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Say "Laugharne" and most people immediately think of Dylan Thomas and his home at the Boat House. But Thomas was not the only writer to live in the west Wales village. Indeed, up until the outbreak of World War Two a far more famous writer was in ...

In about eight weeks, Scott and Stacy Thomas and their 19-month-old daughter Addyson will be welcoming the newest addition to their family -- a baby boy. Friends and family are giving them a baby shower, but this one has a twist. This shower is a ...

Bill Thomas was a livestock transporter who never missed a job. So when Graeme Norman's sheep were not picked up as promised at 11am on Monday, he called Mr Thomas to see if he was all right. But Mr Thomas did not answer the phone. He and his wife ...

Bill Thomas of Inver Grove Heights was headed to the University of Minnesota Medical Center for cancer surgery. So his wife, Karen, called his insurance carrier to make sure that the hospital and his two surgeons were in the carrier's network and ...

The news that Fitch Ratings has given investment grade rating to the Philippines was generally accepted with jubilation from the local and foreign investment communities. There were, however, the usual skeptical and cynical remarks from the ...

More from Ron Rowland Where Were You 1,305 Weeks Ago? Where to Go: Treasuries or Facebook? 2 Funds for Tumultuous Times Learn About the Expert Last week's tepid economic report gave the doubters of the recovery some ammunition for their stances, ...

Henry Holt & Co. 432p $28 Anyone who has visited the Frick Museum in New York and entered the main parlor, whose walls are hung with splendid portrait after splendid portrait, has witnessed one of the wittiest curatorial acts in museum-dom. On ...

In the Albuquerque and Edgewood centering prayer groups, participants continue to contemplate the discussions the two Thomases, i.e., Thomas Keating and Thomas Merton, have been having regarding union with the divine.

It's one thing to say tech geniuses don't need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college. But now we've got David Karp, who doesn't even have a high school diploma. Karp, 26, founded Tumblr, the online ...