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First article I have seen that interviews artist who conceived of Levitated Mass--or L.A.'s BIG ROCK: latimes.com/entertainment/… about 1 hour ago via Tweet Button
Hal Jackson RIP...broke racial barriers in radio: on.wsj.com/LeHBbR via @WSJ about 2 hours ago via Tweet Button
A glimpse of the western frontier and the lifestyle of the cowhand: ow.ly/b8t9w about 20 hours ago via HootSuite
Huerta was one of our women for Women's Hist Month. Read about her since then: ow.ly/b78qF 8:38 PM May 23rd via HootSuite
In preparation for writing about American dogs, I am reading about eastern medicine for Western dogs: ow.ly/b6zCc 11:08 AM May 23rd via HootSuite
100 years of Bev Hills history: Beverly Hills Hotel marks 100 years as stars' discreet retreat latimes.com/entertainment/… 8:50 AM May 23rd via Tweet Button
If you think you know who invented blue jeans, I'm willing to gamble that you're wrong. Here's why: ow.ly/b5cEW 1:58 PM May 22nd via HootSuite
If you read the Misty of Chincoteague books you will want to read this article: ow.ly/b1XLW 1:51 PM May 20th via HootSuite
There are few words to describe the pain that bullying can cause. Kudos to Kristof for shining light here: nytimes.com/2012/05/17/opi… 11:22 AM May 17th via Tweet Button
Slave graves were unmarked so Walmart doesn't know where it can dig. Sad for many reasons. nytimes.com/2012/05/16/us/… 8:04 AM May 16th via Tweet Button
Read about these three women inventors: icont.ac/13FOx 12:16 PM May 15th via iContact's Social Tools
Great American story about hard work paying off: Columbia University janitor cleans up with bachelor's degree latimes.com/news/nationwor… 11:36 AM May 14th via Tweet Button
Finding missing dogs via the Internet: The Digital Lost-Dog Poster nytimes.com/2012/05/13/fas… 11:04 AM May 14th via Tweet Button
this was with me! akschweitz's photo instagr.am/p/Kk7sTHjpCm/ via @instagram 2:56 PM May 13th via Tweet Button
@akschweitz That's why I had Portobello Mushroom... and by the way no one saw you eating turkey...especially the turkeys. 2:55 PM May 13th via web in reply to akschweitz
A website dedicated to a vaudeville act involving a giant wheel of cheese: ow.ly/aSwGs 10:48 AM May 13th via HootSuite
@FamousDaily: One of Edison's many inventions, the electric railway: ow.ly/aStjW 9:03 AM May 13th via HootSuite
A good one-Oprah: What other people labor or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction. 10:19 AM May 12th via HootSuite
This 1942 photo from @Shorpy speaks volumes: ow.ly/aRWj3 10:13 AM May 12th via HootSuite
Will Rogers: "There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you." 5:49 PM May 11th via HootSuite

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