November 2012
November 27th, 2012
Written by Ben Adducchio in Latest News with 0 Comments
FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) — Judy Byers, the director of the Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia folklife center, knew at a very young age she would spend her life working in preserving folk culture. She feels like her work is far from being completed.
Byers uses oral storytelling as a method to preserve West Virginia folklore culture.
She's been doing this work for several years, and she discovered her...
November 26th, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawrence Guyot, a civil rights leader who survived jailhouse beatings in the Deep South in the 1960s and went on to encourage generations to get involved, has died. He was 73.
Guyot had a history of heart problems and suffered from diabetes, and died at home in Mount Rainier, Maryland, his daughter Julie Guyot-Diangone said late Saturday. She said he died sometime Thursday night...
November 26th, 2012
Written by Konstantin Test... in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — More than 1,000 ethnic Albanians marched in the capital of Macedonia on Sunday to mark the 100th anniversary of Albania's independence from the Ottoman Empire. Some politicians have opposed such celebrations, saying they could stoke ethnic tensions in Macedonia.
The prime ministers of neighboring Albania and Kosovo, Sali Berisha and Hashim Thaci, were expected to attend...
November 26th, 2012
Written by Michael Melia -... in Eyes On The Enterprise, Latest News with 0 Comments
LEDYARD, Conn. (AP) — As benefits of tribal membership go, few compare with the six-figure stipends once enjoyed by the Mashantucket Pequots, who own and operate the giant Foxwoods Resort Casino. Since those payments dried up, more have started taking advantage of another privilege: casino jobs.
The Pequots, a tribe of roughly 900 people in southeastern Connecticut, receive special consideration...
November 26th, 2012
Written by Karen Attiah - ... in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao (AP) — Headstones are pockmarked, their inscriptions faded. Stone slabs that have covered tombs for centuries are crumbling. White marble has turned grey, likely from the acrid smoke that spews from a nearby oil refinery.
One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the Western Hemisphere, Beth Haim on the island of Curacao, is slowly fading in the Caribbean sun.
Beth Haim was...