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2.0KCrime IntelSuspected arson attack kills granny
Suspected arson attack kills granny A 70-year old grandmother in Willowvale, in the Eastern Cape, has died after her house was set...
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2.1KCrime IntelEC police foil would-be robbers
EC police foil would-be robbers Police in the Eastern Cape can pat themselves on the back following their foiling of a planned...
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2.0KFraud NewsBeware of These Last-Minute Tax Scams, Even if You Already Filed
As the April 18 filing deadline looms, a new wave of tax scams is heating up. Whether you’ve already filed your 2016...
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2.0KLoC GlobalPic of the Week: Echoes of the Great War
A member of the U.S. Army Band tours ”Echoes of the Great War.” Photo by Shawn Miller. The Library of Congress opened...
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2.1KLoC GlobalInquiring Minds: Delving into the Library’s Jazz Collections
Larry Appelbaum, left, with Ingrid Monson in the Whittall Pavilion on March 1. Photo by Michael Turpin. Ingrid Monson is the Quincy...
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2.0KLoC GlobalWorld War I: Library Opens Major New Exhibit, ‘Echoes of the Great War’
The following is a guest post by Mark Hartsell, editor of the Library of Congress Gazette. As a surgeon with the U.S....
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2.0KLoC GlobalWorld War I: A New World Order – Woodrow Wilson’s First Draft of the League of Nations Covenant
(The following was written by Sahr Conway-Lanz, historian in the Library’s Manuscript Division.) Woodrow Wilson. Between 1900 and 1920. Prints and Photographs...
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2.0KLoC GlobalChampions of America: Early Baseball Card
This 1865 portrait of the Brooklyn Atlantics is considered an early prototype for baseball cards. Baseball “has the snap, go, fling, of...
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2.1KLoC GlobalHappy Spring!
“Spring” by Penrhyn Stanlaws Temperatures are still a little cool here on the East Coast, but it’s definitely time to put those...
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2.2KLoC GlobalPlay Ball!
This is a guest post by Jeffrey Flannery, head of the Reference and Reader Services Section of the Manuscript Division. Branch Rickey...
