary  • Maddy

  • March 2008

    • My Lai Massacre, 40 Years On

      Associated Press  |  Mar 16, 08 1:40 PM CDT

      My Lai Massacre, 40 Years On

      (Newser) - More than 1,000 people gathered in My Lai today to mark the 40th anniversary of one of the most brutal chapters in the Vietnam War, the AP reports. Forty years ago, American troops entered the small village in search of Vietcong guerrillas and, unprovoked, slaughtered more than 500 people—mostly women, children, and the elderly. More »

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      war  • Vietnam  • Vietnam War  • Vietnam veteran  • anniversary  • massacre  • My Lai Massacre

  • February 2008

    • Homeland Security Dep't Turns 5

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Feb 28, 08 1:32 PM CST

      Homeland Security Dep't Turns 5

      (Newser) - With the Department of Homeland Security celebrating its fifth anniversary Saturday, Secretary Michael Chertoff says six attack-free years could tempt the next US administration to make cuts in his agencies, the Christian Science Monitor reports. He said he has a "moral responsibility" to make choices he might not see bear fruit, rather than take the usual Washington approach of post-disaster recriminations. More »

  • January 2008

    • Gandhi Family Scatters Ashes

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jan 30, 08 6:49 PM CST

      Gandhi Family Scatters Ashes

      (Newser) - An urn of Mohandas Gandhi's ashes was poured into the Arabian Sea today by his great-granddaughter, the Guardian reports, finally giving the Indian pacifist a traditional Hindu burial 60 years after he was assassinated. Dozens of such urns had been distributed across India after Gandhi's death, allowing a connection with mourning countrymen but transgressing Hindu burial customs. More »

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      India  • history  • funeral  • anniversary  • Gandhi

  • October 2007

    • Mom 'Baby Jessica' Nears $1M Payday for Well Accident

      Associated Press  |  Oct 18, 07 3:24 AM CDT

      Mom 'Baby Jessica' Nears $1M Payday for Well Accident

      (Newser) - Baby Jessica—the one who fell down a well 20 years ago and captured the world's attention—is now 21, married and the mother of a year-old son in a small Texas town. This week's anniversary of the accident passed with little fanfare, but in a little over three years, the donations she received as a baby will mature into a payout worth at least $1 million. More »

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      Texas  • anniversary

  • September 2007

    • Kerouac Was Klutzy Fatalist, Tragic Goofball

      Slate  |  Sep 5, 07 12:19 PM CDT

      Kerouac Was Klutzy Fatalist, Tragic Goofball

      (Newser) - For today’s 50th anniversary of On the Road ’s publication, Slate canvassed some of Jack Kerouac’s associates, creating a dramatic and nostalgic picture. The poet’s agent remembers he was thrown for a loop by the “demon” of “public reaction, celebrity,” and Carolyn Cassady recalls him as “a hunk, a football star, and a klutz.” More »

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      literature  • anniversary  • Jack Kerouac  • hippies  • On the Road  • beatniks

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