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John Newsplink readers in California (age 14 and up) are invited to participate in a contest to produce a 1-minute PSA on preventing spread of H1N1 flu ("swine flu"). We're getting some fun & entertaining (and educational) entries. $500 giftcard prize.
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All inquiries regarding contest details should be directed to videocontest@cdph.ca.gov.Contestants should not send direct messages over YouTube.This project is sponsored by the California Department of ...
NewsPlink A gustatory—and cultural—mission.
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Eugene Hicks, 65, leans on the front counter of his Clarksdale, Miss. restaurant, and his elbows thud on the wooden countertop. Hicks is a large man, and his establishment, Hicks’ Hot Tamales and Barbeque Banquet Hall, is a local institution. ...
NewsPlink In lieu of cash, perks and bonuses, Plink editors are going on vacation. More plinks coming soon!
NewsPlink Phil Witte is a distinguished Cartoonist-in-Residence at the Cartoon Art Museum.
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NewsPlink The true story of Seattle's number two madam.
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By L.D. Kirshenbaum(Seattle) Mama Maya’s girls haven’t worked in days. Jaimie won’t answer her phone. Gail hasn’t managed to show up at the hotel. And Stella called last night from the hospital with another nasal collapse from shooting and snorting cocaine.
NewsPlink NewsPlink sets up a match between two old-time choco-marshmallow bars, and finds out about a recession-proof industry in the process: Valomilk of Kansas vs. Rocky Road of California
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To give the other guys a chance for glory, we’ve pitted the righteous Rocky Road, a product of the Annabelle Candy Company since 1950, against the venerable Valomilk candy cups, made by the century-old, family-owned Sifers Candy Company.
NewsPlink Bulldozers in Istanbul, Turkey obliterate a once-thriving Roma neighborhood. Belly dancers, balconies, dancing bears and a lot of history join the rubble.
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By Sean David Hobbs(Istanbul) The legendary music clubs and belly dancers were the first to go. There’s no longer a trace of the lively coffeeshops and balcony restaurants. And now, the once-narrow ...
NewsPlink James Barnett, Painter and Nerd, answers a few questions about his paintings. His art doesn’t just imitate life. It imitates video games, which imitate life. Got that?
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calls his new genre of fine oil painting “Fauxvism.” He likes his colors strong, as did the original Fauve artists of the early 20th century.
NewsPlink The former boomtown that was supposed to die marks its 130th birthday.
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(Tombstone, Ariz.) Many Arizonans think of Tombstone as too touristy. They wouldn’t be caught dead here. But plenty of life still clings to this collection of one and two-story structures spread out on a little grid of wide streets in southern Arizona.
NewsPlink Microsoft's gun club has 756 members and is steadily growing.
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The new president of the Gun Club at Microsoft is wearing a t-shirt that reads “Geek.” At the scruffy but comfortable shooting range in the mountains east of Microsoft’s suburban headquarters near Seattle, David Reed, 37, a senior program manager, hardly seems like a geek. ...
NewsPlink For the character who has everything. So far, there are no reports of pink plaid bagpipes. Not yet.
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Thirty-five years later, Hello Kitty has developed into a brand character with huge clout but no visible mouth, who lives with her parents and twin sister, and who offers everything from pencils, appliances ...
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Learning real blues from the real bluesmen in the place where it all began. http://www.newsplink.com/2009/06/23/scho
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(Clarksdale, Miss.) There’s no missing Travis Calvin. This afternoon, he’s wearing a bright orange T-shirt with the name “Christ” on the front. He’s the first to arrive at “Blues School” today, and a standard, mock sarcastic greeting sings out at him.
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The international thriller "A Murder in Ankara" continues.
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The Pera Palas Hotel had marble walls flecked with red and the floors were covered in threadbare Persian carpets thick with swirls of muted colors. The lobby’s ceiling was high, and overhead a cut-glass ...
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My First Time as a Stand-Up Comic. Plink by Mame McCutchin.
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Comedy host walks into a bar.Bartender says, “Where are the laughs?”Host says, “it’s open mic night—there are no laughs.”Ba-dum-bump!But seriously, folks.
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Top Three Myths About South Africa.
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Myth #1:Since South Africa is in Africa, wild animals like lions and elephants are therefore walking around in the streets.
