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...honor to be the director of the oldest writing program in America, and I've always believed that I have a responsibility to preserve the distinguished history of the program, while, at the same time, creating a new one,” Sommers said. “It’s been a great ride...
...world's oldest rock star is coming to Houston. Starting Aug. 31, the 3.18 million-year-old hominid skeleton known as Lucy (so dubbed because researchers were blaring the Beatles' Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds the night of her discovery) will headline the Houston Museum of Natural Science's (HMNS) new exhibit, "Lucy's Legacy: The Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia" - only her third public appearance in nearly 30 years, and the kick-off to a planned six-year nationwide tour. But while HMNS curators celebrate Lucy's arrival, some famed paleontologists are grumbling that the rare opportunity simply...
...Meet the idealist who may well become Thailand's next Prime Minister. As head of Thailand's oldest political party, the Democrats, Abhisit has emerged as an early front-runner in elections slated for December. Yet history has taken an ironic twist for the now 43-year-old politician. The upcoming polls are the handiwork of the very military whose overthrow spurred Abhisit's political passions more than three decades ago. After deposing Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a bloodless army coup last September, Thailand's ruling junta promised to restore democracy by the end of this year. Now that...
...AGING 114 Age, in years, of Edna Parker, of Shelby County, Indiana - believed to be the world's oldest woman after Yone Minagawa, also 114, died Aug. 13 in Fukuoka, Japan 77.9 Average life expectancy of Americans, 42nd in the world, down from 11th 20 years...
...oldest person - other than Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who refuses to answer questions on the matter due to an ongoing investigation - to testify has been James Comey, the former No. 2 at the Justice Department. Excluding Comey, 46, the White House has sent five others to testify, none older than 36. Sara Taylor, for example, was Director of the White House's political office before...