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Carol Montrond, the den mother of the Journal, dies at 41
Aug. 2: Carol's obit in the Providence Journal July 31: Photo courtesy of Donna McGarry Carol Montrond, Jan. 21, 1968 - July 31, 2009 Carol Montrond, Beloved Providence Journal Newsroom Employee, Dies. Former Journal reporter Scott McKay blogs an obit...
July 31, 2009 10:39 pm
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Govt. running out of 'Cash for Clunkers' money, halts apps after 4 days
IFCAR photo Eligible: Early '92-'96 Ford F-150 pickups are among many older, gas-hungry vehicles eligible for trade-in vouchers of up to $4,500 for newer, more efficient vehicles from the $1 billion Car Allowance Rebate System, or CARS. New applications...
July 31, 2009 12:00 am
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Mp3s: Steely Dan last week in Boston; Lennon, Wilson, T. Van Zandt, Manuel, Danko
Steely Dan - Boston 2009: Live at the Wang Center, Boston, MA, July 22, 2009. Very good audience recording. Fans who have been following Steely Dan's current Rent Party tour were in for a treat during their Boston gig on...
July 30, 2009 9:40 am
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All-you-can-eat English food chain booms as fine restaurants close
Guardian/ Asadour/Guzelian The buffet at Taybarns. The (Manchester, England) Guardian takes a look at an all-you-can-eat restaurant chain that's packed in these times: How Taybarns tasted success. Here's Taybarns' menu. The price -- $13, $9.80 before 5 p.m., $13.90...
July 29, 2009 4:47 pm
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Big desert blues: Touareg nomads with electric guitars
This is a music video for Tinariwen, members of the Touareg tribe of nomads of the southern Sahara desert. Their name in their native Tamashek language, written as ⵜⵏⵔⵓⵏ, means "empty places." Lulla is from their new album, Imidiwan:...
July 28, 2009 6:40 am
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Forgotten Bookmarks: A bookseller blogs bits left in books
Forgotten Bookmarks blog, via MeFi. I work at a used and rare bookstore, and I buy books from people everyday. These are the personal, funny, heartbreaking and weird things I find in those books. (Librarians would have such collections, too....
July 27, 2009 7:20 am
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Sunday reads, and art game
Priorities: Robin Givhan: Can Obama Elevate the Look of Presidential Downtime? We Can Only Hope. WaPo columnist whines about the fit of the presidential jeans. Me: I don't care what he wears if/when he rights our ship. Profit motive: Whistleblower...
July 26, 2009 11:10 am
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