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History as Obama's imperfect guide (The Christian Science Monitor)
Comparisons are made to the Depression and other events, but history has its limits.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:35:02 GMT
'All You Need': Pop-Music History Comes to DVD (NPR)
All You Need Is Love, Tony Palmer's 17-part history of popular music, distilled more than 1,000 hours of footage into just under 15 hours of indelible TV. Now it's been released as a 5-DVD set. Fresh Air 's rock historian has a review.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:57:26 GMT
StoryCorps, the National Oral History Project, Partners With San Francisco Institute on Aging (Broadcast Newsroom)
SAN FRANCISCO , Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- StoryCorps, a national initiative to document everyday history and the unique stories of Americans, will visit Institute on Aging's Alzheimer's Day Care Resource Center on JANUARY 13, 2009 to celebrate the stories of the center's participants as part of its Memory Loss Initiative.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:31:06 GMT
George W. Bush first president in history not to get lifetime Secret Service security detail (New York Daily News)
President George W. Bush will be the first president in history not to receive lifetime Secret Service protection, according to McClatchey.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:39:31 GMT
History lesson in Stonnington pictures (Leader Community Newspapers)
LOCAL children can enjoy a colourful lesson in Stonnington history.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:58:47 GMT
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