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Bugler tells the real story of 'Taps'
Rapid City Journal
In the dim light, he saw the face of the soldier. It was his own son, who had been studying music in the South when the war broke out. Without telling his father, the boy enlisted in the Confederate Army. Heartbroken, the father asked his superiors to ...

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Voice of America
Bikers Rally to Remember the Fallen
Voice of America
A motorcycle rally for veterans and their supporters showed another side of the story The din of hundreds of gleaming Harley Davidson motorcycles and country music give this Long Island gathering of the US Veterans Motorcycle Club a festive feel.

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The Guardian
Robert Macfarlane: 'Paths are human; they are the traces of our relationships'
The Guardian
It's not just that he talks so resonantly about music and books and Call of Duty (one of his students at Cambridge, where he is a don, recently presented a seminar on the computer game, which sounds like the end of days to me, though he insists not); ...

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The Local.se
Swedish teen shot while sunbathing in Turkey
The Local.se
... the boy's father said, adding that doctors later concluded that it was a nine millimetre pistol round. The incident has left the family baffled as no one heard a shot. The 17-year-old was himself listening to music at the time as he sunbathed.


 
CTV.ca
“Call Me Maybe”: The song of summer 2012
Washington Post (blog)
A good summer song is chaste enough for kids to hear it on the radio, but has a hint of something more for older listeners. It's goofy enough to make hipster-ironic appreciation of the song, as well as parody, easy. Most important, it is danceable.
'Call Me Maybe:" When music becomes memeUPI.com (blog)

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Forbes
'The Prince of Winterfell' Pushes HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Closer to War
Forbes
Tywin Lannister is marching on the Boy Wolf, as Robb Stark prepares to break his promise in the name of love. Meanwhile, Tyrion fights wars on two fronts: preparing the city of King's Landing for a major assault by Stannis Baratheon, and fending off ...

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Isle of Man Today
Book review: The Boy Who Could See Demons by Carolyn Jess-Cooke
Isle of Man Today
By Pam Norfolk There are three principal players in Carolyn Jess-Cooke's haunting tale of a ten-year-old boy who claims to be possessed by a 9000-year-old demon ... but the starring role is unquestionably the author's home city of Belfast.

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