By, Uwe Paschen. The Japanese Cherry Blossom festivals. In Japan, the Cherry blossom has a very particular and important meaning since the cherry tree is botanically a native of the Japanese Isles. From an early...
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The Washington DC Cherry Blossom Festival Parade and 10 mile run take place today in downtown DC and hundreds of thousands of people turned up for the event.The parade started at 9:45 am on Constitution Avenue. The...
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The Cherry Blossom Festivals in Washington DC and Vancouver are starting on Saturday March 28th and orgainzers have high hopes for both annual events. In Washington DC the president of the event said that the...
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What will President Obama have for his Inauguration Lunch? Well for 200 members of Congress, Obama is keeping it traditional and American. Here is a look at the luncheon menu. " First, a seafood stew. The main...
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In a continued effort to "bring the world to the students," Indiana University Residential Programs and Services, Foster International Living-Learning Center and Collins Living-Learning Center will co-sponsor a...
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A rare and interesting treatment for four men with rare brain illness. "As special treats go, it was just what the doctor ordered.Nurses at a private care home arranged for four of their male residents, all...
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“There are two things a Highlander likes naked, and one of them is malt whiskey.” I've been a single malt man for quite some time now, and I don't see myself rushing out to try the Frankenstein...
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Drivers on the New Jersey Turnpike got a bit of a shock this weekend when thousands of honeybees swarmed the highway.I can't even stand one bee near my window let alone thousands of them enveloping my car!"...
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" After graduating from Cambridge University with a starred First Class degree, Mandy Kaye has the world at her feet. She achieved the highest possible grade, the only student in her faculty to do so. But she...
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"EAU CLAIRE, Michigan (AP) -- Brian "Young Gun" Krause has out-spit his father to claim his seventh championship at the International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship. ...
"From Eric Marrapodi CNN Washington Bureau FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia (CNN) -- After nearly three years of excavation, archaeologists have confirmed the discovery of the site of George Washington's boyhood home near the banks of the Rappahannock...
The boyhood home of George Washington has been found as researchers have confirmed that remains found in Virginia are those of the long-sought after family-farm of young George Washington.The house appears to have...
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UPDATE | June 12, 2008 - 228 cases of illness related to salmonella-tainted tomatoes have now been reported in 23 states. The FDA has yet to pinpoint a source of the outbreak."The toll from salmonella-tainted...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know there is a reason why I have a penchant for Columbian Coffee, perhaps it's taste, perhaps that Juan Valdez and his Loyal donkey lovingly hand pick the South...
A leaked internal document from the Scottish Labour party reveals that as recently as nine months ago the party was considering calling for an immediate referendum on independence for Scotland in order to stymie...
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