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England's The 1975 Get New York's Attention

Salvatore Bono | Posted 04.01.2013 | New York
Read More: England, Mercury Lounge, The 1975, Britrock, Chocolate, Music for Cars, Bowery Presents, Matthew Healy, Manchester, New York News, Sxsw, New York News
Salvatore Bono

The 1975, which took SXSW by storm, has been making waves thanks to their single "Chocolate" off their current EP, Music for Cars, which was released earlier this month.

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Latina Activist Stands up to an Industry Sick With Greed

Javier Sierra | Posted 05.11.2013 | Green
Read More: Bp, Climate Change Deniers, Civil Disobedience, Keystone-State-Department-Report, Koch Industries, Exxonmobil, Tar Sand Oil, Yudith Nieto, Keystone XL, Latinos & Cancer, Big Oil, Climate Change & Latinos, Environmental Racism, Manchester, Houston, Sierra Club, Environmental Activism, Green News
Javier Sierra

The pipeline -- a project that must be first approved by President Obama -- would transport millions of barrels of a type of crude that contains 20 percent more carbon than the conventional kind. Scientists have warned that if this project were completed, it would mean game over for the planet's climate.

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2013's Craziest Music Festivals

U.S. News Travel | Posted 04.23.2013 | Travel
Read More: Australia, Indio, Glastonbury Festival, California, Fuji Rock Festival, England, Coachella, ÓBudai-Island in Budapest, Glastonbury, Woodstock, The Grateful Dead, Zagreb, Best Music Festivals, Naeba Ski Resort, Barcelona, Primavera Sound, Belgium, Splendour in the Grass, Rock Werchter, Sonar, Japan, Top Music Festivals, Croatia, North Byron Parklands, Bonaroo, Tennessee, Manchester, Spain, Werchter, Niigata, Sziget, Inmusic, Travel News
U.S. News Travel

Tucked away on the eastern slope of Mount Takenoko at the Naeba Ski Resort, this event draws die-hard music fans willing to travel far and wide to get there.

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Q&A: Asif Khan at Design Miami 2012

Crane.tv | Posted 02.06.2013 | Arts
Read More: Architecture, Design, Manchester, Artists, Asif Khan, Crystals, Design Miami, Swarovski, Arts News
Crane.tv

For this year's Design Miami, Swarovski Crystal Palace commissioned Asif Khan to create 'Parhelia' a large-scale work measuring nearly 20-feet high an...

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Toddler Who Died With 91 Injuries On His Body Allegedly 'Murdered By His Mother's Boyfriend'

Posted 10.24.2012 | Crime
Read More: UK Murder, Murder, Kirsty Smedley, Manchester, Tragedy, Video, UK News, Child Murder, Rio Smedley, Rio Smedley Murder, Daniel Rigby, Crime News

A toddler who died in April was allegedly murdered by his mother's boyfriend, a British court heard this week. According to the BBC, a state prosec...

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New Order Returns to NYC

Salvatore Bono | Posted 12.23.2012 | New York
Read More: England, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Hacienda, Roseland, Live Review, Madchester, Tony Wilson, New Order, Ian Curtis, Manchester, Joy Division, New York News
Salvatore Bono

After seven years, the loss of a founding member, and the addition of some replacement players, New Order returned to New York City.

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Westboro Fortunes Reversed By Court

AP | JIM SALTER | Posted 12.16.2012 | Politics
Read More: Manchester, Westboro Protests, Westboro Baptist Church, Manchester Missouri, Westboro Protests Funderal, Westboro, Funeral Protests, Video, Politics News

ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis suburb can enforce a funeral protest ordinance aimed at preventing picketing by an anti-gay Kansas church, a federal app...

