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Advice for learning the mother tongue of your ancestors

NEW YORK (AP) — Losing a tangible connection to your family's ancestral homeland can bring unexpected sorrow, whether through the death of an older relative, the sale of a property passed down for generations gets sold or the destruction a handful of surviving heirlooms. Learning a ...

Buckets, chickens and worms

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — At Lovin Elementary School in Lawrenceville, Georgia, students play with their food. Sort of. Some walk around the cafeteria with buckets collecting leftover lunch scraps. These apple cores, banana peels and grape stems ultimately head to Lovin's outdoor compost ...

From the staff of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County “Marriage of Convenience, Volume 1” by Ken After dying a cruel death, Bianca de Arn wakes up in the past when she was nineteen years old. Vowing not to live the same miserable life, Bianca decides that she must seize this chance that was given to her and change the course of her life. The first step to doing this, securing her position as Countess and no longer being viewed as the evil monster that she was in her previous life. The only catch…her arranged husband that just returned from the ...

Taking the disposable society one trash can too far

“Stop at the store,” my buddy said. “I spilled nacho cheese on my shirt.” I glanced at the passenger seat. “Looks like you made a mess with the mustard too.” “It was an exciting game,” he said. “But this was my last clean shirt.” “You’re out of laundry detergent?” “No. I’m out of shirts.” He lifted a foot. “My last clean socks. I’ll get a new pack.” I turned into the department store parking lot. “What kind of laundry detergent do you use? You should pick up some of that oxidizing stuff. Those stains can be hard to get out.” “Dude, ...

Vocal talent shines in Kent-Trumbull’s ‘Woods’

What awaits audiences when they venture “Into the Woods” at Kent State University at Trumbull? They’ll find the best collection of vocalists to grace its theater stage in recent memory. Director Harmon Andrews has a great cast — the chance to do a Stephen Sondheim musical (with ...