Conservative Professor at UNCW Sues for Alleged Discrimination

Seeded on Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:05 AM EDT (Inside Higher Ed)

Townhall.com columnist and tenured UNCW associate professor sued the university when his application for full professorship was denied.

discrimination, education, north-carolina, academic-freedom, mike-adams, uncw, professor-adams

O.J. Book: excerpts reinforce our beliefs

Seeded on Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:05 PM EST (msnbc.com)

OJ is worse than I ever imagined.

oj-simpson, us-news

Poetry Book Gets a Baptism

Seeded on Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:28 PM EST (-)

Even books have godparents! The book's baptism, translated into Papiamentu as "boutiso di buki," is familiar in the United States as a book launch.

caribbean, arts, poetry, baptism, creole, curacao, papiamentu, kathy-taylor, baptize

Condoms a big problem for men in India

Seeded on Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:49 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Condoms designed to meet international size specifications are too big for many Indian men as their penises fall short of what manufacturers had anticipated, an Indian study has found.

india, health, condoms, tiny-penises

Whatever I touch starts to melt in my clutch

Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:26 PM EST

I'm too much!

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entertainment, delta-burke, john-goodman, heat-miser, snow-miser, year-without-a-santa-claus

Senate Confirms NEA Chief, Panelists

Seeded on Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:57 PM EST (backstage.com)

Poet Dana Gioia was confirmed today by the Senate for a second term as Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts.

poet, arts, national-endowment, poetry, nea, dana-gioia

Books pulled from NYC school

Seeded on Sat Dec 9, 2006 9:32 AM EST (United Press International)

Maybe French kissing requires lessons, but did you know that homosexuality does too?

odd-news, homosexuality, censorship, french-kissing

Citizen Journalism is More Than Watching Television

Wed Dec 6, 2006 8:42 PM EST

Today a top Newsviner, Ardith, claimed she scooped "CNN, AP, and MSNBC" on the discovery of the body of James Kim.

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newsvine, anonymity, sources, world-news, citizen-journalism, ardith, james-kim, alan-c, tipsters

Alligator Chomps Naked Crackhead

Seeded on Tue Dec 5, 2006 4:57 PM EST (The Orlando Sentinel)

And if that doesn't sound funny enough, the 911 call audio is available for your listening pleasure.

naked, florida, odd-news, alligator, humor, 911, crack-cocaine, nudity

My Vineacity Looks Like Charlie Brown's Christmas Tree

Fri Nov 24, 2006 11:26 PM EST

"Use the site normally and your vineacity should increase naturally over time." -- Newsvine

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newsvine, vineacity

Tupelo Press Asks For Big Money and Poets Cry Foul

Seeded on Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:25 PM EST (foetry.com)

Foetry.com has learned that Tupelo Press, sponsor of the $10,000 Dorset Prize has sent identical letters to a number of poets. The letter asks for $295 for a manuscript critique and promises a trip to the second stage of the Dorset Prize.

literature, writing, poet, arts, poetry, poems, poem, foetry, tupelo-press, jeffrey-levine

Urine Drug Testing for Library Volunteers Pisses Off Retirees

Seeded on Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:27 PM EST (gainesville.com)

Levy County's public libraries are struggling to get books checked out or reshelved because retirees who usually handle many of those chores have balked at a requirement that they "pee in a cup" as part of a mandatory drug test for all county volunteers.

florida, odd-news, library, libraries

Mark Foley: Caught on Camera

Seeded on Thu Nov 2, 2006 2:22 PM EST (radaronline.com)

It appears that fallen Republican Congressman, Mark Foley, is quite the actor. He appears in the movie Strike Force aka The Librarians, and the link includes a video clip!

entertainment, film, movie, politics, congressman, us-news, republican, librarians, mark-foley, strike-force

Senseless Bear Killing

Seeded on Mon Oct 30, 2006 10:57 PM EST (Knoxville News Sentinel)

Three cubs were killed for absolutely no reason after their mother "attacked" a 72-year-old woman.

attack, tennessee, killing, bear, us-news, cub

Missing deer head returned

Seeded on Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:31 PM EST (kare11.com)

13 point buck's head was to be used for educational purposes. It was removed from the body in the night, and re-appeared after media attention.

deer, theft, science, odd-news, head, buck, guilt, antlers

Scandal Erupts Around Afghan Skull Photos

Seeded on Sun Oct 29, 2006 1:23 AM EDT (Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)

The "Bild" headline with the soldiers' photographs read "Desecration of the Dead." German Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung said on October 27 that there was no place in the German armed forces for soldiers who engaged in such practices.

germany, afghanistan, war, military, scandal, photos, world-news

Deer Attacks Oregon Woman With a Secret in her Freezer

Seeded on Sat Oct 28, 2006 2:50 PM EDT (statesmanjournal.com)

Deer attacks Oregon woman as she takes out the mail. Will she carry a grudge against deer? "No, they're very tasty." She doesn't hunt, but often accompanies her husband, Sam, on deer-hunting trips. But she won't be asking Sam to get revenge.

attack, hunting, oregon, deer, wildlife, odd-news, buck

Poetry Bus Encounters Gridlock

Seeded on Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:49 PM EDT (Global Features)

While the Wave Books Poetry Bus tour sounded like a good idea, it met with much criticism on its cross-country tour, for everything from being too White to accepting donations, but not sharing with participants. The bus makes a final stop in Seattle tonight.

odd-news, arts, poetry, poets, zapruder, poetry-bus, artsvine, wave-books, verse-press

Newsvine's Sensationalism or Why Some Deaths Count More Than Others

Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:32 PM EDT

I am sad to see that Newsvine has placed the discovery of a cute co-ed's body as the main story of the moment.

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white, missing, student, us-news, michelle-gardner-quinn

Theater Confrontation Stirs Self-Doubt

Seeded on Tue Oct 10, 2006 3:09 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

We've all thought about saying something to the inconsiderate talkers at the movies. But one woman decides to tell a parent her kids are too young to see Scorsese's latest film, The Departed. She ends up getting an earful back.

young, kids, parenting, etiquette

Professor Fights Suspension Over Racist Images

Seeded on Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:42 AM EDT (Inside Higher Ed)

Although Peter Ratener, a professor at Bellevue Community College in Washington, has apologized, he now fights a one-week suspension without pay.

race, education, professor, racism, censorship, racist, freedom-of-speech, academic-freedom, community-college

Faces of the Fallen Features Dead American Soldiers

Seeded on Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:03 AM EDT (The Washington Post)

The site loads with the most recent deaths. Click a thumbnail for a soldier's profile. The profile page includes a google map of their hometown and a description of the death incident. Faces of the Fallen also permits searches by age, home state, military branch, and name.

iraq, deaths, afghanistan, war, soldiers, faces, united-states, fallen, world-news