Thoreau’s Two Years of Cabin Life Inspire Young Artists in New Lincoln Exhibit

Walden, the 160-year-old work from American writer and transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, is getting another chance at life, thanks to a new art exhibit at Lincoln, Massachusetts’s deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. Like many writers, Thoreau didn’t enjoy much success before his death in 1862, but 1854’s Walden, which stressed the importance of a return […]

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Girl Burned By Denny’s Coffee is Awarded a $500,000 Settlement

Two years after a 14-month-old girl was injured by a cup of hot coffee at a restaurant, she and her family have reportedly received a settlement worth at least $500,000. According to the Buffalo News, the federal court has approved the six-figure settlement, which was awarded to the child and her parents, Jose Adames and Sally […]

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Lake Effect Snow In Western New York will Cause More Problems Before and After it Dissipates

Although residents in Western and Northern New York got a brief break from the constant barrage of lake effect snow yesterday, authorities are warning that there’s even more heavy snow to come. Areas like Buffalo and Watertown are already so buried by lake effect snow that many homeowners just see a wall of snow when […]

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Problem Solving Skills, Not Latest Technology, the Key to Successful Marketing

Which print, digital and mobile marketing techniques are still relevant in today’s fast-paced, ever-changing marketing world? Marketing professionals spend most of their time trying to find an answer to that question. But the Incite Summit, a conference held in Manhattan last week, encouraged attendees to think about marketing relevance in new ways.“The question you have […]

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Why Some Women Are Struggling to Prepare for Retirement, and It’s Exactly Why You Think

The past decades have been about empowering women in the workplace, ensuring that they get paid the same as men for equal work. That doesn’t always happen, so some have ventured into their entrepreneurship. Many local woman owned businesses are thriving, but in this tricky economy, even the bosses are finding it hard to retire. […]

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Oxford Dictionaries Names ‘Vape’ Its Word of the Year for 2014

Slang terms come and go, but when the linguaphiles at Oxford Dictionaries, run by Oxford University Press, name one as the “Word of the Year,” it could indicate some longevity rather than a trend. This year’s word, according to the Oxford Dictionaries blog, is “vape” — which refers to both the act of puffing on […]

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Durham Opens An Apartment Building For Homeless Veterans

One of the many challenges facing veterans in modern American society is finding safe and affordable housing. Because of this difficulty, combined with prevalent rates of mental, emotional and physical trauma, many returning servicemen and women have found themselves living on the streets or bouncing from shelter to shelter. Fortunately, a number of organizations in […]

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