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They Started Something They Couldn't Finish - 25 Years After the Smiths' Breakup

Salvatore Bono | Posted 11.25.2012 | New York
Read More: England, Manchester, The Smiths, Break-Up, Stephen Street, Strangeways Here We Come, Mike Joyce, Andy Rourke, Johnny Marr, Brit Rock, Indie Rock, Morrissey, New York News
Salvatore Bono

The Smiths were the misfits of pop music and the misfits of rock and roll and their audience ate it up. The band's jingle-jangle sound and catchy songs have never been forgotten and still feel as vibrant and as inventive today as they did back then.

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On The Road To Marrakech

Stewart A. Swerdlow | Posted 11.13.2012 | Travel
Read More: Manchester, Liverpool, Morocco, England, Marrakech, Scotland, Ireland, Travel, Iceland, Travel News
Stewart A. Swerdlow

After over 30 years of traveling the globe, I have seen it all! Here's the latest from my trips around the world.

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What a Difference 12 Years Can Make

Michael Kaiser | Posted 10.20.2012 | Arts
Read More: England, Arts Management, Birmingham, Arts, Leeds, British Government, Manchester, DeVos Institute, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Fundraising, Fund-Raising, Arts News
Michael Kaiser

When I left the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in December 2000, fundraising was still considered something rather distasteful by many in England. Fast forward 12 years.

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One State's Innovative Way To Spur Job Growth

AP | Posted 09.29.2012 | Business
Read More: Opportunities-Working, Manchester, Video, Governor of New Hampshire, New Hampshire, Portsmouth, Job Training, Granite State, Retraining, Ap, John Lynch, New England, Business News

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Nine New Hampshire companies have received nearly $200,000 in grants from a job training fund. The grants were a...

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Blast Reduces House To Rubble, Kills Two-Year-Old

AP | Posted 08.26.2012 | World
Read More: UK Child Killed in Blast, Manchester, United Kingdom, Natural Gas Fire, UK Fire, Oldham UK, UK-Fire-Service, UK Homes, World News

LONDON — A suspected gas explosion reduced a house to smoking rubble, killed a 2-year-old boy and left a man seriously burned in northwest Engla...

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Royal Wedding Crasher: Queen Elizabeth II Turns Up At Wedding

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 03.27.2012 | Weddings
Read More: Manchester, Queen Crashes Manchester Wedding, Video, Queen Jubilee, Royal Family, Queen Manchester Wedding, Queen Blesses Newlyweds, John and Frances Canning, Diamond Jubilee, Queen Attends Manchester Wedding, Manchester Town Hall, Frances-Canning, John Canning, Queen Elizabeth II, Manchester Diamond Jubilee, Weddings News

A newlywed couple had a royal wedding of their very own Friday when the Queen made an unexpected appearance at their Manchester ceremony, reports the ...

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Which Colleges Have The Best Quality Of Life?

Posted 02.09.2012 | College
Read More: Manchester, Rice University, College, Best Colleges, College Rankings, Emory, Bowdoin, Dartmouth, Decatur, Davidson, Agnes Scott College, Quality of Life, Princeton Review, College News

College is much more than simply going to classes and working towards a summer internship. Students look for a campus where the quality of life will h...

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WATCH: Manchester United Stages Stunning Rally Against Chelsea

AP | Posted 02.06.2012 | Sports
Read More: Manchester Chelsea Tie, Manchester, Video, Man U Chelsea, Manchester United Chelsea, Soccer, English Premier League, Manchester United Chelsea Soccer, Manchester United Chelsea Epl, Sports News

LONDON -- Javier Hernandez completed Manchester United's comeback from a 3-0 deficit at Chelsea on Sunday with a late header that salvaged a 3-3 draw ...

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Bonfire Of The Vanities: Artworks Set Ablaze

Posted 03.27.2012 | Arts
Read More: Manchester, Cultural Funding, Video, Art, Bonfire, Lottery, Bbc, Political Discourse, Manchester Artists Bonfire, Cultural Sector, Protest, UK Art, National Lottery, Art Burning, Contemporary Art, UK Arts, Arts News

Artists in particular are fragile souls who are vulnerable to those extreme moments of self-doubt where they cannot bear to look at their work anymore...

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PHOTOS: Exhibition Explores Shadows Between Art And Science

Posted 01.04.2012 | Arts
Read More: Whitworth Gallery, Manchester, Science, Art and Science, Dark Matters, UK Culture, Technology, UK Arts, Arts News

Science, in theory, exists to clarify the truth. Art shows us the beauty of the lie. In 'Dark Matters', an exhibition exploring the shadows between ar...

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Women's Running Pioneer Plans To Repeat Historic Road Race

New York Times | Posted 12.26.2011 | Fifty
Read More: Manchester Road Race, Civil Disobedience, Women's Pioneer, Dr. Julia Chase-Brand, Thanksgiving, 1961 Road Race, Manchester, Female Distance Running, Distance Running, Fifty News

Except for a strategic bit of elastic that may be required, the blue running tunic, circa Smith College 1961, still fits. It will be worn again a half...

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Crazy Pizzas Across The Country

Food & Wine | Posted 11.23.2011 | Home
Read More: Manchester, Weird News, Pizza, Crazy, Chicago, Food, Washington DC, Georgia, Italian Food, San Francisco, Home News
Food & Wine

By Kate Krader, Restaurant Editor, Food & Wine Follow Kate on Twitter: @kkrader I just came back from Chicago and when locals there talked about foo...

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Two Connecticut Women Arrested For 'Stick Up' Joke

Manchester Patch | Posted 10.22.2011 | Weird News
Read More: Manchester, Megan Callahan, Weird News, Arlena Clark, Crime, Crime News, Weird Connecticut, Weird News News

A pair of Manchester women were arrested on robbery charges earlier this week after they walked into a local liquor store and told the clerk to open t...

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My Trip to England

Michael Kaiser | Posted 08.13.2011 | Arts
Read More: Bristol, Ed Vaizey, United Kingdom, Birmingham, Grants, Government Subsidy, Austerity, Liverpool, England, Newcastle, London, Arts, Leeds, Development, Manchester, Royal Opera House, Fundraising, Contributions, Kennedy Center, Arts News
Michael Kaiser

When I was running the Royal Opera House, private fundraising was considered distasteful, at best. Now the English reticence to talk about money, let alone ask for it, is beginning to evaporate.

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Must-See Bands At Bonnaroo 2011

Jeff Pollack | Posted 07.12.2011 | Arts
Read More: The Head and the Heart, Cold War Kids, Bonnaroo Music Festival, Live Music, Band of Skulls, Manchester, Tennessee, Music, Bonnaroo 2011, Arts News
Jeff Pollack

Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival: The one thing that can bring thousands flocking to Tennessee in the middle of June...and with good reason. 2011 mark...

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HAT TRICK

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 06.02.2011 | Sports
Read More: Manchester, Manchester United, Wayne Rooney Hat Trick, Rooney Hat Trick, West Ham, Soccer, Rooney Hat Trick Video, Wayne Rooney, Premier League, United, Manchester United West Ham, Video, Sports News

LONDON -- Wayne Rooney's hat trick kept Manchester United on track to win the English Premier League with a 4-2 comeback victory over West Ham on Satu...

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Meet England's The Heartbreaks

Salvatore Bono | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: England, The Smiths, The Heartbreaks, Interview, Orange Juice, Manchester, Joseph Kondras, Britpop, British Invasion, The Heartbreaks Liar My Dear, Fierce Panda, British Indie, Rising Artist, Entertainment News
Salvatore Bono

The Heartbreaks are bringing posh looks and catchy hooks back to rock and roll. Inspired by their small town and the sea, this Britpop band is about to make big waves in the music world.

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The 'Rudest' City In The World

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Manchester, Foursquare, Foursquare Rudest City, Manchester England, Foursquare Rudest Cities, Technology News

Foursquare has named the 20 "rudest" cities in the English-speaking world, based on data combed from user check-ins. According to a post in the Four...

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